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Mavs Notes: Thompson, Davis, Lively, Offseason

April 19th, 2025 at 12:42pm CST by Luke Adams

After the Mavericks‘ season came to an end as a result of Friday night’s play-in loss in Memphis, Klay Thompson described his first year in Dallas as “tumultuous.” Head coach Jason Kidd took a rosier view, as Tim MacMahon of ESPN.com relays, referring to 2024/25 as an “incredible season” for his team, which missed out on the playoffs after making the NBA Finals last spring.

“When you look at the injuries that we’ve had (and) the change, for us to even be here playing in (Friday’s play-in) game, it’s incredible,” Kidd said. “It just shows the character of that group in that locker room, the fight, being prepared, moving on, learning from our losses and also our wins. So an incredible season with the change and injuries. Some would say we shouldn’t even be here, so give those guys in that locker room a lot of credit.”

While Kidd was eager to praise his players for the way they fought through the season, the fact that so much fight was required at all is a reflection of why Thompson viewed it as “tumultuous.” The second half was defined by a series of injuries to key players and the fallout of the controversial Luka Doncic trade.

When Thompson signed with the Mavericks as a free agent last summer, he was hoping to be the missing piece for a club that was three wins away from a championship in 2024. Instead, he’ll be watching his former team (Golden State) from home during the first round of the playoffs after averaging just 14.0 points per game in his first season as a Maverick, his lowest scoring mark since his rookie year.

“Don’t do this to me. Don’t do that to me. Don’t do that,” Thompson said with a laugh when asked if he’d still join the Mavs if he could do his 2024 free agency over. “That’s kind of a ridiculous question. I don’t own a time machine, and I don’t believe in going back, looking back. If I did that my whole career, I would not be where I’m at and I wouldn’t have been able to persevere through two really hard injuries.

“So I’m here in Dallas, and I enjoyed my time and I’m looking forward to the future.”

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Anthony Davis, who scored 40 points in Friday’s loss, said after the game that he appreciated the way that Mavericks fans treated him after his midseason arrival, even though he knows many of those fans disliked the trade the team made to acquire him. “Obviously, it’s a lot of emotions. I know it’s not directed towards me,” Davis said, per Mike Curtis of The Dallas Morning News. “The city loved the guy (Doncic). Get rid of a guy. A new guy comes in, yet they want to embrace you and they’re thankful for you, it still stings. I’m just thankful and appreciative of the city of Dallas and the fans for welcoming me and Max (Christie) to the new situation.”
Mavericks center Dereck Lively was on a minutes restriction for both of the team’s play-in games this week, tweets NBA insider Marc Stein. Lively, who was out from mid-January to early April with a foot injury, played 18 minutes on Wednesday vs. Sacramento and 20 minutes on Friday vs. Memphis.
According to Stein (Twitter link), Lively’s foot injury was “at the center of some significant tensions” among some of the new members of the Mavs’ medical and performance team at the practice facility in February. President of basketball operations Nico Harrison defended the medical team during this week’s media session when asked how Lively was on the verge of returning to action in January before being diagnosed with a stress fracture. “It actually goes to show the strength of our medical team, because he was cleared to play, but his signs and symptoms—our medical team knew it was something more,” Harrison said. “And so that’s why they went and tested him again and saw the CT scan. They actually avoided a potential catastrophic injury.”
Bobby Marks of ESPN has shared his preview of the Mavericks’ offseason in a YouTube video and in an ESPN.com Insider-only article. Marks explores what a new contract for injured guard Kyrie Irving might look like and identifies forward P.J. Washington as another key extension candidate to watch.

Ja Morant Available For Friday’s Play-In Game

April 18th, 2025 at 8:15pm CST by Luke Adams

The Grizzlies will have their star point guard available on Friday vs. Dallas as they look to clinch the eighth and final playoff seed in the West. After testing out his injured ankle during pregame warmups, Ja Morant will be in Memphis’ starting lineup, tweets Damichael Cole of The Memphis Commercial Appeal.

Morant turned his right ankle in the third quarter of Tuesday’s loss to Golden State when he came down on Buddy Hield‘s foot. Although he looked hobbled for the rest of the night, the 25-year-old was able to finish the game and vowed to suit up on Friday.

