Dallas Mavericks

SI.com will analyze each of the NBA's 30 teams as regular-season tip-off approaches. For a complete list of team-by-team breakdowns, click here. The information in the "Go figure" category below is provided by Roland...

If the Western Conference is the best in the NBA, the Southwest Division is responsible for the honor. Four teams won more than 50 games. (Yes, the Grizzlies lost 60 and handed the conference crown to the Lakers, but...

Ron Artest is doing his part. Josh Howard might already have done his part. Now the onus is on the Mavericks and Kings to do their parts.

LAS VEGAS -- It's not easy for Gerald Green to think about last season.

The NBA has long been considered a players' league, with coaches often serving as little more than interchangeable commodities. That helps explain the high turnover rate for coaches -- 23 percent (seven out of 30)...