Mavs coach Rick Carlisle on the Hawks firing Lloyd Pierce: "This is a shocking development to all of us in the coaching world. The timing seems odd. The team had injuries, a lot of those kind of things...I really feel for him &amp his family. He just had

Mavs Interim GM Matt Riccardi on the AD trade We had to take an honest look at ourselves and realize where we were and where we wanted to be Sometimes the path is not straightfoward and you gotta go a roundabout way to get where we want to go but our goal here remains the same we want to win

Rick Carlisle had very strong words for how the NBA office handled the medical examination calling it ridiculous and shocking

Rick Carlisle on Luka Doncic Hes the greatest player Ive ever coached

Royer Rick Carlisle on Luka Doncic He's the greatest player I've ever coached He'll be an MVP I coached Dirk Nowitzki we won a championship together But Luke is just he's the extra special of the most extra special just in terms of everything he can do on the basketball floor

NBA on Prime Blake Griffin and Dirk Nowitzki both agree it is time for the Mavericks to build around Cooper Flagg

Royer Rick Carlisle on Luka Doncic He's the greatest player I've ever coached He'll be an MVP I coached Dirk Nowitzki we won a championship together But Luka is just he's the extra special of the most extra special just in terms of everything he can do on the basketball floor