However, after being diagnosed with a right ankle sprain, Morant didn’t practice on Thursday and was listed as questionable for Friday’s do-or-die game, with Grizzlies interim head coach Tuomas Iisalo referring to him as a game-time decision, per Cole.

Shams Charania of ESPN said during an appearance on NBA Today (Twitter video link) that Morant underwent an MRI on the injury, and while it showed no structural damage, the sprain is considered “severe.” According to Charania, the Grizzlies guard received an injection on Thursday to address swelling and pain in the ankle and got another injection on Friday (Twitter link).

After missing most of the 2023/24 season with a shoulder injury, Morant was limited to 50 appearances in ’24/25, having dealt with a series of injuries, including some recurring issues in his surgically repaired shoulder. He was still effective when he did suit up, averaging 23.2 points, 7.3 assists, and 4.1 rebounds in 30.4 minutes per contest.

As expected, both Anthony Davis (adductor strain) and Brandon Williams (oblique strain) will be available on Friday for the Mavericks, according to the team (Twitter link). Both players had been listed as probable.

The winner of Friday’s Southwest Division showdown will face Oklahoma City in the first round of the playoffs, while the losing team will end up in the draft lottery.

Mavericks Notes: Williams, Davis, Gafford, New Arena, Silver

April 18th, 2025 at 2:01pm CST by Arthur Hill

Mavericks guard Brandon Williams suffered a left oblique strain on Sunday, but he wasn’t going to let that stand in the way of his first postseason opportunity, writes Grant Afseth of Dallas Hoops Journal (subscription required). After sending a text to head coach Jason Kidd promising that he was fine to play, Williams delivered 17 points and five assists in 18 minutes off the bench Wednesday as Dallas extended its season with a win at Sacramento.

“Ultimately, I was ready,” Williams said. “The medical staff, training staff and everybody that played a good part. And then my teammates lifted me up, hooking me up. So, it was just up to me to come out here and just play my all.”

Williams, who spent most of the season on a two-way contract, helped Dallas survive a manpower shortage caused by injuries and hard-cap spending restrictions. He averaged 8.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists during the regular season and was rewarded with a two-year standard contract on April 10. He has some security for the first time in his NBA career and looks ready to be a valuable contributor if Dallas can reach the playoffs by winning at Memphis tonight.

“Oh, my goodness! B-Will? I can’t say enough good things about him,” Klay Thompson said. “To go from being a two-way player to making an impact in the play-in — it’s a testament to his hard work and his character. He’s got a really bright future in this league.”

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Players are expecting a tough matchup with the Grizzlies, whether or not Memphis has Ja Morant, who suffered an ankle injury on Tuesday, per Mike Curtis of The Dallas Morning News. The Mavs lost to the Grizzlies by 35 points in the regular season finale as both teams rested their best players. “I’ve been in a playoff series with them before,” Anthony Davis said. “Not sure about the update on Ja, but they still play well without Ja as well. Nothing changes. (Desmond) Bane got in a good rhythm (Tuesday). Big (Zach) Edey. He’s a big body. Jaren Jackson. All-Star. Defensive Player of the Year candidate, so it’s going to be a battle. We gotta come in locked in and prepared.”
It has been a tumultuous season in Dallas coming off last year’s run to the NBA Finals, but Daniel Gafford sidestepped a question on whether it would be considered a failure if the Mavericks don’t win at Memphis, Curtis tweets. “We’re gonna save that question for whenever it ends,” Gafford said, “because we don’t plan on losing tonight.”
The Mavericks appear to be nearing the end of their long-time relationship with the NHL’s Dallas Stars as tenants of American Airlines Center and Reunion Arena, according to Lia Assimakopolous of The Dallas Morning News. At a press conference with week with selected media members, CEO Rick Welts talked about moving into a new arena when the current lease expires in 2031. “At least for this point, we think the best option for the Mavericks right now and for the experience of going to Mavericks games would be to build a basketball-first facility,” Welts said.
Appearing Wednesday on the Pat McAfee Show (Twitter video link), commissioner Adam Silver tried to quash a persistent rumor that the Mavericks’ owners are conspiring to move the team to Las Vegas.

Mavericks Hope Kyrie Irving Can Return By January, Eye Three-Year Contract

April 16th, 2025 at 8:47pm CST by Arthur Hill

The Mavericks are optimistic that Kyrie Irving could be playing again by January, Shams Charania of ESPN said on Wednesday during an appearance on NBA Countdown (Twitter video link).

