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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been fined $600,000 for comments he made on a podcast earlier this week when he said that it was in the team's best interest to lose games the rest of the season.

The Dallas Mavericks have hired outside counsel to investigate allegations of inappropriate conduct by former team president Terdema Ussery in a Sports Illustrated report that described a hostile workplace for women.

With his team sitting near the bottom of the NBA in the standings, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said he told a bunch of his players that losing is their best option.

Dallas Mavericks co-founder and first-majority owner, Don Carter, passed away at his home in Uptown Dallas Wednesday evening. He was 84-years-old.

Harden scored 27 points, Chris Paul added 25 and the Rockets easily handled Mavericks for their eighth straight win and 12th in the last 13.

With the NBA trade deadline quickly approaching, a 3 way deal has been struck between Denver, New York and Dallas.

Dallas Mavericks guard Seth Curry will have season-ending surgery on his left tibia, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Dirk Nowitzki made peace years ago with the reality that spending his entire career with the Mavericks would likely mean little or no chance to win a second championship.

Danilo Gallinari had 28 points, including the go-ahead free throws with 24 seconds left, and the Clippers scored the last 13 points of the game to rally past a Mavs team that went scoreless over the final 4:42.

Dennis Smith Jr. scored 17, Harrison Barnes 15 and Dirk Nowitzki 14 for the Mavericks, who shot just 36 percent.