1980–81 Dallas Mavericks season explained

The 1980–81 Dallas Mavericks season was the first season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Expansion draft

Player	Position	Team
Del Beshore	Guard	Chicago Bulls
Winford Boynes	Forward	New Jersey Nets
Alonzo Bradley	Forward	Houston Rockets
Mike Bratz	Guard	Phoenix Suns
Marty Byrnes	Forward	Los Angeles Lakers
Austin Carr	Guard	Cleveland Cavaliers
Jim Cleamons	Forward	Washington Bullets
Terry Duerod	Guard	Detroit Pistons
Jack Givens	Forward	Atlanta Hawks
Joe Hassett	Guard	Indiana Pacers
Geoff Huston	Guard	New York Knicks
Abdul Jeelani	Forward	Portland Trail Blazers
Jeff Judkins	Forward	Boston Celtics
Arvid Kramer	Center	Denver Nuggets
Tom LaGarde	Center	Seattle SuperSonics
Bill McKinney	Guard	Kansas City Kings
Wiley Peck	Guard	San Antonio Spurs
Bingo Smith	Guard	San Diego Clippers
Jim Spanarkel	Guard	Philadelphia 76ers
Raymond Townsend	Guard	Golden State Warriors
Richard Washington	Forward	Milwaukee Bucks
Jerome Whitehead	Center	Utah Jazz

Draft picks

See main article: 1980 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	11	Kiki Vandeweghe	SF		UCLA
2	34	Rossevelt Bouie	PG		Syracuse
3	57	Dave Britton	SG		Texas A&M

^[1]

• Kiki Vandeweghe of UCLA was drafted by the Mavs with the 11th pick of the 1980 NBA draft, but Vandeweghe refused to play for the expansion Mavericks and staged a holdout that lasted a month into the team's inaugural season. Vandeweghe was traded to the Denver Nuggets, along with a first-round pick in 1981, in exchange for two future first-round picks

Regular season

Season standings

Notes

• z, y – division champions
• x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1980-81 NBA Records
width=100	Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	KCK	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAS	SDC	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	2–4	2–4	1–5	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–2	1–5	3–2	2–4	1–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–4
Boston	4–2	–	5–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	3–3	1–1	2–0	3–3	6–0	5–1	3–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	5–1
Chicago	4–2	1–5	–	5–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	3–3	3–2	3–3	2–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	5–1
Cleveland	5–1	1–4	1–5	–	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–4	0–2	0–2	0–6	3–3	0–5	0–6	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2
Dallas	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	–	3–3	0–2	2–3	0–6	0–2	0–6	0–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–4	1–4	1–5	2–3	1–4	1–5	0–2
Denver	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	–	2–0	3–2	2–4	1–1	4–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–4	2–3	2–4	3–2	3–2	2–4	0–2
Detroit	2–4	1–4	1–5	3–3	2–0	0–2	–	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–5	3–3	1–5	1–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–5
Golden State	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	–	3–2	1–1	5–0	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–4	2–4	1–4	2–4	3–3	4–1	1–1
Houston	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	6–0	4–2	1–1	2–3	–	1–1	2–4	2–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–4	3–2	3–3	1–4	4–1	4–2	0–2
Indiana	5–1	3–3	2–3	4–2	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	0–2	2–4	5–1	3–2	0–6	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2
Kansas City	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	6–0	2–4	1–1	0–5	4–2	0–2	–	0–5	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–2	3–2	2–4	3–2	2–3	5–1	1–1
Los Angeles	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	5–0	2–3	2–0	5–1	3–2	2–0	5–0	–	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–3	2–3	3–3	6–0	3–2	1–1
Milwaukee	5–1	3–3	3–3	6–0	2–0	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	–	5–1	3–3	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–1
New Jersey	2–3	0–6	2–3	3–3	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	1–5	0–2	0–2	1–5	–	0–6	1–5	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–3
New York	4–2	1–5	3–3	5–0	1–1	2–0	5–1	0–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	0–2	3–3	6–0	–	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–2
Philadelphia	5–1	3–3	4–2	6–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	6–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	5–1	3–3	–	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–2
Phoenix	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	4–1	2–0	4–2	4–1	1–1	2–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	–	3–3	3–2	6–0	5–1	5–0	1–1
Portland	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	2–0	4–2	2–3	2–0	2–3	3–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	–	2–3	4–2	4–2	2–3	2–0
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	4–1	3–3	0–2	4–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–3	3–2	–	4–1	3–2	5–1	1–1
San Diego	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–3	1–1	4–2	4–1	1–1	2–3	3–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–6	2–4	1–4	–	5–1	3–2	0–2
Seattle	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–3	2–0	3–3	1–4	2–0	3–2	0–6	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–5	2–4	2–3	1–5	–	4–1	1–1
Utah	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	1–4	2–4	1–1	1–5	2–3	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–5	3–2	1–5	2–3	1–4	–	0–2
Washington	4–1	1–5	1–5	2–4	2–0	2–0	5–1	1–1	2–0	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–4	3–3	2–4	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	—

