2020–21 Dallas Mavericks season explained

Team:	Dallas Mavericks
End Year:	2021
Wins:	42
Losses:	30
Division:	Southwest
Division Place:	1
Conf Place:	5
Divisionwin:	yes
Coach:	Rick Carlisle
Gm:	Donnie Nelson
President:	Donnie Nelson
Owner:	Mark Cuban
Arena:	American Airlines Center
Playoffs:	First Round (lost to Clippers 3–4)
Bbr Team:	DAL
Television:	Bally Sports Southwest KTXA
Radio:	KESN

The 2020–21 Dallas Mavericks season was the 41st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Mavericks clinched the Southwest division for the first time since the 2009-10 season following a 110–90 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on May 7, 2021.^[1] However, the Mavericks lost in the first round to the Los Angeles Clippers for the second consecutive season in seven games.^[2]

Following the season on June 17, 2021, long time head coach Rick Carlisle resigned from his position as head coach after 13 seasons and leading the team to a championship in 2011.^{[3] [4]}

Draft

See main article: 2020 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School
1	18	Josh Green	SG		Arizona
2	31^1	Tyrell Terry	PG		Stanford

¹ The Mavericks acquired the second-round pick from the Golden State Warriors.^[5]

Standings

Conference

Notes

• z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
• c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs
• y – Clinched division title
• x – Clinched playoff spot
• pb – Clinched play-in spot
• o – Eliminated from playoff contention
• * – Division leader

Game log

Preseason

The preseason schedule was announced on November 27, 2020.^[6] |-style="background:#cfc;"| 1| December 12| @ Milwaukee| | Dončić, Kleber (13)| Nate Hinton (8)| three players (4)| Fiserv Forum
0| 1–0|-style="background:#cfc;"| 2| December 14| @ Milwaukee| | Luka Dončić (27)| Dorian Finney-Smith (11)| Burke, Dončić (4)| Fiserv Forum
0| 2–0|-style="background:#fcc;"| 3| December 17| Minnesota| | Luka Dončić (20)| Hardaway Jr., Powell (6)| Luka Dončić (7)| American Airlines Center
0| 2–1

Regular season

The schedule for the first half was announced on December 4, 2020.^[7] The second half was revealed on February 24, 2021.^[8]

