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Anthony Slater: The 1-6 Kings become the last NBA team to get first win. Beat the Mavericks in Dallas tonight, temporarily easing early season angst. Darius Acuff had 25 points, closed with strong 4Q. Malik Monk came to life with 24 off the bench. They return home to face Lakers, Spurs.
Grant Afseth: Final: Kings 115, Mavs 100 Daniel Gafford: 20 PTS, 7 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK Walter Clayton Jr.: 20 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL Cooper Flagg: 17 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST, 2 STL Darius Acuff Jr.: 25 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL Malik Monk: 24 PTS, 1 REB, 7 AST, 1 BLK Zach LaVine: 23 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST Dallas (4-3) faces San Antonio on Wednesday.
Ron Harrod Jr.: Mavericks coach Dusty May said Kyrie Irving is resting tonight due to the Mavericks playing 5 games in 7 days. Also, he said Sergio De Larrea will be evaluated in the coming days. Lastly, Santi Aldama is getting close.
NBA Communications: Other nominees... West: Darius Acuff Jr. (SAC), Stephen Curry (GSW), Luka Dončić (LAL) and Cooper Flagg (DAL) East: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIA), Scottie Barnes (TOR), Tyrese Maxey (PHI) and Evan Mobley (CLE)
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SiriusXM NBA Radio: "The Mavs have consistently told teams they don't even want to field your call" @TheSteinLine tells @BGeltzNBA why Kyrie Irving isn't available
Tim MacMahon on Kyrie Irving: "Going into the season, I would have said more likely than not, he gets moved by the deadline, but I didn't feel super strong about it. The more I see the team, the more I think it's going to be awfully hard to trade him. Not that there won't be a big market, there will be, but if they've got a chance to compete for a play-in, playoff spot, I just think it's going to be really tough to move Kyrie. Also, as much as he means to that locker room as well as he's working with Luka, it was beautiful basketball."
Mike Curtis: Caleb Martin on how his skillset fits in Dusty May’s offense: “It’s fit well. Just the play style and the confidence he pushes and pours into his guys. He feels like a player to us, the way he comes up with a chip on his shoulder. The way he approaches the game, the habits that he wants to build. He’s seriously trying to progress and get better at things himself. It just radiates to the group and he doesn’t act like he has it all figured out. He’s genuinely learning.”
Grant Afseth: Dallas Mavericks Injury Report vs. Sacramento Kings: AVAILABLE: Caleb Martin (Right Thumb Splint) DOUBTFUL: Kyrie Irving (Left Knee Injury Management) Santi Aldama (Right Knee Surgery) OUT: Dereck Lively II (Right Surgery) Tarik Biberović (Right Heel Bursitis) Sergio de Larrea (Right Knee Sprain)
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Rob Fodor, the Dallas Mavericks’ newest shooting coach, once went seven years without picking up a basketball. “I was done. Never gonna go back,” he told The Dallas Morning News.
The Detroit native, who still holds the program record for assists at Division II Hillsdale College in Michigan, pivoted from the hardwood to the golf course after a series of injuries derailed his plan of playing professionally in Europe. Fodor was minding his business on a South Carolina driving range when a couple of men approached him to inquire about his former pastime. “Hey Rob, we heard you play basketball,” Fodor recalled the men saying. Without looking up from his swing stance, Fodor told them: “You guys heard wrong.”
They doubled down on their belief the next day and convinced him to play them 2-on-1 inside a high school gym, where Fodor “tortured them for a while,” as he describes it. Two decades later, Fodor, 65, has joined Dusty May’s staff to transform the Mavericks into an efficient perimeter shooting team. He has the track record: As the Miami Heat’s first full-time shooting coach, he helped the team reach its seventh-highest total for 3-point field goals made in a season.
“I’m a giver and a loyalty person, so I had to figure out what’s the best way for me to take care of my soul,” Fodor said. “What’s going to make me the happiest? Next thing you know, here I am a Dallas Maverick. I don’t think anybody expected that. Neither did I and I’m as happy as can be.”
