1980 NBA expansion draft explained

1980 NBA expansion draft
Sport:	Basketball
Date:	May 28, 1980
League:	NBA
Prev:	1974
Next:	1988
Expansion Teams:	Dallas Mavericks

The 1980 NBA expansion draft was the seventh expansion draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 28, 1980, so that the newly founded Dallas Mavericks could acquire players for the upcoming 1980–81 season. Dallas had been awarded the expansion team on February 3, 1980.^[1] In an NBA expansion draft, new NBA teams are allowed to acquire players from the previously established teams in the league. Not all players on a given team are available during an expansion draft, since each team can protect a certain number of players from being selected. In this draft, each of the twenty-two other NBA teams had protected eight players from their roster and the Mavericks selected twenty-two unprotected players, one from each team.^[2]

The Mavericks were formed and owned by a group headed by Don Carter and Norm Sonju. Washington Bullets head coach and Coach of the Year Dick Motta was hired as the franchise's first head coach.^[1] The Mavericks' went with young players in the expansion draft and avoided selecting experienced players with large contracts or injury problems.^[3] Eighteen of the twenty-two players chosen had less than three years of NBA experience.^[1] The Mavericks' selections included former first overall pick Austin Carr, one-time All-Defensive Team Jim Cleamons and eleven-year veteran Bingo Smith. However, Cleamons and Smith never played for the Mavericks and Carr only played briefly before he was sold to the Washington Bullets.^[4] Eleven of the selections were former first-round draft picks.^[1] Eleven players from the expansion draft joined the Mavericks for their inaugural season, but only two played more than one season for the team. Tom LaGarde played two seasons and Jim Spanarkel played four seasons for the Mavericks.^{[5] [6]}

Key

Pos.	G	F	C
Position	Guard	Forward	Center

Selections

Player	Pos.	Nationality	Previous team	Years of NBA experience	Career with the franchise	Ref.
	G		Chicago Bulls	2	—	^[7]
	G/F		New Jersey Nets	2		^[8]
	F		Houston Rockets	3	—	^[9]
	G		Phoenix Suns	3	—	^[10]
	F		Los Angeles Lakers	2		^[11]
^+	G		Cleveland Cavaliers	9
	G		Washington Bullets	9	—	^[12]
	G		Detroit Pistons	1		^[13]
	G/F		Atlanta Hawks	2	—	^[14]
	G		Indiana Pacers	3		^[15]
	G		New York Knicks	1		^[16]
	F/C		Portland Trail Blazers	1		^[17]
	G/F		Boston Celtics	2	—	^[18]
	C		Denver Nuggets	1	—	^[19]
	F/C		Seattle SuperSonics	3	–
	G		Kansas City Kings	2	—	^[20]
	G		San Antonio Spurs	1	—	^[21]
	G/F		San Diego Clippers	11	—	^[22]
	G/F		Philadelphia 76ers	1	–
	G		Golden State Warriors	2	—	^[23]
	F/C		Milwaukee Bucks	4		^[24]
	F/C		Utah Jazz	2		^[25]

Notes

• Number of years played in the NBA prior to the draft
• Never played a game for the franchise
• Abdul Jeelani was known as Gary Cole during his college career.^[26]

References

General

• Web site: NBA Expansion Drafts: Results. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. June 2, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100701170036/http://www.nba.com/history/expansion_drafts.html. 1 July 2010. dead.
• Web site: All-Time NBA Expansion Draft Results . NBA.com/Bobcats . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc . June 2, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080116123003/http://www.nba.com/bobcats/news/draft_central_expansion_alltime_results.html . January 16, 2008 .
• Web site: 1980 NBA Expansion Draft. basketball-reference.com. June 2, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100529060228/http://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1980_expansion.html. 29 May 2010 . live.

Specific

External links

• NBA.com
• NBA.com: NBA Draft History

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mavs History . NBA.com . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc . June 2, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100507101942/http://www.nba.com/mavericks/history/mavs_history.html . 7 May 2010 . dead .
2. News: Paper says franchise can pick big names. May 22, 1980. Lawrence Journal-World. June 2, 2010.
3. News: Mavericks Go For Young Prospects. May 29, 1980. Herald-Journal. June 2, 2010.
4. Web site: Austin Carr Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
5. Web site: Tom LaGarde Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
6. Web site: Jim Spanarkel Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
7. Web site: Del Belshore Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
8. Web site: Winford Boynes Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
9. Web site: Alonzo Bradley Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
10. Web site: Mike Bratz Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20100704112610/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bratzmi01.html. 4 July 2010 . live.
11. Web site: Marty Byrnes Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
12. Web site: Jim Cleamons Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
13. Web site: Terry Duerod Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
14. Web site: Jack Givens Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20100619135938/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/givenja01.html. 19 June 2010 . live.
15. Web site: Joe Hassett Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
16. Web site: Geoff Huston Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
17. Web site: Abdul Jeelani Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
18. Web site: Jeff Judkins Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
19. Web site: Arvid Kramer Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
20. Web site: Billy McKinney Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
21. Web site: Wiley Peck Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
22. Web site: Bingo Smith Statistics. 24 November 2010. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
23. Web site: Raymond Townsend Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
24. Web site: Richard Washington Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
25. Web site: Jerome Whitehead Statistics. June 2, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
26. News: Ex-State Star Leads Portland. September 24, 1979. The Milwaukee Journal. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Journal Communications. January 8, 2010.