Dallas Mavericks Tickets

Generally speaking, having a game plan is a good idea. At least, the Dallas Mavericks thought so when they joined the NBA.
Despite the availability of veterans Rick Barry, Earl Monroe, Spencer Haywood and Pete Maravich in the 1980 NBA expansion draft, the team instead opted for youth in an effort to grow into a contender for owner Donald J. Carter and founding president Norm Sonju. For a while, the plan seemed to be working. The Mays posted a winning record in just their fourth season and stayed above .500 for five straight years, including a 55-27 mark in 1986-87. The following year, with Mark Aguirre and Rolando Blackman filling the nets, Dallas Mavericks tickets came within one game of reaching the NBA Finals. But the 1990s saw the Mays take a nosedive, with forgettable 11- and 13-win seasons among their 10 consecutive losing campaigns. An infusion of talent under veteran coach Don Nelson now has Dallas Mavericks fans expecting much better as the Dallas Mavericks Tickets try to climb to the top of the mighty Western Conference.

1980 Donald J. Carter's dream comes to fruition when Dallas Mavericks Tickets is awarded an NBA franchise. Norm Sonju serves as president/GM and Dick Motta is the first head coach.
1980-81 The Dallas Mavericks Tickets debut. The season highlight is the mid-year signing of guard Brad Davis.
1981-82 The 1981 NBA Draft sets the stage for success. Mark Aguirre (the top pick), Rolando Blackman (ninth) and Jay Vincent (24th) come aboard.
1983-84 Aguirre becomes the first Dallas Mavericks All-Star and leads the team to its first playoff appearance. The Mays beat Seattle in the first round.
1985-86 One year after getting Sam Perkins in the 1994 NBA Draft, the Mays add more frontcourt talent by drafting Detlef Schrempf and trading for 7-foot-2 James Donaldson.
1986-87 Motta wins his 800th game and coaches the Dallas Mavericks to a 55-27 record. He resigns after a first-round playoff exit.
1987-88 Dallas Mavericks Tickets, coached by John MacLeod, tops 50 wins for the second straight year and makes an inspired playoff run, ousting Houston and Denver before falling to the Lakers in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals.
1991-92 In October 1991, Roy Tarpley is banned from the NBA for his third violation of the substance-abuse policy.
1992-93 The Dallas Mavericks barely avoid the all-time record for futility (9-73) with 11 wins.
1997-98 A.C. Green sets an NBA record by appearing in his 907th consecutive game.
2001-02 Behind the All-Star play of Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash, Don Nelson's rejuvenated Mays reach the second round of the Playoffs.
2002-03 A14-0 start is just one shy of the best in NBA history.
2003-04 Antawn Jamison wins the NBA Sixth Man Award.