Four decades after helping put the franchise on the NBA map, Mark Aguirre took his place among Mavericks royalty as Dallas retired his No. 24 jersey at the American Airlines Center on Thursday night.

Kon Knueppel made the critical plays down the stretch, outdueling Cooper Flagg, his former roommate at Duke who led all scorers with 49 points, and helping the Hornets past the Mavericks for their fifth straight win.

ESPN's Shams Charania reported earlier this month that the Mavs had "renewed trade talks around Davis," and TSN's Josh Lewenberg reported on Jan. 22 that Davis' agent Rich Paul "is said to be working tirelessly to force a trade" to a team that would offer him an extension.

If Giannis’ self-diagnosed timeline is correct, the Bucks will have to do most of this heavy stretch of basketball without him. Things have gotten rough as it is, but they could get a whole lot worse by the time the dust settles on March 31.

Despite being on the wrong end of two-point game loss to the Hornets, Cooper Flagg put on a show for the Dallas crowd and scored an eye-popping 49 points in the 13th-highest-scoring rookie outing in NBA history.

With ice and sleet expected on Saturday, the Mavericks are making some adjustments ahead of Luka Dončić's return to Dallas.

The Dallas Mavericks' search for a replacement for former general manager and president of basketball operations Nico Harrison reportedly isn't yet close to reaching its conclusion.

Thursday’s NBA action features some terrific games, highlighted by the Oklahoma City Thunder taking on the Minnesota Timberwolves in a rematch of last season’s