Starring Dirk Nowitzki, 2011 NBA Finals MVP.  The Dallas Mavs kept it West, it's time for the Lakers to retool and refocus.

• Lakers No Longer the Champs | Lakers.com
• Mavs Way Never Goes Out Of Style | NBA.com
• Vegas likes the Lakers, loves the Heat in 2011-12 | ESPN LA
• Hey LeBron, these Lakers own rings | OC Register
• The Drew League: LA's Rucker Park | FoxSports.com
• NBA Finals Jump Pass Compilation Video | NBA Playbook
• Post-NBA Finals Thoughts | Forum Blue & Gold
• Gone too soon | HoopSpeak
• Dallas' Lone Star Outshines Miami's Three Stars in the Clutch | 20 Second Timeout

Much more after the jump...

Lakers News

• Los Angeles D-Fenders Return | Lakers.com
• Offseason needs: Shot creator | ESPN LA
• For her, defending Kobe Bryant is the principal, er principle, of the thing | LA Times
• Letters: To dream the Lakers' implausible dream | LA Times
• Free agent profile: Shane Battier | LA Times
• Ron Artest lauds Mavericks' title run and Mike Brown's coaching philosophy | LA Times
• Caught in the Web: Grading the Lakers' management | LA Times
• Las Vegas oddsmakers tab Miami Heat as favorites to win 2012 NBA title | LA Times
• Dirk’s Game 6 Performance in Miami Reminiscent of Kobe’s Game 7 | Lakers Nation
• Lakers Nation Agrees: Mitch Kupchak is the Best GM in LA | Lakers Nation
• Over The Hills And Far Away | Searching for Slava

Mavs 2011 NBA Champions

• Mavs' Big Team sheds negative labels with team's first title | NBA.com
• In the end, the Heat just not mature enough to win it all | NBA.com
• Time To Stop Playing The Victim, Miami | NBA.com
• Mavericks' DeShawn Stevenson: Sweet to beat 'classless' Miami Heat | ESPN Dallas
• Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to foot the bill for championship parade | ESPN Dallas
• Beating the Heat doesn't mean being the Heat | ESPN LA
• LeBron stinks, Miller wrong | OC Register
• Mavs right, Miller wrong | OC Register
• LeBron still ring-less; so is hypocrite Dan Gilbert | OC Register
• Finals result: Nowitzki a hero, James a villain | OC Register
• Perseverance pays off for Nowitzki, Mavs | Yahoo! Sports
• Kidd retools his career for a ring | Yahoo! Sports
• Kidd retools his career for a ring | Yahoo! Sports
• Don't expect loathing of LeBron to stop | Yahoo! Sports
• Is Erik Spoelstra’s job in danger? It shouldn’t be. | ProBasketballTalk
• Mark Cuban may not do championship rings | ProBasketballTalk
• The Miami Heat will be back. Sorry, it is true. | ProBasketballTalk
• Nation tunes in to see Heat fail, television ratings up | ProBasketballTalk
• With The Zone, It's All About Timing | NBA Playbook
• Miami’s Trapping Pick And Roll Defense Disappears In The Fourth Quarter | NBA Playbook
• To Dallas: thanks and congratulations | HoopSpeak

The Basketball Jones

• Wha’ Happened?: Dallas did it | The Basketball Jones
• The Dirk Nowitzki hat-stravaganza | The Basketball Jones
• Hipster Dirk is ‘mad alt’ | The Basketball Jones
• LeBron James addresses the haters | The Basketball Jones
• DeShawn Stevenson zings LeBron with his shirt | The Basketball Jones
• LeBron James admits he didn’t play well | The Basketball Jones
• Dirk thanks Dallas fans, parties in da club | The Basketball Jones

Blogs and Other Links

• Howard: I want to stay, but I'm still becoming a free agent | NBA.com
• Bobcats hire Cho as GM; promote Higgins | Yahoo! Sports
• Former Blazers GM Cho takes same job with Bobcats | ProBasketballTalk
• NBA Draft profile: Kenneth Faried tries harder than you | ProBasketballTalk
• Heat looking to add Samuel Dalembert? | ProBasketballTalk
• Zydrunas Ilgauskas considering retirement | ProBasketballTalk
• Pietrus to stay with the Suns | ProBasketballTalk
• Dwight Howard “will definitely become a free agent” in 2012 | Lakers Nation
• Dime Q&A: Charles Barkley On Jordan, LeBron, Shaq & Gambling | Dime Magazine
• 25 Greatest Things About The NBA: The Birthday Post | Dime Magazine

Multimedia

• Marc Spears on the Popcorn Machine | Lakers.com
• Finals Game 6 Mini-Movie | NBA.com
• The Finals: Top 10 Plays | NBA.com
• Victorious Mavs arrive home in Dallas as NBA champions | NBA.com
• Video: Mark Cuban on Mavs Fans Punking Heat Fans | SLAM Online
• Video: Don’t throw jump passes | The Basketball Jones
• Post game video from Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks | ProBasketballTalk
• “Vanilla Sky” Dunks All Over NBA Rookie Pooh Jeter | Dime Magazine