|-style="background:#fcc;"| 1| December 23| @ Phoenix| | Luka Dončić (32)| Dončić,
Finney-Smith (8)| Luka Dončić (5)| PHX Arena
0| 0–1|-style="background:#fcc;"| 2| December 25| @ L. A. Lakers| | Luka Dončić (27)| Maxi Kleber (5)| Luka Dončić (7)| Staples Center
0| 0–2|-style="background:#cfc;"| 3| December 27| @ L. A. Clippers| | Luka Dončić (24)| Luka Dončić (9)| Luka Dončić (8)| Staples Center
0| 1–2|-style="background:#fcc;"| 4| December 30| Charlotte| | Tim Hardaway Jr. (18)| three players (6)| Luka Dončić (5)| American Airlines Center
0| 1–3|-style="background:#cfc;"| 5| January 1| Miami| | Luka Dončić (27)| Luka Dončić (15)| Luka Dončić (7)| American Airlines Center
0| 2–3|-style="background:#fcc;"| 6| January 3| @ Chicago| | Jalen Brunson (31)| Finney-Smith,
Marjanović (6)| Jalen Brunson (7)| United Center
0| 2–4|-style="background:#cfc;"| 7| January 4| @ Houston| | Luka Dončić (33)| Luka Dončić (16)| Luka Dončić (11)| Toyota Center
0| 3–4|-style="background:#cfc;"| 8| January 7| @ Denver| | Luka Dončić (38)| Cauley-Stein,
Dončić (9)| Luka Dončić (13)| Ball Arena
0| 4–4|-style="background:#cfc;"| 9| January 9| Orlando| | Tim Hardaway Jr. (36)| Luka Dončić (11)| Luka Dončić (10)| American Airlines Center
0| 5–4|-style="background:#ccc;"| –| January 11| New Orleans| colspan="6" | Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: May 12)|-style="background:#cfc;"| 10| January 13| @ Charlotte| | Luka Dončić (34)| Willie Cauley-Stein (14)| Luka Dončić (9)| Spectrum Center
0| 6–4|-style="background:#fcc;"| 11| January 15| @ Milwaukee| | Luka Dončić (28)| Willie Cauley-Stein (11)| Luka Dončić (13)| Fiserv Forum
0| 6–5|-style="background:#fcc;"| 12| January 17| Chicago| | Luka Dončić (36)| Luka Dončić (16)| Luka Dončić (15)| American Airlines Center
0| 6–6|-style="background:#fcc;"| 13| January 18| @ Toronto| | Kristaps Porziņģis (23)| Kristaps Porziņģis (9)| Luka Dončić (9)| Amalie Arena
0| 6–7|-style="background:#cfc;"| 14| January 20| @ Indiana| | Kristaps Porziņģis (27)| Kristaps Porziņģis (13)| Luka Dončić (12)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
0| 7–7|-style="background:#cfc;"| 15| January 22| @ San Antonio| | Luka Dončić (36)| Luka Dončić (9)| Luka Dončić (11)| AT&T Center
0| 8–7|-style="background:#fcc;"| 16| January 23| Houston| | Luka Dončić (26)| Boban Marjanović (12)| Luka Dončić (8)| American Airlines Center
0| 8–8|-style="background:#fcc;"| 17| January 25| Denver| | Luka Dončić (35)| Luka Dončić (11)| Luka Dončić (16)| American Airlines Center
0| 8–9|-style="background:#fcc;"| 18| January 27| @ Utah| | Luka Dončić (30)| James Johnson (7)| Luka Dončić (6)| Vivint Arena
1,932| 8–10|-style="background:#fcc;"| 19| January 29| @ Utah| | Luka Dončić (25)| Kristaps Porziņģis (9)| Luka Dončić (7)| Vivint Arena
1,932| 8–11|-style="background:#fcc;"| 20| January 30| Phoenix| | Luka Dončić (29)| Willie Cauley-Stein (9)| Luka Dončić (7)| American Airlines Center
0| 8–12|-style="background:#fcc;"| 21| February 1| Phoenix| | Luka Dončić (25)| Kristaps Porziņģis (10)| Luka Dončić (8)| American Airlines Center
0| 8–13|-style="background:#cfc;"| 22| February 3| @ Atlanta| | Luka Dončić (27)| Kristaps Porziņģis (11)| Luka Dončić (14)| State Farm Arena
0| 9–13|-style="background:#fcc;"| 23| February 4| Golden State| | Luka Dončić (27)| Maxi Kleber (7)| Luka Dončić (6)| American Airlines Center
0| 9–14|-style="background:#cfc;"| 24| February 6| Golden State| | Luka Dončić (42)| Kristaps Porziņģis (10)| Luka Dončić (11)| American Airlines Center
0| 10–14|-style="background:#cfc;"| 25| February 8| Minnesota| | Kristaps Porziņģis (27)| Kristaps Porziņģis (13)| Josh Richardson (8)| American Airlines Center
