In the 1980s, the Mavericks were always regarded as a promising team. But in the early 1990s, the Mavericks began to decline, approaching the team's worst record twice. Since the mid-1990s, calves have begun to recover. After dirk nowitzki 1998 was selected by the Mavericks, it officially became a strong western team and entered the NBA finals in 2005-06. In the 2006-07 season, Nowitzki led the Mavericks to the best record of 67 wins 15 losses in team history. In the playoff season of 20 10-20 1 1, the Blazers, Lakers and Thunder lost one after another, once again reached the NBA finals, and the revenge heat won the championship strongly.
Team history
1979 to 1983
From 65438 to 0979, millionaire Donald J. Carter and Norm Sang, the first chairman and general manager of the Mavericks, started to own an NBA team. During the all-star game of 1980, the presidents of the league voted to set up a team in Texas. Dallas Mavericks were allowed to enter the NBA in 1980-8 1 season and were assigned to the midwest after paying the entrance fee of120,000.
In the expansion draft, the Mavericks gave up the experienced star Earl Monroe. Rick barry, doug collins? Peter Malawi and Spencer Heywood and others, but on the contrary, they chose1young players between the ages of 8 and 22, the most of whom have only three years of NBA experience. The Mavericks also hired Dick Motta as their first head coach.
1980-8 1 During the season, the Mavericks started at a reunion farm built at a cost of 27 million dollars 1980-8 1 season. The opening stars include Abdul Gilani, Jerome whitehead and Tom Lagarde? Jeff Heston and Winford Boynes. In the end, the Mavericks ended up with a record of 15 wins and 67 losses in the first season, averaging 10 1.5 points per game. In the team, Jim Spanner Cole became the team's scoring champion with an average of 14.4 points per game, and also ranked fourth in the league with a free throw percentage of 88.7%. Tom Lagarde became the Mavericks' rebounding king with 8. 1 rebound.
198 1-82 season, Mavericks improved 13 games, with a record of 28 wins and 54 losses, surpassing Jazz to get rid of the bad luck of the bottom of the Midwest. In the opening game, the Mavericks changed the blue away jersey from 1980-8 1 to green. The Mavericks' losing streak reached the longest 12 this season, but they won their first four-game winning streak in 65438+ 10. Jay Vincent led the team with 2 1.4 points and was selected as the first team of NBA's best rookie. Mark aguirre also contributed 18.7 points.
During the season of 1982-83, the Mavericks proved themselves to be an improving team. The record of the regular season this season is 38 wins and 44 losses, which is 65,438+00 games higher than that of the 65,438+09,865,438+0-82 season. It is also the third most improved team in the NBA. But the Mavericks fell back to the earth in the second half of the season, and the seven-game losing streak in the first two weeks before the end of the season completely disqualified the team from competing for playoff seats. Although the ending is very disappointing, the Mavericks in 1982-83 season ranked fifth in the league in scoring, averaging 1 12.7 points per game, with fewer mistakes than all other teams. Mark aguirre became the team's scoring champion with an average of 24.4 points per game, ranking sixth in the league. Brad Davis ranks in the top ten of the league in three technical statistics: the shooting percentage of 57.2% ranks eighth (the first among guards), the shooting percentage of 7.2 assists ranks tenth, and the shooting percentage of 84.5% ranks sixth.
1983 to 1986
Five main players of Mavericks in 2005-06 season
1983-84 season, Mavericks experienced the first season of winning more and losing less, ranking second in the Midwest Division after Utah Jazz with a record of 43 wins and 39 losses, and also appearing in the playoff team list for the first time. The Mavericks started quite smoothly, with a record of 10 wins and 3 losses (the best first month record in team history), including nine consecutive victories at home. 1983165438+1October17th, the Mavericks started the longest eight-game winning streak at that time. Although the Mavericks lost to the Warriors in the last regular season of the 1983-84 season, they achieved the fourth good result in the West. In the team's first playoff experience, the Mavericks beat the Sonics 3-2 in the first round of three wins in five games, and beat their opponents by 105- 104 in overtime in the fifth game. In the Western Conference semifinals, the Mavericks lost to the Los Angeles Lakers.
