Mavericks announce preseason games against Lakers and Thunder, plus training camp destination

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The Dallas Mavericks

have announced their preseason schedule, as well as a destination for this fall’s training camp, ahead of the 2025-26 regular season. The four October games begin October 6 with the Mavericks playing host to the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder. But rather than playing at the American Airlines Center the game will be played in Fort Worth at Dickies Arena.

The Dallas Mavericks announced their 2025 preseason schedule today, which tips off against the defending NBA champion

Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday, Oct. 6, at 7:30 p.m. CT at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. pic.twitter.com/DdmxThGHhj

— Mavs PR (@MavsPR) July 30, 2025

Of the four games, which are split between home and road, the other notable matchup is the final one against the Los Angeles Lakers, which will be played in Las Vegas on October 15.

Before games begin, the team announced they will host their training camp in Vancouver, Canada, on the campus of Simon Fraser University. The closed sessions will take place September 30 to October 4. Choosing a destination away from home is a follow up from last season, when the Mavericks held camp in Las Vegas.

While the Mavericks have made few on-paper changes to last season’s roster, both camp and the four exhibition games will be vital for a group who spent the back half of last season banged up and never at full strength after the middle of February. Even by camp the team won’t be fully healthy — at minimum they will be without starting point guard Kyrie Irving. And while reports indicate that both Anthony Davis and Dereck Lively II should be fully recovered from their offseason surgeries, the possibility always remains that they will be recovering.

All this plus the addition of rookie Cooper Flagg, who impressed in his two summer league appearances in Las Vegas, but could possibly be taking on playmaking responsibilities the moment of his Mavericks debut. Getting Flagg run with the core of the Dallas roster ahead of games that matter may make this the most important preseason in some time.

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