Mavericks Spend Preseason in Texas

NBA training camps opened World Wide this week. Examples include the Phoenix Suns who traveled more than 6-thosand miles to practice in Italy.

Or the LA Clippers who traveled just as far to practice in Russia.

Or the Philadelphia 76ers who will practice in both Italy and Germany.

Or the San Antonio Spurs who traveled 5-thousand miles to France.

But for the Dallas Mavericks, they couldn't find a more welcomed place to hold training camp than Denton, Texas. That’s right, Denton, Texas. Total travel time, 45-minutes by bus.

“Amazing,” said Amina Igeh, a Student at the University of North Texas. “I never thought this would happen to UNTTTTTTT,” she screamed.

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“We're in good old Denton, Texas,” said Mavericks Guard Jason Terry. “Ha Ha, go figure, but its good.”

“Its awesome, this is so amazing,” yells Kristi Lu, another UNT student. “It’s like not even a big place, but they came here anyway, so that's really awesome.”

The decision to stay in Texas was made by Head Coach Avery Johnson.
“Yeah, stay close to home, but get away,” he said. “Its only for a couple of days.

If it’s any consolation, the Mavericks are staying at a very nice resort, just a few miles away. The resort is across the highway from the Texas Motor Speedway. This may not be Russia, France or Spain, but as we're told, once the players finish two a-days, they're too tired to do anything but eat and sleep anyway.

“I would love to play in front of some German fans,” explained Mavericks Forward Dirk Nowitzki. “It hasn't worked out the last couple of years, and that's all right, but we're trying to get ready for an NBA Season. I would love to be there and represent the Mavericks over there, in my home country. Instead, we get to go to beautiful Pittsburgh this year.”

The Mavericks will play eight preseason games, followed by the season opener against San Antonio on Thursday, November 2nd.