1984-85 season, the Mavericks improved by one game compared with 1983-84 season: 44 wins and 38 losses, and won the fourth place in the west for the second consecutive year. Mark aguirre once again became the team's scoring champion, averaging 25.7 points per game. This season, the Mavericks became the team with the least mistakes in the NBA for the third consecutive year, with only 14.4 times; 152 hit the most three-pointers in the NBA. The Mavericks entered the playoffs for the second year in a row, but were eliminated by Portland Trailblazers in the first round.
1985-86 season, the Mavericks recorded another record of 44 wins and 38 losses, and continued to maintain the role of competitors. Dallas also hosted the 1986 NBA All-Star Game, and Rolando blackman played for the Mavericks for the second time in a row in the middle of the season. The Mavericks have become a strong offensive team this season, averaging 1 15.3 points, ranking second in the league, second only to the Los Angeles Lakers. In terms of personal score, it is even more average than that in 1984-85 season: aguirre (22.6 points) and blakeman (2 1.5 points) lead the team, while Sam Perkins? Jay vincent and Derek Harper also scored in double digits. Dallas beat Utah Jazz in the first round of the 1986 NBA playoffs, but then lost to the final champion Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers won 4-2, four of which were less than or equal to 4 points.
1986 to 1990
1986-87 season, the Mavericks have always been regarded as a very strong team in the NBA, with a record of 55 wins and 27 losses in the regular season, and finally became the champion of the Midwest Division. The Mavericks' main lineup becomes mark aguirre? Sam Perkins, james donaldson, Derek Harper and Rolando blackman. Detlef Schrempf, roy tarpley and brad davis are the main substitutes. The Mavericks, who never lost three games in a row in the regular season, collapsed in the playoffs. In the opening game of the playoffs, Mavericks set a playoff record of 15 1- 129. But then the team lost three games in a row and was eliminated. 1986-87 After the end of the season, Dick Motta unexpectedly resigned as head coach, and then the team appointed John mcleod as the new head coach of the Mavericks.
1987-88 season, Mavericks continued the strength of 1986-87 season with a record of 53 wins and 29 losses. John mcleod won the 600th victory of his career in the match of 5438+0988+ 10/3 in June. Mark aguirre and james donaldson from the team participated in the All-Star Game of 1988. From1988 February 14, the team started the longest winning streak of 1 1. 10000 on February 24th, 988, blakeman scored a career score of10000 in the team's six-game winning streak. In the end, the Mavericks ranked second in the division by one game, and the Mavericks had the best playoff trip in the playoffs. After the Rockets and Nuggets were eliminated in four and six games respectively, the Mavericks entered the Western Conference finals for the first time in history. But in the end, he lost to the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers and missed the championship.
1988-89 season, the Mavericks suffered from injuries and their record fell to 38 wins and 44 losses. 1982-83 season, for the first time, they won more with less, and missed the playoffs. The Mavericks made a 9-3 start before the trouble came. At the beginning of 65438+ 10, the team suddenly became uncontrollable: roy tarpley was suspended indefinitely from June 65438+ 10/5, 989 because of the drug testing policy of the league. March 1989, 10 James Donaldson fell down because of a torn knee tendon and missed the team's later game.
1989-90 season, the Mavericks rebounded and achieved a record of 47 wins and 35 losses. The Mavericks are still a reliable and talented defensive team, including adrian dantley, Herb Williams, roy tarpley, sam perkins, Rolando blackman and Derek Harper. The Mavericks also ended the regular season with a four-game winning streak, but were later eliminated by the Blazers in the first round of the playoffs.
1990 to 1993
After the excellent 1989-90 season, the new season seems to be a replica of 1988-89. The Mavericks became one of the worst teams in the league in the next two seasons. This team is not even an opponent of later NBA newcomers. It always challenges some of the worst records in the NBA. On June 6th, 1989, 1 1, Roy Tapp led the Mavericks to beat the Knicks with 29 points 10 rebounds, but three days later, the team announced that "Fat" Lev would have surgery on his right knee and would miss June 5438+0990-9/kloc-0. Tapply also suffered a serious knee injury in the game and missed all the games after the season. After the absence of the two men, the team began to decline seriously.
199 1-92 season, the Mavericks' record slipped to 22 wins and 60 losses. With tapply banned from the NBA for taking drugs for the third time, there are only four or five good players left in the team, and these talents have been washed away by constant injuries. Brad davis suffered a back injury in the middle of 1 month and announced his retirement. "Fat" Lev had knee surgery on June 5438+0992+1October 29th, and missed the rest of the game. In March, the Mavericks experienced a losing streak of 15. 26 consecutive defeats away from home; Team history is the lowest, with the worst average of 97.6 points in the league in the season; The lowest hit rate in the team's history is 43.9%. The Mavericks have scored 19 times this season and failed to reach 90 points.
