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Dallas Mavericks History
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- The Dallas Mavericks (also known as the Dallas Mavs) inaugural season was the 1980-81 N.B.A. season.
- Texas businessman Don Carter and partner Norm Sonju requested from the N.B.A. to bring an N.B.A. franchise to Dallas, Texas in 1979. N.B.A. league owners voted to admit the new team at the 1980 N.B.A. All-Star Game.
- The origin of the Dallas Mavericks team name is sourced from the 1957–1962 comedic western television series, Maverick. The team name Maverick was selected by fans over the other possible team names, Wranglers and Express.
- Dick Motta was the first Dallas Mavericks head coach in Mavericks franchise history (during the Dallas Mavericks inaugural 1980-81 N.B.A season).
- Don Nelson, also known as “Nellie”, is regarded as one of the best Dallas Mavericks head coaches in Mavericks franchise history. Don Nelson coached the Dallas Mavericks from the 1997-98 N.B.A. season until the 2004-05 N.B.A. season. Between the 1997-98 and 2004-05 N.B.A seasons, Nelson registered a 503-367 N.B.A. regular season record (.559 winning percentage). Tomjanovich’s Rockets coaching record includes a 51-39 N.B.A. Playoff record (.567 winning percentage), as well as winning two N.B.A. championship titles (1994, 1995).
- Home Interiors and Gifts owner Don Carter is the co-founder (1980) and first majority owner of the expansion team, Dallas Mavericks.
- The first N.B.A. draft pick in Dallas Mavericks franchise history was 6′ 8″ small forward Kiki Vandeweghe of U.C.L.A. (University of California, Los Angeles). Kiki Vandeweghe was selected by the Mavericks as the 11th pick overall (first round) of the 1980 N.B.A. draft. Unfortunately, Vandeweghe refused to play for the Mavericks and held out for a month. The Dallas Mavericks were forced to comply with Vandeweghe’s wishes and eventually traded Vandeweghe to the Denver Nuggets in 1981.
- The Dallas Mavericks first N.B.A. game was played at the new Reunion Arena before 10,000 spectators on October 11, 1980. The Dallas Mavericks defeated the San Antonio Spurs, 103–92.
- The Dallas Mavericks ended their inaugural 1980-81 N.B.A. season season with a dismal 15-67 N.B.A. regular season record (.183 winning percentage). Interestingly, the Dallas Mavericks registered a superlative 67-15 N.B.A. regular season record (switching the number of wins and losses from the inaugural 1980-81 N.B.A. season) during the 2006-07 N.B.A. regular season.
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Dallas Mavericks Fast Facts
- The Dallas Mavericks team mascots are MavsMan and Champ, respectively.
- As of the 2019-20 N.B.A. regular season, the Dallas Mavericks registered a franchise-best, superlative 67-15 N.B.A. regular season record (.817 winning percentage) during the 2006-07 N.B.A. regular season. Unfortunately for the Mavericks, the 8th seeded Monta Ellis-led Golden State Warriors upset the 1st seeded Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the 2007 N.B.A. Playoffs, 4-2. The Warriors made N.B.A. history in the process, becoming the first 8th seeded team to beat a 1st seeded team in a seven-game series.
- As of the 2019-20 N.B.A. regular season, the Dallas Mavericks have registered three 60+ win seasons during their N.B.A. franchise history – 1) 60-22 N.B.A. regular season record (.732 winning percentage) during the 2002-03 N.B.A. regular season, 2) 60-22 N.B.A. regular season record (.732 winning percentage) during the 2005-06 N.B.A. regular season and 3) 67-15 N.B.A. regular season record (.817 winning percentage) during the 2006-07 N.B.A. regular season.
- On February 12, 2019, the Dallas Mavericks broke the N.B.A.’s consecutive sellout record with a 130-111 defeat of the Sacramento Kings. Starting on December 15, 2001, the Dallas Mavericks sold out 815 consecutive games at the 19,200 seating capacity American Airlines Center, including 67 home playoff games.
- The Derek Harper-led Dallas Mavericks registered a franchise-worst 11-71 N.B.A. regular season record (.134 winning percentage) during the 1992-93 N.B.A. regular season.
- The Dallas Mavericks longest winning streak in their N.B.A. franchise history is seventeen games which occurred between January 27, 2007 and March 11, 2007.
- As of the 2019-20 N.B.A. regular season, the Dallas Mavericks have amassed a 1,572 wins and 1,578 losses (.499 winning percentage) cumulative regular season record during their N.B.A. franchise history (1980–present). Additionally, the Mavericks cumulative playoff game record is 91 wins and 105 losses (.464 winning percentage) with the Mavericks winning one N.B.A. championship title (2011) during their N.B.A. franchise history (1980–present).
