The latest news from Scout.com. The Scout.com Network covers college, NFL, MLB, high school, recruiting, and much more http://www.scout.com/ http://media.scout.com/media/rss/scout.gif http://www.scout.com/ en-us Copyright © 2013 Scout.com and Scout.com. All rights reserved. This website is an unofficial and independent source of news and information, and is not affiliated with any school, team or league. info@scout.com info@scout.com Tue, 21 May 2013 08:57:10 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Scout.com > NCAA > Illinois Men's Basketball Alumni Scout.com RSS Engine v1.0 (Server:SCOUTWEB3) 60 Deron Williams didn't want Friday's Mavs visit to Brooklyn to be about him. In a way, he got his wish, as Dallas built a huge lead before holding on for a 98-90 win that breaks a three-game losing streak for a Mavs team still trying to mature its way into playoff contention. 'Everybody is sitting at the grown-ups table now,' coach Rick Carlisle says. So let's pull up a chair. http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1270729.html 2 Mike Fisher http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1270729.html Sat, 02 Mar 2013 09:27:00 GMT 0 268 Dallas mavericks Former Illinois Point Guard Demetri McCamey spent some time overseas playing basketball, but now he's back in the United States as he continues his basketball career. http://illinois.scout.com/2/1252255.html 2 Ryan Easterling http://illinois.scout.com/2/1252255.html Thu, 27 Dec 2012 05:58:00 GMT 0 169 Illinois illinois Former Illinois PG Sam Maniscalco paid his alma mater a visit recently. We caught up with him and talked about his preparations for playing overseas. http://illinois.scout.com/2/1237882.html 2 Ryan Easterling http://illinois.scout.com/2/1237882.html Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:03:00 GMT 1 169 Illinois illinois Friday Mavs Donuts as we examine the viability of 'Putting Trust In Dirk & Rick As They Are Putting Trust In Cuban & Donnie' ... Wait for a Elton Brand result while wondering about some trickery ... And wonder if there is anything at all undesireable about a Dirk-led culture in the Dallas room: http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199181.html 2 Mike Fisher http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199181.html Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:07:00 GMT 0 268 Dallas mavericks Perception is the light where context and complexity may be banished to shadow in favor of shallow conclusions. A belief, an infant faith, it is the voice that demands it be sewn into every opinion, every decision we make. And, it is unavoidable. We think, we react … we perceive. Little wonder, then that Perception might be becoming an Mavs enemy. An examination in Mavs Donuts: http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1200669.html 2 Michael Dugat http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1200669.html Wed, 11 Jul 2012 10:19:00 GMT 0 268 Dallas mavericks In Mavs GM Donnie Nelson's first and so-far only full-length interview after 'The Week That Wasn't,' he answers our questions about DeronQuest, Kidd's flipflop, Nash-to-LA, Dallas' 'inactivity,' 'The Plan(s), 'Shark Tank' and most important, the future of Dirk. 'He's a Mav For Life,' Donnie says. The DB.com Donnie Q&A, updated with our concerns that this week, a 'Dwightmare' may add to the misery: http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199183.html 2 Fish & Kevin Brolan http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199183.html Sat, 07 Jul 2012 13:07:00 GMT 0 268 Dallas mavericks The Mavs wear their CBA seatbelts and drive 55. Meanwhile, the rest of the NBA rides free agency like it's the Autobahn. Kidd's re-upping, but this Mavs week is a flop. ‘Everybody has a plan,’ Mike Tyson once said, ‘until they get punched in the face.’ For the Mavs, their free-agency face bashed in and bloodied, what’s next? Must ‘dry powder’ equal ‘inactivity’? No. Here’s ‘The Next Plan’: http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1200207.html 2 David Lord http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1200207.html Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:24:00 GMT 1 268 Dallas mavericks Sometimes, schemes are judged on their merits by the outcomes they produce. Other times good plans can remain so regardless of their results. Often, success or failure is determined by execution. So how do we judge the ill-fated chases for Plans A and B, Deron and Nash, as yet another 'clever' CBA trick goes up in Mavs smoke? http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199182.html 2 Chuck Perry & Fish http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199182.html Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:07:00 GMT 0 268 Dallas mavericks We’re manning the phones at The Mavs Suicide Hotline. And we’re calling the phones, too. Irrational? Emotional? Is that us? We’re fans like you, the only difference being the credentialed lanyards that stupidly hang from our necks. And with Deron Dissing Dallas, we’ve earned the right to irrational emotion. So hand Fish a pitchfork. Hand MDug a torch. Let’s go roast the f--- outta the Mavs. http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1200047.html 2 Fish & Michael Dugat http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1200047.html Wed, 04 Jul 2012 04:34:00 GMT 0 268 Dallas mavericks DB.com has learned that the Mavs and Magic have visited on the subject of a Dwight Howard trade. Wait, you thought Dwight-to-the-Nets was sealed? The race isn't over yet because the race is just beginning. Tuesday Mavs Donuts: http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199184.html 2 Mike Fisher http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199184.html Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:07:00 