Dallas Mavericks | |
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Conference | Western Conference |
Division | Southwest Division |
Founded | 1980 |
History | Dallas Mavericks 1980–present |
Arena | American Airlines Center |
City | Dallas, Texas |
Team colors | Midnight, Royal, Silver, White, Black, |
Owner(s) | Mark Cuban |
General manager | Donnie Nelson |
Head coach | Rick Carlisle |
D-League affiliate | Albuquerque Thunderbirds |
Championships | 0 |
Conference titles | 1 (2006) |
Division titles | 2 (1987, 2007) |
Official website | mavs.com |
The Dallas Mavericks (also known as the Mavs) are a professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas, USA. They are members of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Founded in 1980, the Mavericks have won two division titles and one conference championship. According to a 2008 Forbes Magazine report, they are the seventh most valuable basketball franchise in the United States, valued at approximately $466 million; the franchise is surpassed in value only by the New York Knicks, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Chicago Bulls, the Detroit Pistons, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Houston Rockets.[1]
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History
In 1979, businessman Don Carter and partner Norm Sonju requested the right to bring an NBA franchise to Dallas, Texas. The last professional basketball team in Dallas had been the Dallas Chaparrals of the American Basketball Association, which moved to San Antonio in 1973 to become the San Antonio Spurs.
At the 1980 NBA All-Star Game, league owners voted to admit the new team, with the team's name coming from the 1957–1962 TV western Maverick. James Garner, who played the namesake character, was a member of the ownership group. There was some controversy at the time since the University of Texas at Arlington also uses the Mavericks nickname. They joined the Midwest Division of the Western Conference, where they would stay until the league went to six divisions for the 2004–05 season. Dick Motta, who had guided the Washington Bullets to the NBA Championship in 1977–78, was hired as the team's first head coach. He had a well-earned reputation of being a stern disciplinarian, but was also a great teacher of the game.
Kiki Vandeweghe of UCLA was drafted by the Mavs with the 11th pick of the 1980 NBA Draft, but Vandeweghe refused to play for the expansion Mavericks and staged a holdout that lasted a month into the team's inaugural season. Vandeweghe was traded to the Denver Nuggets, along with a first-round pick in 1981, in exchange for two future first-round picks that eventually materialized into Rolando Blackman in 1981 and Sam Perkins in 1984.
In the Mavericks' debut game, taking place in the brand-new Reunion Arena, the Mavericks stunned the Spurs, 103–92. But the Mavs started the season with a discouraging 6–40 record on their way to finishing 15–67. However, the Mavericks did make a player acquisition that, while it seemed minor at the time, turned out to play a very important role in the early years of their franchise. Journeyman 6'3" guard Brad Davis, who played for the Anchorage Northern Knights of the Continental Basketball Association, was tracked down and signed by the Mavs in December. At the time, there was absolutely no reason to expect that Davis would be any better than the expansion-level talent the Mavs had. But he started the Mavs' final 26 games, led the team in assists, and his career soared. He spent the next twelve years with the Mavericks, and eventually his #15 jersey was retired.
The 1981 NBA Draft brought three players who would become vital parts of the team. The Mavs selected 6'6" forward Mark Aguirre with the first pick, 6'6" guard Rolando Blackman 9th, and 6'7" forward Jay Vincent 24th. By the end of his seven-year Mavs career, Aguirre would average 24.6 points per game. Blackman contributed 19.2 points over his 11-year career in Dallas.
But it was Jay Vincent who made the biggest difference for the Mavs in their second season, leading the team in scoring with 21.4 points per game and earning NBA All-Rookie Team honors. The Mavericks improved to 28–54, getting out of the Midwest Division cellar as they finished above the Utah Jazz.
Uniforms
During their expansion season of 1980–81, the Mavericks road uniform colors were royal blue with green and white trim, but the green and blue were reversed one season later, and green was the dominant road uniform color through the early-1990s. However, in the 1993-94 season, they were reverted back to their original road uniform scheme from their expansion season, with minor alterations to the "Dallas" script, a design that the Mavericks used until 2001. From 1980-2001, the home white uniforms had "Mavericks" in blue, with green and white trim, with a few minor alterations to the "Mavericks" script during the 1990s[2].
In the 2001-02 NBA season, the Mavericks drastically updated their logos and uniforms, with a new color scheme of midnight blue, royal blue and silver. The new uniforms consist of a "Dallas" script on both the home and road jerseys. On the home jersey, "Dallas" is in midnight blue across the chest and the numbers are in royal blue with silver trim, while on the road jersey, "Dallas" is in white, with the numbers in silver and white trim.
In the 2004–05 NBA season, the Mavericks introduced an alternate green uniform similar to their 1980s road uniforms. They were designed by rapper Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, and featured "Mavs" in white on the front side of the jersey with blue trim, and the numbers in silver with white trim above the script on the left chest.
On September 21, 2009, the Mavericks unveiled a new alternate royal blue uniform with the same "Mavs" script, replacing the green uniform [3].
Head coaches
There have been nine head coaches for the Mavericks franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Dick Motta, who served for two non-consecutive stints, and coached for nine seasons with the Mavericks. Motta is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (738); Don Nelson, Donnie Nelson's father, is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season game wins (339); Avery Johnson is the franchise's all-time leader for the most playoff games coached (47), the most playoff-game wins (23), and the highest winning percentage in the regular season (.735). Nelson is also named one of the top 10 coaches in NBA history.[4] Johnson is the only coach to have ever won the Western Conference championship, but lost the 2006 NBA Finals to the Miami Heat.[5] Johnson is also the only Mavericks coach to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award, having won it in the 2005–06 season.[6] Quinn Buckner, Jim Cleamons, and Johnson have spent their entire NBA coaching careers with the Mavericks. None of the Mavericks coaches have been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.[7] Rick Carlisle has been the head coach of the Mavericks since 2008.[8]
Season-by-season records
This is a list of seasons completed by the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association.
