Ahead of his first game against his former team, Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving had no regrets about how he left the Brooklyn Nets.

“I was never on bad terms with the organization,’’ Irving said. “I just think there was a lot of chaos and noise, as usual, from the media. I’m not going to blame you guys or anything, but nobody really knew what was going on behind the scenes. I’m sure that people have their sources they go to [about] what was going on and what really happened.”

Irving added that he's happy to with the way things played out. He re-emphasized that he had no problem with the Nets as a team, but that's he happy to be with the Mavericks.

“But for me, it was the best decision of my career to ask for a trade,’’ Irving said. “I knew I needed peace of mind.”

Wednesday night's game between the Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs, featuring the debut of Victor Wembanyama, averaged a 1.7 rating with 2.99 million viewers on ESPN.

The numbers represent the most-watched opening week game on the network since 2018.

The game peaked at 3.9 million viewers.

The first half of the network's doubleheader between the Celtics and Knicks averaged 2.55 million viewers and peaked at 4.35 million viewers.

The average viewership nearly matched the NBA Opening Night averages of 2.78 million viewers. 

Josh Green and the Dallas Mavericks have agreed to a three-year, $41 million contract extension.

Green was the 18th overall pick in the 2020 draft out of Arizona.

In 80 games last season, Green averaged 9.1 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 25.7 minutes.

The Dallas Mavericks have converted Greg Brown III and Dexter Dennis to two-way contract. Both Brown and Dennis were signed to Exhibit 10 contracts earlier in the preseason.

Brown spent two years with the Portland Trail Blazers. He averaged 3.9 points and 2.4 rebounds in 64 appearances with the Blazers.

Dennis went undrafted out of Texas A&M at the 2023 NBA Draft. As a senior with the Aggies, Dennis averaged 9.5 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.

The Dallas Mavericks have signed veteran center Tony Bradley. The contract is an Exhibit 10 deal, which will line Bradley up to join the Texas Legends of the G League for the upcoming season.

Bradley has played in six NBA season. The 6-foot-10 center has played for the Utah Jazz, Oklahoma City Thunder, Philadelphia 76ers and Chicago Bulls in his six-year career.

Luka Doncic has been ruled out for the remainder of the preseason with a left calf strain. Doncic underwent an MRI on the injury, which has been called mild.

The Dallas Mavericks are optimistic Doncic will be available for their Oct. 25th regular season opener. 

The Dallas Mavericks have signed guard Taze Moore.

Moore (6-5, 195) went undrafted in the 2022 NBA Draft, and he played with Dallas’ G League affiliate Texas Legends during the 2022-23 season with averages of 10.8 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 39 games. Moore also played on the Mavericks’ 2023 NBA 2K24 Summer League team and averaged 7.0 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists in five games while shooting 60.0% (15-25 FG) from the field.

The Dallas Mavericks have waived Mike Miles Jr., Jordan Walker and Joe Wieskamp. Miles was signed a two-way contract, while Walker and Wieskamp were both signed to non-guaranteed training camp deals.

Dallas now has two two-way spots open. Miles, Walker and Wieskamp are all likely to join the Texas Legends of the G League for the upcoming season.

Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks are gearing up to face Real Madrid as part of their preseason overseas tour. Doncic has fond memories of his time playing for the Spanish club. Enough so, that Doncic said he'd return to Real Madrid if he ever returned to playing in Europe.

“I’ve got a lot of great memories and I’m happy to be back," Doncic said. "If I return to Europe one day, I’m sure it will be to Real Madrid. That’s 100%.”

Doncic also said he's been looking forward to this preseason matchup for a while.

“I’ve been looking forward to this game for months now and it’s going to be one of the most special games of my career, maybe the most. It’s going to be really exciting and I’m looking forward to getting out there on the court,” Doncic said.

The Dallas Mavericks are embarking on a critical season after missing the playoffs and play-in altogether last season. The decision from the Mavericks to demote longtime athletic trainer Casey Smith has created an extra layer of uncertainty to their situation. 

"There's weird stuff going on with the Mavericks as far as not involving the roster, [but] involving the organization," said Tim MacMahon on Friday's Hoop Collective Podcast. "This banishment of Casey Smith, who is probably the most respected athletic trainer in the NBA. [He] was overseeing that whole group, basically their whole medical group. He wan an essential part of the front office. Put it this way, when the Mavericks sent a contingent to Slovenia for Luka's supermax press conference, Casey Smith was there. He's been on the bench for 20 years. He's not going to be on the bench this year. He's not going to be a traveler. It is not his decision.

"There's a lot of people... There's a combination of people being pissed and people being concerned with the Mavericks' organization about that. 

"I'm not going to get into why that decision was made because I honestly haven't gotten a straight answer. I've gotten a lot of second hand answers. And I've gotten two kind of different second hand answers, neither of which are great.

"And then you also have Scott Tomlin who has been there forever. By the way, Casey Smith and Scott Tomlin are like Dirk's best friends. Scott Tomlin, longtime PR guy, is actually going to work for Dirk. He's going to be the executive director of Dirk's foundation. Leaving right after they get home from this trip. A decision made in the wake of Casey Smith's reassignment. I don't think that decision is made, especially with this timing, if everything is hunky dory I'll put it to you like that.

"There's a lot of weirdness going on with this organization right now."