1992-93 season, Mavericks sent Rolando blackman to new york in exchange for the first-round draft pick in the future. Herb Williams also went to the Knicks as a free agent, while "Fat" Lev underwent more surgery and missed 1992-93 for the whole season. The only player in the team who has experienced the glorious period of the team is Derek Harper, a veteran of 10, who ranks first in the team with an average score of 1992-93.
1992-93 season, the Mavericks pinned all their hopes on young people, but this did not include the newcomer Jim Jackson, who was selected in the fourth pick. He had a big disagreement with the team owner on the contract issue, which led him to be excluded from the team's big list for half a season. Because the old players left, the young people didn't come up in time, and the Mavericks didn't have the strength to play in the NBA at all in the 1992-93 season. As the season goes on, the rebuilding calf is getting closer and closer to the worst record in NBA history. The previous worst record was 9 wins and 73 losses set by the 76ers in the 1972-73 season. After 6 1 game, the Mavericks' record was only 4 wins and 57 losses. In the end, the Mavericks' record was fixed at 1 1-7 1.
1993 to 1999
In the season of 1993-94, the Mavericks chose Jamal Mashburn of the University of Kentucky as the sixth overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft. The 6-foot-8 all-around striker is expected to help score in the frontcourt and form the new core of the team. 1993-94 season, the Mavericks started with only 1 winning 23 losses, and ended with only 3 wins and 40 losses at 1 month. At the end of the season, the Mavericks fired buckner and brought back Dick Motta, the first in the team's history, creating a brilliant coach for the team in the 1980s.
1994-95 season, the Mavericks changed significantly. After the record of 1993-94 season was only 13-69, the team's record this season increased by 23 games to 36 wins and 46 losses, which is the biggest progress in NBA history. The most important catalyst for the team's progress is rookie point guard jason kidd, who has the most triple doubles in NBA, averaging 1 1.7 points, 5.4 rebounds and 7.7 assists per game. Kidd, Jamal Mashburn and Jim Jackson became the trio with the strongest offensive firepower in the league.
1995-96 season, after a good 1994-95 season, the Mavericks won a disappointing 26 wins. Dick Motta's second coaching experience with the Mavericks ended. After only playing 18 games, Jamal Mashburn ended the whole season because of surgery on his left knee. Jackson and Kidd sometimes don't cooperate well, but they have their own star performances, which is not a problem. Kidd became the Mavericks' first all-star starter, and finally ranked second in the assists list (9.7 times) and steals list (2.2 times). Jackson became the team's scoring champion and the only player who played 82 games.
1996-97 At the beginning of the season, the Mavericks had three famous Dallas heroes and an optimistic new head coach. But at the end of the season, jason kidd, Jamal Mashburn and jim jackson all had new owners. Lack of continuity left the Mavericks with only 24 wins and 58 losses.
During the 1997-98 season, the Dallas Mavericks scored 20 wins and 62 losses this season, but the Mavericks won the most impossible victory in the whole season. In the opening match of 1 997165438+1October1,he defeated the supersonic, and hit his opponent with a 23-2 climax in the last five minutes of 0 1 sec, and finally reached 89-8/kloc. 1On February 4th, 997, when the Dallas Mavericks were still struggling with a record of 4 wins 12 losses, general manager donald nelson cancelled the appointment of head coach Jim Clemens and went out in person.
1998-99 season, although the Mavericks' record was only 19-3 1 negative, it was the first time since 1989-90 season that the Mavericks had more wins and less losses at home: 15 wins 10. The Mavericks scored 8 wins and 7 losses in April, among which they also defeated the playoffs, including the Spurs, Suns, Timberwolves and Rockets (twice). Defender michael finley gradually became a rising star in Ran Ran, averaging 20.2 points per game, and became one of the only NBA players with a total score of 100 1000 in the shrinking season.
1999 to 2004
1999-00 season, the Mavericks saw the dawn of revival, with 40 wins and 42 losses in the regular season, just one step away from entering the playoffs. Dirk nowitzki, who has only been in the NBA for two years, is getting better and better, and mark cuban, the IT tycoon in management, has become the new owner of the Mavericks.
