The Dallas Mavericks are off to a very rough start to the season, and their only silver lining isn't living up to expectations.

The Dallas Mavericks haven't had guard Brandon Williams for the last two games, listing him out due to personal reasons. At the time, there was no explanation for his absence, but there seems to be one now.

The Dallas Mavericks ' majority owners filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Dallas Stars, accusing the NHL team of blocking long-planned upgrades to the American Airlines Center and breaching their lease agreements. The legal action signals a deepening rift between the two franchises that share the downtown arena.

Aguirre’s jersey retirement will take place in a halftime ceremony of the Mavericks’ Jan. 29 game against the Charlotte Hornets. Aguirre, the franchise’s third all-time leading scorer who helped Dallas reach the Western Conference finals in 1988, was visibly emotional when Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont gave him the news last week.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the OKC Thunder will face Cooper Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks on the road at 7:30 p.m. Monday.

I had four Mavericks questions for Mike Curtis, Mavericks beat writer for The Dallas Morning News. Question: How did you feel about Jason Kidd’s decision to use Cooper Flagg as the starting point guard?

Dallas Mavericks forward Anthony Davis left Wednesday's game against the Indiana Pacers with a lower leg injury, and he was eventually ruled out for the game. He landed hard, went to run back down the floor, and came up a little gimpy before going to the scorer's table, sitting on it, and running his left Achilles.

Indeed, the Mavericks and Stars are at odds over the future of the AAC, which also means their respective futures. The Mavericks allege the Stars broke an agreement involving a combined $300 million from the city and the Mavericks to renovate the AAC, contingent on the Stars signing a new lease through 2061.