At first, the Mavericks' record plummeted, and they almost broke the worst win in the league twice. Fortunately, the team still has a group of young players with great potential, who are currently on the rise.
Before Mavericks 1980 settled in Dallas, the city was the home of the American Basketball Association (ABA) Chaparrals team from 1967- 1968 to 1972- 1973. 1on March 26th, 973, the jungle team played against the Carolina cougars at home in Dallas. This was their last ABA competition, but only 134 paid audience was present. In the second season, the Dallas jungle team was renamed the San Antonio Spurs. For the next seven years, there was no professional basketball team in Dallas.
Mavericks 1980- 198 1 The first game of the season was held at the newly-built Reunion Stadium, costing 27 million US dollars. The starting players include Abdullah Gilani, Gilami whitehead, tom Lagarde, Jeff Houston and Winford Bo Inis. In the end, the Dallas Mavericks beat the San Antonio Spurs with 103-92 and got off to a good start. Gilani hit the first point in the history of the team. Bojinis scored the team's highest score of 2 1, while Lagarde grabbed 19 and 14 rebounds.
In the next five years, after a series of transactions, the Mavericks won nine first-round draft picks, and a number of celebrities joined the Mavericks, including sam perkins, Drake Harper, Roy tapply and German Shi Lamu. But what really changed the Mavericks was the draft of 198 1. In this draft, the Dallas Mavericks selected three players, and it was these three players that made the Mavericks develop from a team at the bottom to a strong team with great threat. The three players are Mark Aquili (No.1), Rolando blackman (No.9 in the first round) and jay vincent (No.24 in the first round).
1982- 1983 During the season, the Mavericks proved that they are a rising team. This season, they have achieved 38 wins and 44 losses, and the winning performance has increased by 10 games compared with last season. Ranked third among the fastest growing teams in the NBA. Many teams have to pay attention to this increasingly threatening opponent.