- Dallas Mavericks star shooting guard Rolando Blackman made 6,487 field goals and scored 16,643 points during his Dallas Mavericks career; Blackman’s feats stood as the Mavericks franchise career points records for 18 years. Dirk Nowitzki eclipsed Blackman’s Mavericks franchise records on March 8, 2008.
- Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is a multi-billionaire businessman with interests in various business ventures. Cuban also owns 2929 Entertainment and is the chairman of AXS TV. After his family emigrated from Russia via Ellis Island, New York, Cuban’s paternal grandfather changed the family name from “Chabenisky” to “Cuban”.
Notable Dallas Mavericks Players
Dirk Nowitzki
Credits: Keith Allison
- Full name – Dirk Werner Nowitzki
- Nickname – “Dirk Diggler”, “Dunking Deutschman”, “The German Wunderkind”, “The Germanator”
- Nationality – German
- Career accomplishments –
- N.B.A. champion (2011)
- N.B.A. Finals M.V.P. (2011)
- N.B.A. Most Valuable Player (2007)
- 14× N.B.A. All-Star (2002–2012, 2014, 2015, 2019)
- 4× All-N.B.A. First Team (2005–2007, 2009)
- 5× All-N.B.A. Second Team (2002, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2011)
- 3× All-N.B.A. Third Team (2001, 2004, 2012)
- 50–40–90 club (2007)
- N.B.A. Three-Point Shootout champion (2006)
- N.B.A. Teammate of the Year (2017)
- B.B.L. Most Valuable Player (1999)
- B.B.L. Top Scorer (1999)
- F.I.B.A. World Championship M.V.P. (2002)
- F.I.B.A. EuroBasket M.V.P. (2005)
- 3× F.I.B.A. EuroBasket Top Scorer (2001, 2005, 2007)
- 6× Euroscar Player of the Year (2002–2006, 2011)
- 2× F.I.B.A. Europe Men’s Player of the Year (2005, 2011)
- 11× All-Europeans First Team (2003–2011, 2013, 2014)
- 9× All-Europeans Power Forward of the Year (2005–2011, 2013, 2014)
- Mister Europa Player of the Year (2005)
- Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (2011)
- German Sports Personality of the Year (2011)
- Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award (2020)
Jason Kidd
Credits: Keith Allison
- Full name – Jason Frederick Kidd
- Nickname – “J-Kidd”, “Mr. Triple Double”
- Nationality – American
- Career accomplishments –
- N.B.A. champion (2011)
- 10× N.B.A. All-Star (1996, 1998, 2000–2004, 2007, 2008, 2010)
- 5× All-N.B.A. First Team (1999–2002, 2004)
- All-N.B.A. Second Team (2003)
- 4× N.B.A. All-Defensive First Team (1999, 2001, 2002, 2006)
- 5× N.B.A. All-Defensive Second Team (2000, 2003–2005, 2007)
- N.B.A. Co-Rookie of the Year (1995)
- N.B.A. All-Rookie First Team (1995)
- 5× N.B.A. assists leader (1999–2001, 2003, 2004)
- 2× N.B.A. Sportsmanship Award (2012, 2013)
- U.S.A. Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (2007)
- No. 5 retired by Brooklyn Nets
- Consensus first-team All-American (1994)
- U.S.B.W.A. National Freshman of the Year (1993)
- Pac-10 Player of the Year (1994)
- Pac-10 Freshman of the Year (1993)
- N.C.A.A. season assists leader (1994)
- N.C.A.A. season steals leader (1993)
- No. 5 retired by California Golden Bears
- Mr. Basketball U.S.A. (1992)
- Naismith Prep Player of the Year (1992)
- 2× First-team Parade All-American (1991, 1992)
- 2× California Mr. Basketball (1991, 1992)
Rolando Blackman
Credits: Richard Durrett
- Full name – Rolando Antonio Blackman
- Nickname – “Mr. Silk”, “Ro”
- Nationality – Panamanian-American
- Career accomplishments –
- 4× N.B.A. All-Star (1985–1987, 1990)
- No. 22 retired by Dallas Mavericks
- Third-team All-American – N.A.B.C. (1981)
- Third-team All-American – A.P. (1980)
- Big Eight Player of the Year (1980)
- 3× First-team All-Big Eight (1979–1981)
- No. 25 retired by Kansas State
Sources: E.S.P.N.–https://www.espn.com, N.B.A.–https://www.nba.com, Dallas Mavericks–https://www.mavs.com, The Dallas Morning News–https://www.dallasnews.com, Forbes–https://www.forbes.com, N.C.A.A.–https://www.ncaa.com YouTube–https://www.youtube.com
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