Game log

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3|
8:35p.m. CDT| @ Denver| L 98–133| Spanarkel (15)| Whitehead (10)| Huston (6)| McNichols Sports Arena
6,658| 1–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 15|
7:30p.m. CST| Los Angeles| L 102–126| Duerod,
Huston (16)| Byrnes,
Lloyd (8)| LaGarde (7)| Reunion Arena
17,481| 2–13|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 19|
9:00p.m. CST| @ Los Angeles| L 102–110| Huston
Spanarkel (28)| Lloyd,
Spanarkel (8)| Lloyd (10)| The Forum
10,893| 3–16|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 24|
7:30p.m. CST| Denver| L 117–119 (OT)| LaGarde (22)| Lloyd (16)| Huston (9)| Reunion Arena
7,713| 3–21|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 27|
6:30p.m. CST| @ Boston| L 87–97| Robinzine (24)| LaGarde (12)| Huston (7)| Boston Garden
14,351| 3–24|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 29|
7:30p.m. CST| Los Angeles| L 92–103| Huston (19)| LaGarde (12)| Huston,
Spanarkel (5)| Reunion Arena
9,313| 3–26|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 30|
8:35p.m. CST| @ Denver| L 107–116| Huston (27)| LaGarde,
Robinzine (11)| Davis (9)| McNichols Sports Arena
7,768| 3–27|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 38|
7:30p.m. CST| Denver| W 119–111| Jeelani (20)| Lloyd (16)| Davis (7)| Reunion Arena
8,293| 5–33|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 61|
4:00p.m. CST| @ Los Angeles| L 99–107| Mack (19)| Kea (13)| Davis (6)| The Forum
11,920| 8–53|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 69|
7:30p.m. CST| Boston| L 105–117| Davis (31)| LaGarde (8)| Davis (13)| Reunion Arena
15,593| 10–59|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 75|
7:30p.m. CST| Los Angeles| L 109–114| Robinzine (26)| LaGarde (15)| Davis (16)| Reunion Arena
17,828| 12–63|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 77|
7:30p.m. CST| Denver| W 126–125| Byrnes,
Robinzine (22)| Robinzine (15)| Davis (10)| Reunion Arena
6,359| 13–64|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 80|
8:35p.m. CST| @ Denver| W 126–115| Davis (25)| Jeelani (11)| Davis (10)| McNichols Sports Arena
14,035| 15–65

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player
	PF	82	82	2,670	665	237	35	45	1,122	32.6	8.1	2.9	.4	.5	13.7
	SF	82		2,317	297	232	117	20	1,184	28.3	3.6	2.8	1.4	.2	14.4
	C	72		2,186	454	159	34	25	637	30.4	6.3	2.2	.5	.3	8.8
	SF	72		1,360	177	113	29	17	561	18.9	2.5	1.6	.4	.2	7.8
^†	PF	70		1,932	520	113	71	9	970	27.6	7.4	1.6	1.0	.1	13.9
	SF	66		1,108	230	65	44	31	553	16.8	3.5	1.0	.7	.5	8.4
^†	SG	62		1,666	229	162	55	7	635	26.9	3.7	2.6	.9	.1	10.2
^†	PG	56		1,892	99	277	45	6	899	33.8	1.8	4.9	.8	.1	16.1
	PG	56		1,686	151	385	52	11	626	30.1	2.7	6.9	.9	.2	11.2
	SG	44		757	75	37	23	16	287	17.2	1.7	.8	.5	.4	6.5
^†	SG	36		431	41	75	15	2	140	12.0	1.1	2.1	.4	.1	3.9
	PF	22		276	65	25	5	8	59	12.5	3.0	1.1	.2	.4	2.7
^†	SF	18		337	39	30	12	4	168	18.7	2.2	1.7	.7	.2	9.3
^†	SG	17		280	25	18	5	0	138	16.5	1.5	1.1	.3	.0	8.1
	PF	16		199	67	5	6	1	117	12.4	4.2	.3	.4	.1	7.3
^†	SG	12		106	9	10	2	1	38	8.8	.8	.8	.2	.1	3.2
^†	PF	11		307	84	16	5	7	119	27.9	7.6	1.5	.5	.6	10.8
^†	SG	8		77	9	9	1	0	16	9.6	1.1	1.1	.1	.0	2.0
^†	C	7		118	28	2	4	1	37	16.9	4.0	.3	.6	.1	5.3
	C	6		67	19	14	1	2	15	11.2	3.2	2.3	.2	.3	2.5
^†	PF	1		8	3	0	0	1	1	8.0	3.0	.0	.0	1.0	1.0

Awards and records

Records

Transactions

Trades

June 9, 1980	To Dallas Mavericks---- 1981 second-round draft pick ( Elston Turner) Future considerations	To Phoenix Suns---- Wiley Peck
September 11, 1980	To Utah Jazz---- Billy McKinney	To Dallas Mavericks---- 1983 second-round draft pick ( Mark West) 1984 second-round draft pick ( Anthony Teachey)
September 16, 1980	To Cleveland Cavaliers---- Mike Bratz	To Dallas Mavericks---- 1984 first-round draft pick ( Sam Perkins
October 30, 1980	To "'Cleveland Cavaliers"'---- Richard Washington	To "'Dallas Mavericks"'---- Bill Robinzine 1983 first-round draft pick Derek Harper 1986 first-round draft pick Roy Tarpley

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Ralph Drollinger	June 9, 1980
Scott Lloyd	October 28, 1980	Milwaukee Bucks
Ollie Mack	November 17, 1980	Chicago Bulls
Brad Davis (basketball)	December 2, 1980

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Dave Britton	September 12, 1980	Washington Bullets
Raymond Townsend	October 3, 1980
Austin Carr	November 6, 1980	Washington Bullets
Joe Hassett	November 17, 1980	Golden State Warriors
Darrell Allums	December 1, 1980
Terry Duerod	December 2, 1980	Boston Celtics
Monti Davis	January 12, 1981
Winford Boynes	February 19, 1981
Ralph Drollinger	March 2, 1981

See also

• 1980–81 NBA season

Notes and References

1. Web site: Complete First Round Results — 1980-89 . . 2009-04-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100321192607/http://www.nba.com/history/draft_round1_1980s.html#1980 . 2010-03-21 . dead .