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