...same kind of problems and expectations that LeBron will because he has already signed a $90 million shoe contract." Donn Nelson, Dallas' president of basketball operations, said the rest of the Eastern Conference must be wincing that a team...

...said. "He likes to go to his left. He keeps the ball down low, and I was able to grab it." Mavericks assistant Donn Nelson, who took over after his father was ejected with 7:20 to play, jumped and ran in front of the Dallas bench, stunned...

...coach Don Nelson was on vacation in Maui. A Mavericks official said Nelson's son, president of basketball operations Donn Nelson, was out of town on business. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban did not immediately return an e-mail request for a comment...

...fouls would be called - none were - and whether the Mavericks could make an improbable comeback with assistant coach Donn Nelson Jr. running the team. They got within eight, but no closer. Rose finished with 25 points, Tony Parker had 19...

...young. We're developing," said Mavericks assistant Donn Nelson, who took over when his father, head coach Don Nelson...Shawn Bradley - in the playoffs for the first time. Donn Nelson said the Mavericks will have a better sense of what to...

...its second straight game without point guard Steve Nash, who is day to day with a sore left hamstring. Acting coach Donn Nelson again moved Eisley from shooting guard to point guard, Finley from forward to shooting guard and started Gary Trent...

...injury and Portland Trail Blazers center Arvydas Sabonis no longer plays with the national team because of injuries. Donn Nelson, the Dallas Mavericks assistant who has worked as an assistant for Lithuania for six seasons, was not surprised...