Irving suffered a torn ACL in his left knee on March 3 and underwent surgery about three weeks later. The team didn’t provide a recovery timetable following the procedure, but players can often take a year or more to come back from ACL tears. If Charania’s timeline is accurate, Irving is on track to fully recover within about 10 months.

The 33-year-old guard was playing at an All-NBA level before the untimely injury, averaging 24.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.6 assists through 50 games with .473/.401/.916 shooting numbers. In February, he was selected as an All-Star for the ninth time in his career.

The loss of Irving sent the Mavs into a spiral that resulted in a 39-43 record, a 10th-place finish in the West and a spot in tonight’s play-in game. They were often short on personnel as their two-way players used up their eligibility, and they were unable to fill an open roster spot until April 10 due to a first-apron hard cap.

The more immediate issue with Irving is a nearly $44MM player option that he holds for next season. His decision is due by June 25, and Charania hears that the Mavericks would prefer to sign him to a new three-year contract. That would align him with Anthony Davis as well as general manager Nico Harrison.

Mavs’ Harrison: ‘No Regrets’ About Trading Luka Doncic

April 15th, 2025 at 2:28pm CST by Luke Adams

Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison and CEO Rick Welts held a closed-door, hour-long session with a select group of Dallas-based media on Tuesday ahead of the team’s play-in matchup with Sacramento on Wednesday. Predictably, much of the discussion during Harrison’s first media session in over two months centered around the team’s shocking decision to trade Luka Doncic to the Lakers in February, as well as the aftermath of that deal.

“There’s no regrets on the trade,” Harrison said, according to Tim MacMahon of ESPN. “Part of my job is to do the best thing for the Mavericks, not only today, but also in the future, and some of the decisions I’m going to make are going to be unpopular. That’s my job, and I have to stand by it.”

The Mavericks, who were 26-23 when word of the trade broke, envisioned Anthony Davis – the centerpiece of the return – anchoring a championship-level defense. However, several key Mavs players, including Davis, suffered significant injuries not long after the move was completed, derailing the team’s season and leading to a 39-43 finish.

Dallas still has a chance to make the playoffs as the bottom seed in the play-in tournament, but the way the regular season ended has made it impossible for many Mavs fans to move past the front office’s decision to trade its franchise player. Harrison, who has been the subject of “fire Nico” chants in Dallas over the past two-plus months, said on Tuesday that he’d hoped the “vitriol would’ve subsided” by now with a stronger finish.

“That’s a championship-caliber team, and you guys were able to see it for two-and-a-half quarters,” Harrison said, per MacMahon. “Unfortunately, it’s a small sample size, but that is fairly a dominant defensive team. And as you look for us going forward, our philosophy is going to change. We’re a team that’s built on defense, we’re built on versatility and depth. I think that’s important going forward and that’s going to be the blueprint to our success.”

As MacMahon writes, Harrison repeated the mantra “defense wins championships” many times on Tuesday, echoing the statement he made to ESPN 15 minutes after the trade agreement between the Mavericks and Lakers was first reported on February 1.

“Our philosophy, like I said, going forward is defense wins championships and we’re built on defense. And this trade cements us for that,” Harrison said.

Asked why he didn’t feel that the Doncic-led core that made the NBA Finals last season was championship-caliber, the Mavs GM replied, “I’ll say this again: Defense wins championships.”

Here’s more from Harrison, via MacMahon:

Referring to the Mavs’ fan base as “passionate,” Harrison noted that he also faced plenty of criticism for previous deals for Kyrie Irving, P.J. Washington, and Daniel Gafford, all of whom helped the team make the Finals a year ago. “To be honest with you, every trade I’ve made since I’ve been here has not been regarded as a good trade, and so sometimes it takes time,” Harrison said. “When I traded for Kyrie, it was met with a lot of skepticism and it was graded as a terrible trade and you didn’t see it right away, but eventually everyone agreed that that was a great trade. When I traded for [Gafford] and [Washington] again, it was like, ‘Oh, he gave up way too much. These guys aren’t going to help us.’ Now that trade, you saw the evidence a lot sooner. So I think a lot of times trades take a little bit of time.”
Minority stakeholder Mark Cuban, the Mavericks’ former majority owner, said in March that if the front office was committed to trading Doncic, he would’ve liked to see the team “get a better deal.” Asked on Tuesday about those comments, Harrison replied, “We targeted AD with our philosophy of defense wins championships. We wanted a two-way player to lead our team and that was Anthony Davis. And so everybody’s going to have their critics and I’m not sure what Mark said, but that’s a better question left for him. But we got what we wanted.”
Harrison has spoken about his belief that the Mavericks have a three- or four-year window to contend for a title. Asked if he envisions himself still being in his current role for the rest of that time frame (and beyond), he said, “I have three years left of my contract. I see myself finishing it out.”

