Eddie Sefko

Some folks wear their emotions on their sleeves. Others don’t need sleeves. Mavericks’ swingman A.J. Lawson has been fighting the good fight on the basketball court for years.

Players who reach the NBA figure out quickly how blessed they are – and ways to extend those blessings to others in their communities.

The Mavericks wrapped up their 31st season of youth summer camps this week and it was an incredible run that started when the team was still in the NBA playoffs.

The start of a three-part series examines the Mavericks' summer roster moves, how they happened and what they mean.

As we continue bringing you up to speed on the roster moves of Western Conference teams, we look at what the Mavericks' competition in the Southwest Division did during the offseason.

Oklahoma City and Denver were among teams that bolstered their rosters to try to unseat the Mavericks atop the Western Conference.

The Mavericks have some rugged stretches, plus some notable homecomings to look forward to in the 2024-25 season.

The Mavericks have four preseason games that will begin in Dallas after a four-day training camp in Las Vegas.

The month of August is typically a dead period when players, coaches and executives have a moment to exhale, even if they still are thinking about their to-do lists for the coming season and trying not to get too fat-and-happy after last season.

OK, so the Mavericks are having the first four days of training camp in Las Vegas. Anybody else see what they did there? Remember last fall when they