1,000| 11–14|-style="background:#cfc;"| 26| February 10| Atlanta| | Luka Dončić (28)| Luka Dončić (10)| Luka Dončić (10)| American Airlines Center
1,000| 12–14|-style="background:#cfc;"| 27| February 12| New Orleans| | Luka Dončić (46)| Luka Dončić (8)| Luka Dončić (12)| American Airlines Center
1,514| 13–14|-style="background:#fcc;"| 28| February 14| Portland| | Luka Dončić (44)| Kristaps Porziņģis (8)| Luka Dončić (9)| American Airlines Center
2,211| 13–15|-style="background:#ccc;"| –| February 17| Detroit| colspan="6" | Postponed (winter storm) (Makeup date: April 21)|-style="background:#ccc;"| –| February 19| @ Houston| colspan="6" | Postponed (winter storm) (Makeup date: April 7)|-style="background:#cfc;"| 29| February 22| Memphis| | Tim Hardaway Jr. (29)| Dorian Finney-Smith (9)| Luka Dončić (5)| American Airlines Center
2,099| 14–15|-style="background:#cfc;"| 30| February 23| Boston| | Luka Dončić (31)| Luka Dončić (10)| Luka Dončić (8)| American Airlines Center
3,338| 15–15|-style="background:#fcc;"| 31| February 25| @ Philadelphia| | Luka Dončić (19)| Boban Marjanović (12)| Luka Dončić (4)| Wells Fargo Center
0| 15–16|-style="background:#cfc;"| 32| February 27| @ Brooklyn| | Luka Dončić (27)| Dorian Finney-Smith (8)| Luka Dončić (7)| Barclays Center
684| 16–16|-style="background:#cfc;"| 33| March 1| @ Orlando| | Luka Dončić (33)| Dončić,
Porziņģis (10)| Luka Dončić (9)| Amway Center
3,766| 17–16|-style="background:#cfc;"| 34| March 3| Oklahoma City| | Hardaway Jr.,
Porziņģis (9)| Kristaps Porziņģis (13)| Trey Burke (6)| American Airlines Center
3,508| 18–16|-style="background:#cfc;"| 35| March 10| San Antonio| | Kristaps Porziņģis (28)| Kristaps Porziņģis (14)| Luka Dončić (12)| American Airlines Center
3,813| 19–16|-style="background:#fcc;"| 36| March 11| @ Oklahoma City| | Josh Richardson (27)| Dorian Finney-Smith (8)| Josh Richardson (6)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
0| 19–17|-style="background:#cfc;"| 37| March 13| @ Denver| | Kristaps Porziņģis (25)| Dwight Powell (11)| Luka Dončić (12)| Ball Arena
0| 20–17|-style="background:#fcc;"| 38| March 15| L. A. Clippers| | Luka Dončić (25)| Luka Dončić (10)| Luka Dončić (16)| American Airlines Center
3,945| 20–18|-style="background:#cfc;"| 39| March 17| L. A. Clippers| | Luka Dončić (42)| Kristaps Porziņģis (13)| Luka Dončić (9)| American Airlines Center
3,975| 21–18|-style="background:#fcc;"| 40| March 19| @ Portland| | Luka Dončić (38)| Luka Dončić (9)| Luka Dončić (9)| Moda Center
0| 21–19|-style="background:#cfc;"| 41| March 21| @ Portland| | Luka Dončić (37)| Kristaps Porziņģis (8)| three players (4)| Moda Center
0| 22–19|-style="background:#cfc;"| 42| March 24| @ Minnesota| | Kristaps Porziņģis (29)| Jalen Brunson (11)| Jalen Brunson (5)| Target Center
0| 23–19|-style="background:#fcc;"| 43| March 26| Indiana| | Kristaps Porziņģis (31)| Kristaps Porziņģis (18)| Porziņģis,
Richardson (3)| American Airlines Center
4,132| 23–20|-style="background:#fcc;"| 44| March 27| New Orleans| | Tim Hardaway Jr. (30)| Boban Marjanović (11)| three players (4)| Smoothie King Center
3,700| 23–21|-style="background:#cfc;"| 45| March 29| @ Oklahoma City| | Luka Dončić (25)| Kristaps Porziņģis (9)| Jalen Brunson (7)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
0| 24–21|-style="background:#cfc;"| 46| March 31| @ Boston| | Luka Dončić (36)| Dorian Finney-Smith (9)| Luka Dončić (5)| TD Garden
2,298| 25–21|-style="background:#cfc;"| 47| April 2| @ New York| | Luka Dončić (26)| Dorian Finney-Smith (9)| Luka Dončić (7)| Madison Square Garden
