Dallas Mavericks Blog | ESPN Dallas The buzz coming out of Minnesota is that O.J. Mayo could be a prime summer target for new Timberwolves president of basketball operations Flip Saunders. The Mavs would like to keep Mayo, but all indications are that they won’t be dragged into any bidding wars for him. Mark Cuban is likely to have a set price in mind for Mayo – the midlevel exception ($5.35 million salary next season) is an educated guess – and wish him well if the shooting-starved Timberwolves or another team offers more.
Dallas Mavericks May 10, 2013
Canis Hoopus Darren Wolfson reported today on twitter that Flip Saunders likes Dallas Mavericks shooting guard O.J. Mayo, and is expected to pursue him this off-season: Dan Barreiro @DanBarreiroKFAN3h Wolves missed previous shot at pursuing FA shooting guard O.J. Mayo. I expect them to go after him hard this time. Expand Darren Wolfson @DarrenWolfson1h @MyFansanity Correct. Tweeted that last week. Writing a note on that for tomorrow. Multiple people say Flip likes Mayo. Hide conversation Reply Retweet Favorite More 2:21 PM - 9 May 13 · Details ...
Minnesota Timberwolves May 9, 2013Dallas Mavericks Blog | ESPN Dallas ESPNDallas.com will estimate the market value for each of the Mavericks' eight free agents and examine their worth to the Mavs in a once-per-day series. O.J. Mayo After opting out of the second year of his contract, O.J. Mayo declared that he hoped to sign a long-term deal to stay in Dallas. Coach Rick Carlisle, who had vented his frustration with Mayo just a few days earlier, made it clear that he’d welcome the shooting guard back. “I like O.
Dallas Mavericks April 28, 2013
Mavs Moneyball As expected, O.J. Mayo has opted out of his player option, which would have paid him 4.2 million dollars to be a Maverick for another year. There was just a little bit of doubt on this, given O.J.'s shaky play of late, but one assumes that Mayo is interested in getting a long-term deal as soon as possible, even if it's not that big a raise. It's likely, of course, that he will be looking for a big raise but it's hard to know what he'll get. On the one hand, Mayo is a 25 year old with a world of offensive talent who expanded his playmaking extensively this year. On the other hand, he a...
Dallas Mavericks April 19, 2013Dallas Mavericks Blog | Dallas Morning News Three days after Rick Carlisle called out O.J. Mayo for not competing against the Memphis Grizzlies, Mayo’s former team, the Dallas Mavericks coach explained why he wants the 25-year-old back next season. “I love O.J. as a kid, as a … Continue reading →
Dallas Mavericks April 19, 2013Dallas Mavericks Blog | Dallas Morning News Barely 12 hours after the Mavericks’ season ended, O.J. Mayo on Thursday answered one of the pressing questions of this off-season. He said he will decline his player option for the second year of his contract and become a free … Continue reading →
Dallas Mavericks April 19, 2013Dallas Mavericks Blog | ESPN Dallas DALLAS -- O.J. Mayo's role for the final game didn't change. Neither has coach Carlisle's belief in the 25-year-old shooting guard despite the coach's emotional postgame criticism of Mayo after Monday's loss to Memphis. Mayo started the season finale against the New Orleans Hornets, just like the Mavs' other 81 games this season. "He'll come out of this a much better and more experienced player," Carlisle told ESPN Dallas 103.3's Chuck Cooperstein in a pregame interview.
Dallas Mavericks April 17, 2013Dallas Mavericks Blog | Dallas Morning News Difficult as it is to imagine, O.J. Mayo said after this morning’s shootaround that he had not seen or heard about coach Rick Carlisle’s public criticism of him after Monday’s Memphis game. “No, what happened?” Mayo said with a straight … Continue reading →
Dallas Mavericks April 17, 2013Dallas Mavericks Blog | ESPN Dallas Shooting guard O.J. Mayo, the subject of coach Rick Carlisle’s public wrath after Monday’s loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, wants to return to Dallas next season. “Yeah, I’d like to be back here,” Mayo told reporters after Wednesday’s final shootaround of the season. Mayo, however, said he has yet to consider whether he will exercise the player option for the second season in the contract he signed with the Mavericks last season.
Dallas Mavericks April 17, 2013Dallas Mavericks Blog | Dallas Morning News Click here to read Brad Townsend’s entire column O.J. Mayo owes an apology to his teammates in general and Vince Carter in particular. In the least, Mayo owes them maximum effort in Wednesday’s season finale against New Orleans. Why Mayo, … Continue reading →
Dallas Mavericks April 17, 2013Dallas Mavericks Blog | Dallas Morning News During his five seasons as Mavericks coach, the only other time Rick Carlisle publically criticized a player nearly as harshly as he did O.J. Mayo on Monday was when he went on his radio show last season and questioned Lamar … Continue reading →
Dallas Mavericks April 17, 2013
Fort-Worth Star Telegram The coach says O.J. Mayo ‘didn’t compete’ against former team as Dallas falls back under .500. Follow Dwain Price on Twitter Get behind the headlines in our Mavs' blog: Full-Court Press ...
Dallas Mavericks April 15, 2013Dallas Mavericks Blog | ESPN Dallas DALLAS – Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle bolted a couple of steps onto the court, right in the path of O.J. Mayo dribbling up the sideline, to frantically call a timeout midway through the fourth quarter. After the referee blew the whistle, Carlisle shot a disgusted stare toward Mayo. The coach appeared to resist the urge to rip the ball away from 25-year-old shooting guard, who had two sloppy turnovers and a weak foul on a made layup in the minute and a half before that uncomfortable moment.
Dallas Mavericks April 15, 2013Dallas Mavericks Blog | ESPN Dallas NEW ORLEANS – Maybe the fourth time will be the charm when it comes to breaking the Mavericks’ .500 failures. Some call it the Curse of Omar the Barber, whom O.J. Mayo publicly welcomed to shave those scraggly .500 beards when the Mavs got their first shot at the break-even mark late last month. Believe what you want, but there’s no denying that the Mavs are 0-3 when they’ve had a chance to get to .500, and their performances in those games have been uglier than their facial hair.
Dallas Mavericks April 14, 2013Dallas Mavericks Blog | ESPN Dallas DALLAS – The O.J. Mayo clutch roller coaster can be one heck of a wild ride. The Mavs survived the crazy twists and turns and highs and lows Friday night. Start with Mayo drilling a tie-breaking 3-pointer from the right wing with 34.1 seconds remaining in regulation. If that leads holds up, Mayo is a relative hero. Oh, but then that iffy basketball IQ owner Mark Cuban was discussing in team-wide terms popped up with less than 10 seconds on the clock.
Dallas Mavericks April 13, 2013
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