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, % = Win–Loss %
Season | W | L | % | Playoffs | Results |
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1980–81 | 15 | 67 | .183 | ||
1981–82 | 28 | 54 | .341 | ||
1982–83 | 38 | 44 | .463 | ||
1983–84 | 43 | 39 | .524 | Won First Round Lost Conference Semifinals |
Dallas 3, Seattle 2 Los Angeles 4, Dallas 1 |
1984–85 | 44 | 38 | .537 | Lost First Round | Portland 3, Dallas 1 |
1985–86 | 44 | 38 | .537 | Won First Round Lost Conference Semifinals |
Dallas 3, Utah 1 L.A. Lakers 4, Dallas 2 |
1986–87 | 55 | 27 | .671 | Lost First Round | Seattle 3, Dallas 1 |
1987–88 | 53 | 29 | .646 | Won First Round Won Conference Semifinals Lost Conference Finals |
Dallas 3, Houston 1 Dallas 4, Denver 2 L.A. Lakers 4, Dallas 3 |
1988–89 | 38 | 44 | .463 | ||
1989–90 | 47 | 35 | .573 | Lost First Round | Portland 3, Dallas 0 |
1990–91 | 28 | 54 | .341 | ||
1991–92 | 22 | 60 | .268 | ||
1992–93 | 11 | 71 | .134 | ||
1993–94 | 13 | 69 | .159 | ||
1994–95 | 36 | 46 | .439 | ||
1995–96 | 26 | 56 | .317 | ||
1996–97 | 24 | 58 | .293 | ||
1997–98 | 20 | 62 | .244 | ||
1998–99 | 19 | 31 | .380 | ||
1999–2000 | 40 | 42 | .488 | ||
2000–01 | 53 | 29 | .646 | Won First Round Lost Conference Semifinals |
Dallas 3, Utah 2 San Antonio 4, Dallas 1 |
2001–02 | 57 | 25 | .695 | Won First Round Lost Conference Semifinals |
Dallas 3, Minnesota 0 Sacramento 4, Dallas 1 |
2002–03 | 60 | 22 | .732 | Won First Round Won Conference Semifinals Lost Conference Finals |
Dallas 4, Portland 3 Dallas 4, Sacramento 3 San Antonio 4, Dallas 2 |
2003–04 | 52 | 30 | .634 | Lost First Round | Sacramento 4, Dallas 1 |
2004–05 | 58 | 24 | .707 | Won First Round Lost Conference Semifinals |
Dallas 4, Houston 3 Phoenix 4, Dallas 2 |
2005–06 | 60 | 22 | .732 | Won First Round Won Conference Semifinals Won Conference Finals Lost NBA Finals |
Dallas 4, Memphis 0 Dallas 4, San Antonio 3 Dallas 4, Phoenix 2 Miami 4, Dallas 2 |
2006–07 | 67 | 15 | .817 | Lost First Round | Golden State 4, Dallas 2 |
2007–08 | 51 | 31 | .622 | Lost First Round | New Orleans 4, Dallas 1 |
2008–09 | 50 | 32 | .610 | Won First Round Lost Conference Semifinals |
Dallas 4, San Antonio 1 Denver 4, Dallas 1 |
2009–10 | 7 | 3 | .700 | ||
Totals | 1159 | 1197 | .492 | ||
Playoffs | 68 | 80 | .459 |
Home arenas
- Reunion Arena (1980–2001)
- American Airlines Center (2001–present)
Transactions
Players
Current roster
Dallas Mavericks roster
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International Rights
G/F | Shan Foster | 2008 NBA Draft | 51st pick | |
Notable players
All-Stars
- Dirk Nowitzki
- Rolando Blackman
- Mark Aguirre
- Michael Finley
- Steve Nash
- Chris Gatling
- James Donaldson
- Josh Howard
- Jason Kidd
- Shawn Marion
Retired numbers
- 15 Brad Davis, G, 1980–92
- 22 Rolando Blackman, G, 1981–92
References
- ^ Forbes: NBA Team Valuations
- ^ http://sportslogos.net/team.php?id=228 Dallas Mavericks - Chris Creamer's Sports Logos Page
- ^ http://mavsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/09/mavericks-debut-a-new-alternate-jersey.html
- ^ "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". National Basketball Association. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/history/top_10_coaches.html. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
- ^ "2005-07 Dallas Mavericks Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DAL/2006.html. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
- ^ "NBA postseason awards - Coach of the Year". National Basketball Association. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/history/awards_coachofyear.html. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
- ^ "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinees By Category". Basketball Hall of Fame. CBS Interactive. http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-halloffamers-category.html#coaches. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
- ^ "Dallas Mavericks Coach Register". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DAL/coaches.html. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
External links
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1980s | 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 | 1984–85 | 1985–86 | 1986–87 | 1987–88 | 1988–89 | |
1990s | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 1991–92 | 1992–93 | 1993–94 | 1994–95 | 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 |
2000s | 1999–00 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 |
2010s | 2009–10 |
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