In 2000-0 1 season, the Mavericks won 53 games and lost 29 games in the regular season. After 1990, they re-entered the playoffs. Dirk nowitzki became the mainstay of the team. In the first round of the playoffs, the Mavericks fell behind 0-2, won three games in a row, eliminated Utah jazz and entered the second round. But in the second round, in front of the Spurs, the young Mavericks lost by 1-4.
In the 200 1-02 season, the Mavericks moved to a new stadium-American Airlines Stadium. The team's record was by going up one flight of stairs, with 57 wins, setting a team's historical record. Because in the middle of the season, the team ranked first in the West, Mavericks coach Donald Nelson also became the head coach of the Western All-Star Team. The Mavericks beat Minnesota Timberwolves 3-0 in the first round of the playoffs and lost to Sacramento Kings 2-4 in the second round.
In the 2002-03 season, the Mavericks formed a lineup with Dirk Nowitzki, michael finley and Steve Nash as the core, and ushered in the strong strength of Lafontz and van Eijk Searle. The Mavericks started with a winning streak of 14, and continued to expand the results, turning 57 wins into 60 wins. After the Trailblazers and Kings lost 4-3 twice, they reached the Western Conference finals again, but they were still blocked by the champion Spurs with a total score of 2-4.
In 2003-04, the Mavericks won 52-30, but were eliminated by the Kings 4-/kloc-0-0 in the first round of the playoffs. After the season, Nash moved to the Suns. Donald nelson left the Mavericks to coach the Warriors. In the 2004-05 season, the Mavericks were 58 wins and 24 losses. In the first round of the playoffs, they eliminated the Rockets with Yao Mai 4-3, but in the second round, they lost 2-4 to the Suns led by former player Steve Nash. After the season, michael finley joined the Spurs.
2005 to 20 10
In the 2005-06 season, the Mavericks won 60 games and lost 22 games. In the playoffs, the Mavericks first swept the Grizzlies 4-0, then eliminated the Spurs 4-3, and then eliminated the Suns 4-2 to advance to the Western Conference finals. However, the Mavericks, who participated in the finals for the first time, lost to Miami Heat 2-4 after winning two games in a row.
In the 2006-07 season, Mavericks scored 67 wins 15 losses, the sixth best result in league history, creating the best record in team history. However, the first round of the playoffs was eliminated by the Warriors 4-2, which made the opponent's black eight miracle. Dirk Nowitzki won the MVP of the 2006-07 regular season, which is the first player in the history of the Mavericks and the first player in the history of Europe to win this honor.
In the 2007-08 season, under the pressure of the Lakers and Suns, Mavericks owner Cuban sent almost half of the teams (Devin Harris, Diop, Angel the Mole, Trenton hassell and Keith Van Horn, as well as two first-round draft picks and $3 million) in exchange for Jason Kidd, one of the best point guards in the league, to go further in the playoffs. However, after the exchange of players, the Mavericks' performance was not satisfactory, and finally they could only rank seventh in the West. Lost to the upstart Hornets in the West by 1-4 in the playoffs? .
In the 2008-09 season, the Mavericks met the Spurs in the first round of the playoffs. After five fierce battles, the Spurs were eliminated by 4-/kloc-0 and advanced to the second round. However, in the second round, they met the Nuggets with Cameron Anthony and Chauncey Billups. Without Josh Howard's help, the Mavericks lost to the Nuggets by 1-4 and missed the Western Conference finals. In the 2009- 10 season, on the eve of the closing of the trading door, the Mavericks got Caron Butler and Brendan Heywood from the Wizards through trading, and finally ranked second in the West after the regular season. However, they met their old rival Spurs again in the first round of the playoffs, and finally lost 2-4, which made their opponent's "Black Seven Miracle".
20 10 to 20 13
20 10- 1 1 season, Mavericks traded old Eric Dampier for Tai Sen Chandler, which greatly enhanced the depth of the inside. But Nowitzki's injury and Caron Butler's season reimbursement were a heavy blow to the Mavericks. However, with Nowitzki's comeback and peja stojakovic's joining, the Mavericks got out of trouble. At the end of February, Mavericks' potential guard Rodrigo Boish returned, and then ranked third in the West with 57 wins and 25 losses, reaching the playoffs.