Southwest Notes: Exum, Paul, Edey, Reeves

April 8th, 2025 at 9:54pm CST by Dana Gauruder

Dante Exum could make a surprise early return from his left hand surgery. The Mavericks guard has been upgraded to questionable for their game against the Lakers on Wednesday, Mike Curtis of the Dallas Morning News tweets. Exum was expected to miss the remainder of the season after fracturing his left hand in mid-March.

Anthony Davis (adductor strain) is listed as probable to play in Wednesday’s game.

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Chris Paul isn’t sure if he’ll continue to play beyond this season. Paul, who will be a free agent again this summer, said he’s enjoyed his time in San Antonio, he told Mike Monroe of The Athletic. “You never know where your career, your journey, is going to take you,” said Paul, who is averaging 8.8 points and 7.6 assists per game with the Spurs. “I would never have imagined I would be here in San Antonio and have my career end with never coming here.”
Lottery pick Zach Edey has been on a nice run as the season winds down. The Grizzlies‘ rookie center has averaged 16.7 rebounds in three April outings. He had a double-double against the Lakers late last month. Edey doesn’t mind doing the dirty work. “That’s always been my favorite type of game,” he told Michael Wallace of Grind City Media. “These are games when refs let you play, let you bang, and it gets physical. That’s always been the kind of game I thrive in.”
Rookie Antonio Reeves led the Pelicans with 23 points in a loss to Milwaukee on Sunday. The second-round pick out of Kentucky is averaging 13.7 points over the last six games. He’s signed to a three-year, $5.41MM deal.

Mavericks Notes: Play-In Race, Davis, Powell, Harrison, Cuban

April 7th, 2025 at 5:30pm CST by Dana Gauruder

Back-to-back losses to the Clippers pushed the Mavericks down to 10th place in the Western Conference standings. They were blasted in the second of those games, 135-104, on Saturday night.

“The biggest message is we got to stay hungry,” Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said, per Grant Afseth of DallasHoopsJournal.com (Substack link). “We haven’t achieved anything, even though we’ve been able, with all the injuries and restricted minutes, to keep ourselves in the play-in race. And so, we have to stay hungry.

“We had a big win at home against Atlanta. Unfortunately, we didn’t play up to par here against the Clippers. We have to go back home now, and we have games with the Lakers and Toronto. Hopefully, we can protect home court and we can get a little rhythm going into the play-in.”

Dallas will be fresh for the matchup with the Lakers — they don’t play until Wednesday night.

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One of the positives out of Saturday’s game is that Anthony Davis produced 27 points and nine rebounds, Eddie Sefko of Mavs.com notes. Davis sat out the first matchup with the Clippers on the front end of the back-to-back. “You look at AD at (power forward), you’d say that we’re going to have the advantage on most nights,” Kidd said. “And that’s going to create the double team or if they play straight up we can win that matchup. He’s always wanted to play the four. And the plan is to keep him at the four, but at the end of the day, you want your best five out there to win the game so sometimes that might mean he slides over to the five (center). He’s a special talent because he can guard one through five. So I believe that him at the four defensively and offensively gives us an advantage to win.”
With the team getting some key pieces back in recent weeks, Dwight Powell is eager to see how well former Lakers Davis and Max Christie blend with their new teammates, he told Afseth in an RG.org interview. “Competitors. They’re here for the right reasons, and they want to help us be successful,” Powell said. “That’s all you can ask for in this league. So I’m excited to get everybody kind of get the chemistry going, and I think we’ve seen glimpses and I think we’ll continue to see more. Just excited for everybody to continue to grow together.”
In his latest Substack article, Marc Stein describes how the Luka Doncic trade was crafted and examines its aftermath. Stein details how general manager Nico Harrison gained so much power in the front office and why Mark Cuban’s influence on personnel decisions waned.

