Dallas Mavericks Tickets
The Dallas Mavericks are an NBA basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. The team is owned by Mark Cuban. Terdema Ussery is president and CEO.
Franchise history: Early struggles (1980-82)
Dallas, Texas was found in 1979.
At the 1980 NBA All-Star Game, league owners voted to admit the new team. The team’s name came from the 1957-1962 TV western Mavericks. Becoming a power early (1982-85) The Mavericks were serious competitor for the first time in 1982-83. At the All-Star break, they were 25-24 and had won 12 of their last 15 games. The Mavs’ 38-44 record signified a 10-game improvement from the previous season, and the fact that a third-year expansion team had even been in playoff contention at all was quite remarkable.
A true contender (1985-87)
Dallas had the eighth pick in the 1985 NBA Draft and drafted German-born forward Detlef Schrempf out of Washington. He would show