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Gerald Green Question and Answer



Certainly there were a few people in the arena on Saturday night that knew Gerald Green is now playing for the Dallas Mavericks. However, it would not be a stretch to say that 99 percent of the fans had never heard of him.



Maybe that’s not giving Maverick fans enough credit, and there are probably a few You Tubers who have been watching Gerald since his high flying prep school days and adore… Continue

It all started Monday with the release of Charles Rhodes.



Yesterday, three players Jujuan Smith, Cheyne Gadson, and Reyshawn Terry were all released. (Graphic above)



After this cut, 15 players were left and I felt like I made a good guess as to who the 15th man might be for the 2008-2009 Dallas Mavericks roster.



It seems like the Mavericks have always carried the maximum number of guys allowed by the NBA so my… Continue

If I had a nickel for every time a media member asked new Head Coach Rick Carlisle how the Mavericks would fair this season, I would move ahead of Mark Cuban on the Forbes 400 list.



Asking anyone to make a prediction on how a season will turn out weeks before it is to start is like asking Mr. Magoo to read the top line of the eye chart.



Luckily, Inside Dish caught up with Coach Carlisle after a recent Mavericks… Continue

After a tough practice this afternoon filled with lots of offensive sets and fast breaks the Dallas Mavericks spent the remainder of the day running from “set” to “set” in the basement of the American Airlines Center performing in front of a variety of cameras.



The afternoon was set aside for the players to perform in front of the cameras so that Mavericks broadcasting crew would have interview material for upcoming… Continue

Jason Kidd brought home more than just a gold medal from China this summer. Along with Olympic Gold, he also brought home a lucrative shoe contract (literally more gold) from Chinese Shoe manufacturer PEAK.



Tonight in Detroit will be the first night that he actually plays with the shoes. Jason wore the shoes on the bench last night in Indiana but actually didn’t play in the game.



Below is the actual shoe that he will wear… Continue

Every NBA player has a story as to why they chose and wear the number on their jersey.



Jason Kidd chose his number 2 because that is the number he was drafted in the 1994 NBA draft (even though it is hard to erase his earlier association with the number 5).



Dirk Nowitzki wears 41 because his life-long jersey number in Germany was 14 but when he arrived in Dallas in 1999, Eduardo Najera already had his number. So he just… Continue

The NBA is a transient league. If you look at the transaction page in the newspaper during this time of the year, you can track the many players that move between teams.



A majority of the top players in the league rarely move and when they do, the blockbuster trades are given top priority in the sports sections of newspapers around the league.



However, a majority of the trades or free agent signings rarely make more than the “Transactions” section on the last page of the… Continue

The current residential housing market is excellent for buyers at the moment. It’s a buyer’s market. As usual for this time of the year, the Mavericks are having the usual housing shortage. A shortage that has players changing clothes in corners usually reserved for shoe storage or doorways. Currently, 19 players are jammed into a locker room designed for 16 but that normally operates day-to-day with 15.



This is the inner locker room, the actual room that houses the 16 player lockers… Continue