1,981| 26–21|-style="background:#cfc;"| 48| April 3| @ Washington| | Luka Dončić (26)| Boban Marjanović (12)| Luka Dončić (6)| Capital One Arena
0| 27–21|-style="background:#cfc;"| 49| April 5| Utah| | Luka Dončić (31)| Luka Dončić (9)| Luka Dončić (8)| American Airlines Center
4,261| 28–21|-style="background:#fcc;"| 50| April 7| @ Houston| | Dončić,
Porziņģis (23)| Kristaps Porziņģis (12)| Luka Dončić (5)| Toyota Center
3,399| 28–22|-style="background:#cfc;"| 51| April 8| Milwaukee| | Luka Dončić (27)| Kristaps Porziņģis (17)| Luka Dončić (9)| American Airlines Center
4,190| 29–22|-style="background:#fcc;"| 52| April 11| San Antonio| | Kristaps Porziņģis (31)| Kristaps Porziņģis (15)| Luka Dončić (7)| American Airlines Center
4,054| 29–23|-style="background:#fcc;"| 53| April 12| Philadelphia| | Luka Dončić (32)| Dorian Finney-Smith (11)| Luka Dončić (4)| American Airlines Center
4,016| 29–24|-style="background:#cfc;"| 54| April 14| @ Memphis| | Luka Dončić (29)| Brunson,
Kleber (8)| Brunson,
Dončić (9)| FedExForum
2,141| 30–24|-style="background:#fcc;"| 55| April 16| New York| | Kristaps Porziņģis (23)| Kristaps Porziņģis (12)| Luka Dončić (19)| American Airlines Center
4,246| 30–25|-style="background:#fcc;"| 56| April 18| Sacramento| | Luka Dončić (30)| Luka Dončić (8)| Luka Dončić (4)| American Airlines Center
4,193| 30–26|-style="background:#cfc;"| 57| April 21| Detroit| | Luka Dončić (37)| Luka Dončić (10)| Luka Dončić (9)| American Airlines Center
4,043| 31–26|-style="background:#cfc;"| 58| April 22| L. A. Lakers| | Luka Dončić (30)| Luka Dončić (9)| Luka Dončić (8)| American Airlines Center
4,443| 32–26|-style="background:#cfc;"| 59| April 24| L. A. Lakers| | Dwight Powell (25)| Dwight Powell (10)| Luka Dončić (13)| American Airlines Center
4,561| 33–26|-style="background:#fcc;"| 60| April 26| @ Sacramento| | Luka Dončić (24)| three players (7)| Luka Dončić (8)| Golden 1 Center
0| 33–27|-style="background:#cfc;"| 61| April 27| @ Golden State| | Luka Dončić (39)| Finney-Smith,
Powell (8)| Luka Dončić (8)| Chase Center
3,613| 34–27|-style="background:#cfc;"| 62| April 29| @ Detroit| | Tim Hardaway Jr. (42)| three players (7)| Jalen Brunson (4)| Little Caesars Arena
750| 35–27|-style="background:#cfc;"| 63| May 1| Washington| | Luka Dončić (31)| Cauley-Stein,
Dončić (12)| Luka Dončić (20)| American Airlines Center
4,351| 36–27|-style="background:#fcc;"| 64| May 2| Sacramento| | Luka Dončić (30)| Marjanović,
Powell (7)| Luka Dončić (6)| American Airlines Center
4,268| 36–28|-style="background:#cfc;"| 65| May 4| @ Miami| | Tim Hardaway Jr. (36)| Luka Dončić (12)| Luka Dončić (8)| American Airlines Arena
0| 37–28|-style="background:#cfc;"| 66| May 6| Brooklyn| | Luka Dončić (24)| Dončić,
Powell (10)| Luka Dončić (8)| American Airlines Center
4,602| 38–28|-style="background:#cfc;"| 67| May 7| Cleveland| | Luka Dončić (24)| Luka Dončić (8)| Jalen Brunson (6)| American Airlines Center
4,220| 39–28|-style="background:#cfc;"| 68| May 9| @ Cleveland| | Tim Hardaway Jr. (25)| Dwight Powell (9)| Luka Dončić (5)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
4,148| 40–28|-style="background:#fcc;"| 69| May 11| @ Memphis| | Tim Hardaway Jr. (19)| Willie Cauley-Stein (8)| Luka Dončić (5)| FedExForum
2,684| 40–29|-style="background:#cfc;"| 70| May 12| New Orleans| | Luka Dončić (33)| Dončić,
Powell (8)| Luka Dončić (8)| American Airlines Center
4,373| 41–29|-style="background:#cfc;"| 71| May 14| Toronto| | Kristaps Porziņģis (21)| Dončić,
Porziņģis (10)| Luka Dončić (11)| American Airlines Center
4,493| 42–29|-style="background:#fcc;"| 72| May 16| @ Minnesota| | Dončić,
Porziņģis (18)| Dwight Powell (8)| Luka Dončić (2)| Target Center
1,638| 42–30

