With Dante Exum (Achilles) taking a seat Wednesday, Christie will make his 26th start of the season and his first as a member of the Mavericks ... four games with Dallas this year.

The Dallas Mavericks introduced Anthony Davis, Max Christie, and Caleb Martin on Friday afternoon.

Irving’s whatever-it-takes mentality has trickled down to the rest of the team, winners of four of its last five games.

Dallas coach Jason Kidd has a pretty good idea what kind of reception to expect when the Mavericks return home from a ...