Mavs

Big D squad

Mavs is a casual shortening of Mavericks, almost always referring to the Dallas Mavericks professional basketball team: The Mavs are playing tonight.

The clipped form dominates in sports conversation and headlines where brevity matters.

basketball

Dallas

North Texas metropolitan area

  • LukaEastern European name
  • CubanFrom a Caribbean nation
  • NBATop-tier American court league

Kidd · finals · championship · triple-double · playoffs · Western Conference · arena · roster · draft · franchise

colloquial

independents

Unaffiliated persons or entities

originals · iconoclasts · trailblazers · individualists · rogues · outsiders · wildcards · disruptors · pioneers · lone wolves

cattle

unbranded

Without identifying marks

  • calfJuvenile cow or leg part
  • strayWander from course
  • ranchingOperating a livestock farm

livestock · herd · roundup · Texas · range · cowboy · branding · stockyard · longhorn · roaming

Categories
Opposites
Texas NBA rivalry

MavsSan Antonio Spurs

Texas professional basketball team

Houston Rockets · Rockets

NBA Western Conference rivals

MavsLakers

LA basketball franchise

Los Angeles Lakers · Phoenix Suns · Golden State Warriors · Oklahoma City Thunder · Denver Nuggets

NBA championship adversaries

MavsMiami Heat

Florida NBA franchise

Celtics · Boston Celtics · Golden State Warriors

Phrases
Family

maverick, mavericks

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G