Postseason

See also: 2021 NBA playoffs.

|-style="background:#cfc;"| 1| May 22| @ L. A. Clippers| | Luka Dončić (31)| Luka Dončić (10)| Luka Dončić (11)| Staples Center
6,117| 1–0|-style="background:#cfc;"| 2| May 25| @ L. A. Clippers| | Luka Dončić (39)| Luka Dončić (7)| Luka Dončić (7)| Staples Center
6,885| 2–0|-style="background:#fcc;"| 3| May 28| L. A. Clippers| | Luka Dončić (44)| Luka Dončić (9)| Luka Dončić (9)| American Airlines Center
17,705| 2–1|-style="background:#fcc;"| 4| May 30| L. A. Clippers| | Luka Dončić (19)| Dorian Finney-Smith (8)| Luka Dončić (6)| American Airlines Center
17,761| 2–2|-style="background:#cfc;"| 5| June 2| @ L. A. Clippers| | Luka Dončić (42)| Luka Dončić (8)| Luka Dončić (14)| Staples Center
7,428| 3–2|-style="background:#fcc;"| 6| June 4| L. A. Clippers| | Luka Dončić (29)| Boban Marjanović (9)| Luka Dončić (11)| American Airlines Center
18,324| 3–3|-style="background:#fcc;"| 7| June 6| @ L. A. Clippers| | Luka Dončić (46)| Kristaps Porziņģis (11)| Luka Dončić (14)| Staples Center
7,342| 3–4|-

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player
	SG	70	31	1,985	229	126	31	11	1,163	28.4	3.3	1.8	.4	.2	16.6
	PG	68	12	1,697	231	239	35	1	857	25.0	3.4	3.5	.5	.0	12.6
	PG	66	66	2,262	527	567	64	36	1,830	34.3	8.0	8.6	1.0	.5	27.7
	PG	62	1	911	54	81	36	7	411	14.7	.9	1.3	.6	.1	6.6
	PF	60	60	1,921	326	102	52	25	590	32.0	5.4	1.7	.9	.4	9.8
	SG	59	56	1,790	195	153	61	24	715	30.3	3.3	2.6	1.0	.4	12.1
	C	58	19	966	234	63	36	30	342	16.7	4.0	1.1	.6	.5	5.9
	C	53	16	906	236	35	21	43	280	17.1	4.5	.7	.4	.8	5.3
	PF	50	40	1,341	260	68	24	35	353	26.8	5.2	1.4	.5	.7	7.1
	C	43	43	1,327	381	68	20	58	865	30.9	8.9	1.6	.5	1.3	20.1
	SG	39	5	445	78	28	16	3	101	11.4	2.0	.7	.4	.1	2.6
	C	33	3	271	128	10	2	6	156	8.2	3.9	.3	.1	.2	4.7
^†	PF	29	1	504	86	50	24	23	166	17.4	3.0	1.7	.8	.8	5.7
^†	PF	23	4	325	65	19	5	2	91	14.1	2.8	.8	.2	.1	4.0
^†	SF	23	3	288	44	10	9	3	49	12.5	1.9	.4	.4	.1	2.1
	SG	21	0	93	9	8	7	2	41	4.4	.4	.4	.3	.1	2.0
	SF	18	0	71	19	3	0	1	18	3.9	1.1	.2	.0	.1	1.0
^†	SG	13	0	147	12	11	2	1	57	11.3	.9	.8	.2	.1	4.4
	PG	11	0	56	6	6	5	0	11	5.1	.5	.5	.5	.0	1.0

Playoffs

Player
	PG	7	7	281	55	72	9	3	250	40.1	7.9	10.3	1.3	.4	35.7
	PF	7	7	271	46	15	8	2	72	38.7	6.6	2.1	1.1	.3	10.3
	SG	7	7	262	23	10	3	0	119	37.4	3.3	1.4	.4	.0	17.0
	C	7	7	233	38	9	9	5	92	33.3	5.4	1.3	1.3	.7	13.1
	PF	7	4	187	25	10	3	0	37	26.7	3.6	1.4	.4	.0	5.3
	PG	7	0	114	18	10	0	0	56	16.3	2.6	1.4	.0	.0	8.0
	SG	7	0	94	11	5	2	0	34	13.4	1.6	.7	.3	.0	4.9
	C	7	0	52	13	6	2	0	19	7.4	1.9	.9	.3	.0	2.7
	C	6	0	63	16	3	2	4	15	10.5	2.7	.5	.3	.7	2.5
	C	4	3	83	32	4	0	1	47	20.8	8.0	1.0	.0	.3	11.8
	PF	3	0	19	6	0	1	0	0	6.3	2.0	.0	.3	.0	.0
	PG	2	0	17	1	1	0	0	1	8.5	.5	.5	.0	.0	.5
	SG	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0

Transactions

See main article: article and List of 2020–21 NBA season transactions.