After the start of the playoffs, the Mavericks beat the Trailblazers and the Lakers one after another, defeated the young and energetic Thunder with a total score of 4- 1 with sophisticated experience and toughness, and reached the finals again after five years. In the finals, the Mavericks staged many good plays, with a total score of 4-2, beating Miami Heat, winning the championship for the first time in team history, while Dirk Nowitzki won the MVP in the finals.
20 1 1- 12 The Mavericks chased the "big fish" in the free market in the summer of 20 12. The team released Tai Sen Chandler, barea, Deshaun Stevenson and Caron Butler, and their strength was greatly reduced. The defending champion only advanced to the playoffs with the seventh place in the West, and was swept out by the Thunder 0-4 in the first round, becoming the first in NBA history. In the offseason, the Mavericks failed to get a number of stars such as Chris Paul, Dwight Howard and Deron Williams, so they had to trade a number of good players such as Elton Brand, O.J.Mayo and Darren keirrison, but these players were not enough to compete for the championship.
20 12- 13 season, although new aid O.J.Mayo and Chris Kaman both performed well, the Mavericks still played away: Nowitzki missed 29 games and Shawn Marion missed 15 games; Players come in and out, and 23 people played for the Mavericks in a season. At the same time, Mavericks' point guard darren collison is too bad to make Mavericks play a role. In the end, the Mavericks' record in the regular season was 4 1 win 4 1 loss, which was the first time the team missed the playoffs since 2000. During the 20 13 offseason, the Mavericks tried to get one of Chris Paul and Dwight Howard, but both failed. Instead, the Mavericks signed contracts with wayne ellington, jose calderon, monta ellis, Samuel D 'Alembert, Brandon Wright, Devin Harris and DeJuan Blair.
20 13 to 20 15
In the 20 13- 14 season, the Mavericks finally ranked eighth in the west with a record of 49 wins and 33 losses. After a season, they advanced to the playoffs again and met the former San Antonio Spurs in the first round, which also reminded people that the Spurs were stopped by their opponents "Black Seven Pain" in the first round of the playoffs, when their opponents were the Mavericks. But after seven games, the Mavericks ended the season with a 3-4 loss to the Spurs.
In the 20 14- 15 season, the Mavericks finally ranked seventh in the west with 50 wins and 32 losses, and advanced to the playoffs again for two consecutive seasons, but in the first round, they encountered the champion opponent Houston Rockets in the west and southwest divisions. In the fifth game, the Mavericks lost 94- 103 due to lack of manpower, and lost to Houston with 1-4.
20 14-20 15 Dallas Mavericks
Tai Sen Chandler 6C2.16m11KG1982-10-02 USD 56.58 million, due in the summer of 20 15.
Chandler Parsons 25F2.08104kg1988-10-25 3 years 46.08 million, due in the summer of 20 17.
Rajan Rondo 9PG1.8584kg1986-02-55 million in 225, due in the summer of 20 15.
Monta Alice11g1.91.84kg1985-65438+25 million 00-26,2016 due in summer.
Dirk Nowitzki 41f/c 2.13m1kg1978-06-19It will be 25 million in three years, and it will expire in the summer of 20 17 years.
Devin Harris 20g1.91+0.84kg1983-02-271650000 summer due 20 18.
Raymond felton 2g1.8593kg1984-06-26414.86 million, due in the summer of 20 16.
Richard Jefferson's 24SF 2.01m104kg1980-06-21year base salary, which expires in the summer of 20 15.
Charlie Villanueva 3pf2.11m108kg1984-08-24:1320,000 yuan a year, due on 20 15.
Jose barea 5g1.8383kg1984-06-264180,000 USD, due in the summer of 20 15.
Bernard james 55 f/C2.08m104kg1985-02-071280,000 years, due in the summer of 20 15 years.
Al-Farouk Aminu 7sf2.06m100kg1990-09-212.08 million in two years, due in the summer of 20 17.
Greg Smith 4f/C2.08m118kg1991-01-08 2 years basic salary, due in the summer of 20 15 years.
Dwight Powell 8pf2.11m109kg1991-07-20 unsigned rookie.
Amare Stoudemire1f/c 2.11m1kg1982-1-kloc-0/6 490,000 a year, 2000.
Note: C= center, F= forward, SF= small forward, PF= power forward, G= guard, PG= point guard, SG= shooting guard.