GMT 0 268 Dallas mavericks The big news of the day isn't the Nets' Joe trade, but rather its trickle-down effect on Dallas' pitch to Deron - and on Dwight's chances of moving. A source close to Deron tells us no decision has been reached. Meanwhile, there's a subtle shift in Dallas' pitch to Deron and a seismic shift in the Mavs' ties to Dwight: http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199702.html 2 Mike Fisher http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199702.html Tue, 03 Jul 2012 03:58:00 GMT 1 268 Dallas mavericks How much does Vince want to stay in Dallas? See my 1-on-1 Video Visit for yourself. What's Dirk's pitch to Deron? We've got that video, too. Is Cuban making a salesman's error by being in LA today? What does Michael Finley have to do with the business of the day? We've got it all, right here, in Monday Mavs Donuts! http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199186.html 2 Mike Fisher http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199186.html Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:07:00 GMT 0 268 Dallas mavericks Seven months in the making, culminating on Monday, July 2, when the defending world-champion Mavs' interpretation of a harsh new CBA propels them to a meeting with premier free agent Deron Williams. 'Plan B's are for another day. This is about the details of the Mavs' DeronQuest, from A-to-Z. And we've got the exhaustive inside look: http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199185.html 2 Mike Fisher http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199185.html Mon, 02 Jul 2012 03:58:00 GMT 1 268 Dallas mavericks This is about Deron and this is about the Draft and we battle through our MavVirus to say it thusly: Expectations are the hands that craft reaction. They are the criteria that instruct our emotional response. This is the beginning of NBA Free Agency, of DeronQuest. And our emotional response is ... well, it's all over Mavs Donuts: http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199187.html 2 Fish, Dugat & Lord http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199187.html Sun, 01 Jul 2012 05:07:00 GMT 0 268 Dallas mavericks Are the Mavs looking at trading Marion, Haywood or Jet in exchange for nothing? Why did they have to pull the trigger on the dumping of the Odom carcass? Can Dragicevic play? What's the latest on a Deron transaction? All good questions, and yes ... from inside the CBA and inside Mavs HQ, DB.com has the answers ... including our views on the scheduled Monday meeting between Deron and his suitors: http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199170.html 2 David Lord & Mike Fisher http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199170.html Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:53:00 GMT 1 268 Dallas mavericks Dirk jumped into the batter's box for the first time in his life and revealed his 'pitch' to Deron. Delonte tried to play ball, too. Vince Carter pledged devotion to Dallas. Najera spoke glowingly about the organization. Cardinal and Carlisle shook off some baseball rust. Want to see it all? Let's start you with the Video Mavs Mash-Up: http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199023.html 2 Mike Fisher http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199023.html Sat, 30 Jun 2012 12:02:00 GMT 0 268 Dallas mavericks Lamar Odom's stinky stint in Big D is over. Dallas moves his carcass to the Clippers in a 4-way while saving the Mavs the $2.4 mil of room it would've cost to just cut him. But the deal still reeks in this sense: Wait until you see the strip-downs - including an amnesty or giveaway of Haywood or Marion - now needed to finish the clearing of room for Deron. You're about to like Odom even less. http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199067.html 2 Mike Fisher http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1199067.html Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:18:00 GMT 0 268 Dallas mavericks There are 934,905 reasons the Mavs did what they did in the NBA Draft. It's no coincidence that that number, in dollars, is exactly what needed to be moved to clear room for Deron. The trigger is there for an Odom trade, for a Haywood amnesty and for what Dirk just said, 'It going to be a exciting weekend for Mavs fans.' Have a free look at how we break it down: http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1198962.html 2 David Lord & Mike Fisher http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1198962.html Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:42:00 GMT 0 268 Dallas mavericks The Mavs Summer Planner III: In the final part of our series, we look closely at July, including the very latest news from our sources from inside Mavs HQ, with the latest on the critical Odom deal, the sign-and-trade issue with Deron that we believe the Nets will have to consider, and a glance at what the 2012-13 Mavs roster might look like once it all shakes out: http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1198872.html 2 David Lord & Mike Fisher http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1198872.html Fri, 29 Jun 2012 04:37:00 GMT 1 268 Dallas mavericks You've got 'The Mavs Summer Planner.' Now we deliver the 'what-if's - flaws, obstacles and alternatives. What if the Deron-centric plan doesn't work? Plus, DB.com has exclusive info on a Deron sign-and-trade, on the Odom deadline, on Dallas' interest in B-Roy and on Vince Carter's unwillingness to shift deadlines. Want the most comprehensive Mavs coverage anywhere? Come inside: http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1198024.html 2 David Lord & Mike Fisher http://mavericks.scout.com/2/1198024.html Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:38:00 GMT 1 268 Dallas mavericks