1999–2000 Dallas Mavericks season

1999–2000 Dallas Mavericks season
Mark Cuban buys the Mavs
Head coach Don Nelson
Owner(s) H. Ross Perot, Jr. and Mark Cuban
Arena Reunion Arena
Results
Record 40–42 (.488)
Place Division: 4th (Midwest)
Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Fox Sports Net Southwest, KTXA
Radio KSKY
Dallas Mavericks seasons
< 1998–99 2000–01 >

The 1999-2000 Dallas Mavericks season was the 20th season for the NBA team in Dallas, Texas. This season is especially notable as Mark Cuban purchased the team from H. Ross Perot, Jr. in January 2000. Under Cuban's leadership, the Mavs built a foundation for continued NBA success that eventually led to two Finals appearances (and one championship) in the next decade.

The Mavs signed the flamboyant power forward Dennis Rodman in early 2000, after Cuban bought the team. Rodman's behavior issues led to a very short (12 game) tenure in Dallas before he was waived.

Contents

Offseason

NBA Draft

Main article: 1999 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
2 36 Wang Zhu-Zhi Center China
2 40 Gordan Giricek Guard Yugoslavia

[1]

Regular season

Standings

Midwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Utah Jazz 55 27 .671 – 31–10 24–17 14–10
x-San Antonio Spurs 53 29 .646 2 31–10 22–19 16–8
x-Minnesota Timberwolves 50 32 .610 5 26–15 24–17 18–6
Dallas Mavericks 40 42 .488 15 22–19 18–23 12–12
Denver Nuggets 35 47 .427 20 25–16 10–31 10–14
Houston Rockets 34 48 .415 21 22–19 12–29 8–16
Vancouver Grizzlies 22 60 .268 33 12–29 10–31 6–18

Mark Cuban

On January 15, 2000, Mark Cuban purchased a majority stake in the NBA Dallas Mavericks basketball team for $285 million from H. Ross Perot, Jr..[2][3]

Dennis Rodman

In the 1999–2000 NBA season, the then 38 year old power forward was signed by the Dallas Mavericks, meaning that Rodman returned to the place where he grew up. For the Mavericks, he played 12 games, was ejected twice and alienated the franchise with his erratic behavior until he was waived again; Dallas guard Steve Nash commented that Rodman "never wanted to be [a Maverick]" and therefore was unmotivated.[4]

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; MIN= Minutes; STL= Steals; REB = Rebounds; AST. = Assists; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points

Player GP MIN STL REB AST BLK PTS

Award winners

References

  1. ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/1999/draft/draftboard/nba_teams/dal/
  2. ^ Cuban, unembargoed
  3. ^ NBA press release
  4. ^ Rodman critical of Mavericks' decision to release him, March 10, 2000, accessed August 31, 2008
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