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 {{{playoffs}}}

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television Fox Sports Net Southwest, KTXA
Radio KSKY

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. The Mavericks finished fourth in the Midwest Division with a 40-42 record, missing the playoffs for the tenth straight season.

Michael Finley was named NBA All-Star for the first time in his career, and he was selected to play in the 2000 NBA All-Star Game in Oakland.

Draft picks

Main article: 1999 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
2 36 Wang Zhizhi Center  People's Republic of China
2 40 Gordan Giriček Guard  Croatia

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Roster

Dallas Mavericks roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
C 44 Germany Bradley, Shawn 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Brigham Young
SG 21 United States Buckner, Greg 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Clemson
PF 23 United States Ceballos, Cedric 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Cal State Fullerton
SG 24 United States Davis, Hubert 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 183 lb (83 kg) North Carolina
SF 4 United States Finley, Michael 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Wisconsin
PG 11 United States Jones, Damon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Houston
PG 13 Canada Nash, Steve 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Santa Clara
PF 41 Germany Nowitzki, Dirk 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Germany
PG 14 United States Pack, Robert 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Southern California
SG 2 United States Rhodes, Rodrick 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Southern California
C 45 United States Rooks, Sean 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Arizona
SG 20 United States Strickland, Erick 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Nebraska
C 40 Croatia Šundov, Bruno 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 220 lb (100 kg) The Winchendon School (HS)
PF 33 United States Trent, Gary 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Ohio
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster • Transactions

Roster Notes

Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Reserve Inactive
C Shawn Bradley Sean Rooks Bruno Šundov
PF Dirk Nowitzki
SF Michael Finley Cedric Ceballos Gary Trent Rodrick Rhodes
SG Erick Strickland Greg Buckner
PG Steve Nash Hubert Davis Robert Pack Damon Jones

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
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Los Angeles Lakers 67 15 .817 –
2 y-Utah Jazz 55 27 .671 12
3 x-Portland Trail Blazers 59 23 .720 8
4 x-San Antonio Spurs 53 29 .646 14
5 x-Phoenix Suns 53 29 .646 14
6 x-Minnesota Timberwolves 50 32 .610 17
7 x-Seattle SuperSonics 45 37 .549 22
8 x-Sacramento Kings 44 38 .537 23
9 Dallas Mavericks 40 42 .488 27
10 Denver Nuggets 35 47 .427 32
11 Houston Rockets 34 48 .415 33
12 Vancouver Grizzlies 22 60 .268 45
13 Golden State Warriors 19 63 .232 48
14 Los Angeles Clippers 15 67 .183 52

z= clinched division title y= clinched division title x= clinched playoff spot

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 statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Shawn Bradley 77 54 24.7 .479 .200 .765 6.5 .8 .9 2.5 8.4
Greg Buckner 48 1 19.2 .476 .385 .683 3.6 1.1 .8 .4 5.7
Cedric Ceballos 69 25 29.9 .446 .328 .843 6.7 1.3 .8 .3 16.6
Hubert Davis 79 15 23.0 .468 .491 .870 1.7 1.8 .3 .0 7.4
Michael Finley 82 82 42.2 .457 .401 .820 6.3 5.3 1.3 .4 22.6
Rick Hughes 21 0 10.7 .486 .000 .462 2.3 .4 .1 .0 3.9
Randell Jackson 1 0 1.0 . . . .0 .0 .0 .0 0.0
Damon Jones 42 0 9.9 .357 .330 .641 .9 1.4 .3 .0 3.9
Steve Nash 56 27 27.4 .477 .403 .882 2.2 4.9 .7 .1 8.6
Dirk Nowitzki 82 81 35.8 .461 .379 .830 6.5 2.5 .8 .8 17.5
Robert Pack 29 22 22.9 .417 .364 .808 1.4 5.8 1.1 .1 8.9
Rodrick Rhodes 1 0 8.0 .000 . . 1.0 .0 2.0 .0 0.0
Dennis Rodman 12 12 32.4 .387 .000 .714 14.3 1.2 .2 .1 2.8
Sean Rooks 71 13 14.1 .431 . .730 3.5 1.0 .4 .7 4.4
Erick Strickland 68 67 29.8 .433 .392 .831 4.8 3.1 1.5 .2 12.8
Bruno Sundov 14 0 4.4 .387 . 1.000 .9 .1 .1 .1 1.9
Gary Trent 11 11 27.4 .493 .000 .524 4.7 2.0 .7 .3 13.7

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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