Mavericks Notes: Davis, Dinwiddie, Hardy, Gafford

April 6th, 2025 at 9:02am CST by Arthur Hill

The spotlight will be on Luka Doncic‘s return to Dallas when the Lakers meet the Mavericks on Wednesday, but Anthony Davis will also be facing his former teammates. The All-Star big man, who spent five and a half years in L.A. and helped deliver the 2020 NBA title, downplayed the upcoming event after Saturday’s loss to the Clippers.

“No emotions,” Davis responded when asked how he feels about taking on the Lakers (Twitter video link from Melissa Rohlin of Fox Sports).

General manager Nico Harrison’s desire to rebuild his team around Davis was among the motivations for the shocking trade that sent Doncic to L.A. two months ago. Harrison envisioned a tall, talented team that could overpower opponents, but injuries to Davis, Kyrie Irving and others, along with a lack of manpower due to hard cap restrictions, have prevented that from happening.

Instead, Dallas is trying to hang onto a play-in tournament spot with one week left in the regular season. Back-to-back lopsided losses to the Clippers this weekend left the Mavs at 38-41, percentage points better than Sacramento and two games ahead of Phoenix. Aside from Doncic’s homecoming, Wednesday’s game will be important for the Lakers as they try to hold onto the third seed in a crowded Western Conference playoff race.

“It should be electric,” Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said, per Christian Clark of The Athletic (Twitter link). “I think the fans will be excited to see Luka. We will be excited to figure out how to protect home court.”

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Spencer Dinwiddie has surprisingly become the team’s leader in minutes played this season, notes Mike Curtis of The Dallas Morning News. The veteran guard, who was the last player the team signed to a standard contract before the campaign began, has appeared in 77 games and logged 2,071 minutes. “It’s adjustment on the fly,” Dinwiddie said. “My task changes game to game, and sometimes, within the game.”
Dinwiddie was the only point guard available on Saturday after as Jaden Hardy was ruled out shortly before tip-off with a right ankle sprain, Curtis adds in a separate story. When Dinwiddie rested, Dallas ran its offense through Davis, Naji Marshall and Caleb Martin, which resulted in 16 turnovers that led to 19 Clippers points. There’s no word on how long Hardy might be sidelined.
Daniel Gafford who returned this week from a knee sprain, told Mark Medina of Sportskeeda that the addition of Davis gives the Mavericks a “top-tier defense and top-tier offense.” “With how much gravity he absorbs, he can stretch the floor out,” Gafford said. “So I just have to make plays on the back end. That’s all I got to do, pretty much pick up where he leaves off.”

Mavs’ Gafford Back In Action, Lively Close To Returning

April 1st, 2025 at 12:25pm CST by Luke Adams

Mavericks big man Daniel Gafford returned to action on Monday night against Brooklyn after missing 21 straight games due to a sprained knee and showed no signs of rust in his first game since February 10. In just under 19 minutes on the floor, Gafford racked up 17 points, seven rebounds, and a pair of assists.

It wasn’t all good news for Dallas, as the team dropped a very winnable game against a lottery-bound Nets team. Gafford also wasn’t entirely thrilled with his performance, though he said it felt good to be back in action, adding that he thought he improved over the course of the night.

“It was real important to me (to get back in the lineup). I’ve got a big heart for the game,” Gafford said, per Greg Riddle of The Dallas Morning News. “There were times when I was down, and the people around me kept me motivated. It was a bunch of mess-ups from me early on, but throughout the course of the game, it just started to feel kind of natural again.”

As dispiriting as the Mavericks’ loss was, it didn’t hurt them much in the play-in race, since Sacramento also lost on Monday. The Suns gained a half-game as a result of having the night off, but they have the NBA’s most difficult remaining schedule and will be without their top scorer for at least the next three games.

The 37-39 Mavs currently hold the No. 9 seed in the Western Conference, with a half-game lead on the No. 10 Kings and a 1.5-game cushion on No. 11 Phoenix. And after getting Gafford back on Monday, they should have another key contributor available soon — big man Dereck Lively, sidelined since January 14 with a stress fracture in his ankle, was listed as questionable vs. Brooklyn before being ruled out. Head coach Jason Kidd said the second-year center is “trending” toward returning this week, according to Riddle.