Trades

November 18, 2020^[9]	To Dallas Mavericks Josh Richardson Draft rights to Tyler Bey	To Philadelphia 76ers Seth Curry
November 27, 2020^[10] ^[11]	To Dallas Mavericks James Johnson	To Detroit Pistons Delon Wright
To Oklahoma City Thunder Justin Jackson
March 26, 2021^[12]	To Dallas Mavericks JJ Redick Nicolò Melli	To New Orleans Pelicans James Johnson Wes Iwundu Second-round pick

Free agents

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
J. J. Barea^[13]	Waived	Estudiantes
Willie Cauley-Stein^[14]	Restructured contract	Dallas Mavericks
Antonius Cleveland^[15]	Free agent	Oklahoma City Thunder
Freddie Gillespie^[16]	Waived	Memphis Hustle
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist^[17]	Free agent	New York Knicks
Courtney Lee^[18]	Restructured contract/ Waived after training camp
Devonte Patterson	Waived
Josh Reaves	Free agent	Rio Grande Valley Vipers

Awards

Player	Award	Date awarded
	Player of the week	January 4–10^[19]
		March 29 – April 4^[20]
		April 19–25^[21]
		February 19, 2021^[22]
		June 15, 2021^[23]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mavs beat the Cavs . The Official Home of the Dallas Mavericks . 6 July 2021 . 8 May 2021.
2. Web site: Clippers win Game 7, eliminate Mavericks despite Luka Doncic's 46 points . Los Angeles Times . 6 July 2021 . 6 June 2021.
3. Web site: June 17, 2021 . Rick Carlisle steps down as Mavericks coach . June 17, 2021 . NBA.com.
4. Web site: June 17, 2021 . Rick Carlisle says he won't return as Dallas Mavericks coach after 13 seasons . June 17, 2021 . ESPN.com.
5. Web site: Mavericks acquire center Andrew Bogut from Warriors. mavs.com. July 7, 2016. October 1, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20160818220200/http://www.mavs.com/mavericks-acquire-center-andrew-bogut-warriors/. August 18, 2016. dead.
6. Web site: NBA releases 2020–21 preseason schedule. nba.com. November 27, 2020. November 27, 2020.
7. Web site: First-half NBA schedule: List of games for all 30 teams. nba.com. December 4, 2020. December 4, 2020.
8. Web site: NBA unveils game and national television schedules for second half of 2020-21 season. nba.com. February 24, 2021. February 24, 2021.
9. Web site: Team Acquires Seth Curry. Philadelphia 76ers. November 18, 2020.
10. Web site: Detroit Pistons Acquire Delon Wright From Dallas In Three-Team Trade. NBA.com. November 27, 2020. November 27, 2020.
11. Web site: Thunder Acquires Trevor Ariza, Justin Jackson and Two Second-Round Draft Picks. National Basketball Association. November 27, 2020.
12. Web site: Mavs acquire sharpshooting guard Redick in trade with Pelicans. mavs.com. March 26, 2021.
13. Web site: It's official: J.J. Barea waived by Mavericks. December 10, 2020. mavs.com.
14. Web site: Hardaway opts in for coming season. November 19, 2020. mavs.com.
15. Web site: Luke. Adams. Thunder Sign Antonius Cleveland. HoopsRumors.com. December 3, 2020. December 9, 2020.
16. Web site: Mavericks briefs: These players are ‘dumb and dumber,’ plus roster is set. December 19, 2020. mavs.com.
17. Web site: Knicks Sign Michael Kidd-Gilchrist . NBA.com . November 28, 2020 . November 28, 2020.
18. Web site: Mavericks sign Courtney Lee, set for preseason opener. December 11, 2020. mavs.com.
19. Web site: Luka Doncic, Jayson Tatum named NBA Players of the Week. NBA.com. January 11, 2021. January 11, 2021.
20. Web site: Luka Doncic, Jrue Holiday named NBA Players of the Week. NBA.com. April 5, 2021. April 5, 2021.
21. Web site: Luka Doncic, Bradley Beal named NBA Players of the Week. April 26, 2021. April 26, 2021.
22. Web site: 2021 NBA All-Star Game starters revealed. NBA.com. February 19, 2021. February 19, 2021.
23. Web site: Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Stephen Curry lead 2020–21 All-NBA First Team. June 15, 2021. June 15, 2021.