The Pelicans star was dominant on Wednesday night, scoring 29 points in 27 minutes of play. Williamson is still on a minutes restriction since returning from injury on January 7th. He told reporters after practice on Thursday that he feels healthy enough to play more, but he's listening to the doctors about easing his way back into form.

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The latest misfortune in the Mavericks' injury-riddled season occurred Thursday night when the All-Star reserves were announced by TNT. Kyrie Irving, who had the best chance of qualifying for the Western Conference team, was not selected as part of the 14 reserves.

Sabonis has been a prototypical snub since he got to Sacramento four years ago. He puts up huge numbers for a team outside of title contention and sometimes gets lost in the fray as a result. He’s actually made more All-NBA teams than All-Star Games in his full seasons with the Kings.

We're not quite in barrel-scrapping territory in the East ... but it's pretty close. Out West, things are more competitive.

Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd explained why he believes Kyrie Irving is deserving of a 2024-25 NBA All-Star Game selection.

Mark Cuban took to X to fire shots at the NBA for not nominating Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving to the 2025 NBA All-Star game. He joked that the NBA All-Star game would do disappointing television numbers once again.

Nets team, saying the Mavericks didn’t just win the swap that brought him to Dallas, but got the best deal in the NBA.

The NBA decided to change the All-Star game format this year with a four-team mini-tournament in which TNT’s Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, and Shaquille O'Neal will have a draft and select three eight-man teams from the 24 All-Stars. The Rising Stars champion from Friday will be the fourth team.

The NBA slate on Friday includes the Dallas Mavericks (26-22) visiting Tobias Harris and the Detroit Pistons (23-24) at Little Caesars Arena, with the matchup tipping at 7:00 PM ET.The Mavericks

The All-Star Weekend is ready for action after the NBA announced the final All-Star selections for both conferences. While most of the league’s top stars made the cut, there were some notable exclusions from the list,