Assuming they have Anthony Davis, Gafford, and Lively available during the home stretch of the regular season, the Mavericks figure to lean pretty heavily on lineups featuring multiple big men. As Christian Clark of The Athletic writes, Davis said after Monday’s loss that it was the first time he has been part of a two-big lineup for an entire game and that he still needs to get used to it. However, he and Gafford are both excited about the possibilities.

“It’s an advantage we have, having two bigs,” Davis said, according to Eddie Sefko of Mavs.com. “They’re going to switch or blitz and with his ability to jump and put pressure on the rim, it’s going to be open.”

“The thing that excites me is when it comes to certain parts of the game defensively, we are going to go through the roof,” Gafford added, per Clark. “Offensively, I need to be in the right spot at the right time. It makes my job easier. I just have to get better at guarding guys on the perimeter.”

Mavericks’ Anthony Davis Talks Injury, Trade, More

March 28th, 2025 at 9:36pm CST by Alex Kirschenbaum

Mavericks big man Anthony Davis is loving life with his new team.

The 6’10” pro has only appeared in three games since being traded as the centerpiece in the Lakers’ blockbuster pre-deadline deal for All-NBA guard Luka Doncic. But he’s already enjoying his experience in Dallas, as he told Marc J. Spears of Andscape.

“I don’t feel it, but a lot of people have been coming to me and telling me they haven’t seen me smile like this in a long time,” Davis told Spears. “Family is happy. Everybody is happy.”

Davis acknowledged being caught off guard when he heard news of the deal, especially given how Los Angeles had been playing at the time.

“It’s the nature of the business,” Davis said. “Obviously, the first maybe 48 hours, it was just a shock because I wasn’t expecting it. Nobody was expecting it, so they say. But I know from my side, my team and my family and everybody who works with me, I wasn’t expecting it. Even when I was getting some of the calls [about the trade], I thought guys were playing. But it ended up being true and that first initial [emotion] was more a shock just seeing the position [we were in]; we’re in fifth in the West [Conference], we were rolling…”

Dallas fans were similarly bewildered by the deal, which also saw the Mavericks acquire three-and-D wing Max Christie and L.A.’s first-round pick in 2029 in exchange for the 2024 Western Conference Finals MVP.

“I know what Luka meant to the [Mavericks] organization, to the team,” Davis said. “So, it’s like, what do I say to these guys coming in as a new leader and trying to lead these guys to do something special? And for them it’s like, ‘S–t, he just went through probably the biggest trade in [expletive] sports history. What do we say to him?’ And I wasn’t playing. So, I just tried to feel everybody out and just kind of let it happen organically. And now we got a super-tight bond, man, with all the guys.”

The Kentucky alum had been recuperating from an abdominal injury at the time of the trade. He aggravated the ailment during his Dallas debut, on February 8, and missed the subsequent six weeks of action.

Despite season-ending injuries to nine-time All-Star guard Kyrie Irving, Dante Exum, and Olivier-Maxence Prosper, Davis nevertheless decided to return to the floor for Dallas. The 36-38 club is currently the No. 10 seed in the West, and angling for a play-in tournament berth.

“We were playing with six, seven, eight guys who were coming in after playing a game 40, 42 minutes drained, tired, having to play back-to-backs, having to come in and still [weight] lift and get their shots [up],” Davis said. “That was a motivator for me. I knew I was going [to come back] just because of the amount of games we had left. And not even that, just the position we were in, too. We are half a game behind Phoenix. But we got a chance. [Eight] games left. We are trying to try to make a push to get into these playoffs and just take it from there.”

In his most recent game, a 101-92 victory over Orlando on Thursday, Davis played one minute more than his current 28-minute limit, per Mike Curtis of The Dallas Morning News (Twitter link).

“I put a lot of pressure on myself to be great and everybody was telling me, ‘Bro, you missed six weeks,'” Davis said. “‘It’s your second game back [after February 8].’ Just trying to find a rhythm but most importantly, we got the win… But I feel good. Body’s feeling good.”

In his three healthy contests for the Mavericks, the 32-year-old is averaging 17.7 PPG, 9.7 RPG, 4.0 APG, 1.3 BPG and 0.7 BPG.

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