"beginning of the 2018–19 NBA season."" Dallas Mavericks all-time roster and statistics leaders The Dallas Mavericks are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas.They are more known as the Mavs. They play in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team joined the NBA in 1980 as an expansion team, and won their first NBA championship in 2011. The Mavericks have played their home games at the American Airlines Center since 2001. Their principal owner is Mark Cuban, with founding owner Don Carter holding minority interests. Their current staffs consists of Donnie"
"Coliseum, which was their home arena. Along with going 66-0, the Mavericks compiled two league championships as well. The Mavericks had much success in their time in Shreveport, but in the offseason of 2015, the Mavericks announced that they would be moving, and the city they chose was Owensboro, Kentucky. They also changed leagues from the ABA to the Premier Basketball League. In their first game in a new league and the new city, the Mavericks took on defending PBL Champions, the Rochester Razorsharks. The Mavericks defeated the Razorsharks handily, winning by a score of 108-88. Currently the Mavericks have"
"The city is home to the Dallas Mavericks. Their original arena was the now demolished Reunion Arena, but now they play at the American Airlines Center. The Mavericks won their first championship in 2011 led by their German superstar Dirk Nowitzki. The Mavericks have enjoyed having one of the largest fanbases in the NBA, consistently ranking in the top 5 over the last few years in attendance. They have had a consecutive streak of playoff appearances since the 2000–01 season except for the 2012–13 season, where they finished with an even 41–41 record and out of the playoffs as the"
"(NHL) and the Stockton Heat (AHL). As of December 3, 2018. Kansas City Mavericks The Kansas City Mavericks are an ice hockey team in the ECHL. Founded in 2009 as the Missouri Mavericks, the team plays in Independence, Missouri, a satellite city of Kansas City, Missouri, at the Silverstein Eye Centers Arena. On April 16, 2009, the Central Hockey League announced an expansion team for Independence, to begin play in the 2009–10 season. The new organization teamed up with local newspaper ""The Examiner"" to hold a name-the-team contest until May 11. The Missouri Mavericks' name, logo, and colors were unveiled"
"Kentucky Mavericks The Kentucky Mavericks were a minor league basketball team who competed in the Premier Basketball League based in Owensboro, Kentucky. This team is no longer in operation. Originally known as the Rio Grande Valley Silverados, the team was originally a member of the former Continental Basketball Association. Owned by McAllen businessmen Art Gonzalez and Kevin Mitchell, the Silverados were based out of McAllen, Texas and played their home games at the McAllen Convention Center. In the team's initial ABA season of 2008-09, the team played in Beaumont. The Mustangs proved to be a force to be reckoned with"
"Kansas City Mavericks The Kansas City Mavericks are an ice hockey team in the ECHL. Founded in 2009 as the Missouri Mavericks, the team plays in Independence, Missouri, a satellite city of Kansas City, Missouri, at the Silverstein Eye Centers Arena. On April 16, 2009, the Central Hockey League announced an expansion team for Independence, to begin play in the 2009–10 season. The new organization teamed up with local newspaper ""The Examiner"" to hold a name-the-team contest until May 11. The Missouri Mavericks' name, logo, and colors were unveiled on June 24. On May 29, 2009, it was reported that"
"Houston Mavericks The Houston Mavericks were a charter member of the American Basketball Association. They played in the upstart league's first two seasons, from 1967 to 1969. Their home arena was the Sam Houston Coliseum. In 1947–48, there was an unrelated Mavericks franchise based in Houston as part of the Professional Basketball League of America. The Mavericks were one of the first ABA franchises, announced on February 2, 1967 when the ABA was formed. They were owned by businessman T. C. Morrow. One of the minority partners was Bud Adams, who owned the Houston Oilers of the American Football League."
"Omaha Mavericks men's basketball The Omaha Mavericks men's basketball team, also called the Nebraska–Omaha Mavericks, represents the University of Nebraska Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The Mavericks compete in The Summit League. Led by head coach Derrin Hansen, they moved into the new on-campus Baxter Arena at the start of the 2015–16 season. The 2015–16 season is also the first in which they are eligible for the NCAA Tournament, NIT, or The Summit League Tournament; they had been ineligible during the school's four-year transition from Division II to Division I, which began in the 2011–12 season. During this period,"
"Wesley Matthews Wesley Joel Matthews Jr. (born October 14, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Marquette Golden Eagles. He is the son of former NBA player Wes Matthews. Matthews was born in San Antonio, Texas to Wesley Sr., a former NBA point guard and two-time NBA champion with the 1987 and 1988 Los Angeles Lakers, and Pam Moore, an All-American runner and basketball player. Matthews starred on the James Madison Memorial High School basketball and soccer teams. Matthews chose to attend Marquette University"
"Portland Mavericks The Portland Mavericks were an independent professional baseball team in the northwestern United States, based in Portland, Oregon. They began play in the short-season Class A Northwest League in 1973, after the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League left after the 1972 season and became the Spokane Indians. The Mavericks operated as an independent club in Portland for five seasons, until the return of the PCL in 1978, and played home games on artificial turf at Civic Stadium in Portland. The Mavericks were owned by ex-minor league player and television actor Bing Russell, and were initially the"
"ceased operations as of April 2017. On February 14, 2016 the Mavericks extended their win streak to 103 games, having not lost a game since December 2010. On March 6, 2016, the Mavericks winning streak came to an end, as they were defeated by the Rochester Razorsharks, by a score of 105-99. Joshua Johnson Ben Vozzola Chris Hagan Cory Wilford Stan Simpson Robert Crawford Nick Waddell Kentucky Mavericks The Kentucky Mavericks were a minor league basketball team who competed in the Premier Basketball League based in Owensboro, Kentucky. This team is no longer in operation. Originally known as the Rio"
"leave the ABA and seek a more challenging professional basketball league. The Mavericks contacted the NBA Development League office about possibly buying a franchise and beginning the process of becoming a member. After numerous meetings with NBA D-League officials, Mavericks’ owner Jerry Nelson accepted the league's ""No"" response to their request to join the D-League. The team sat out the next two seasons. In 2013, Nelson made the decision to return to the ABA and relocated the team to Shreveport. During their time in Shreveport, the Mavericks compiled a total record 66-0, including a 50-0 record at the Hirsch Memorial"
"his NBA career. He then attended Columbia University School of General Studies, pursuing a degree in sociology. Murphy maintained a 3.8 GPA and made the dean's list, according to ""The New York Times."" He has since graduated. Troy Murphy Troy Brandon Murphy (born May 2, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Murphy was born in Morristown, New Jersey but grew up in Sparta Township. He attended the Delbarton School and the University of Notre Dame, both Roman Catholic schools. At Notre Dame, he was a"
"which the team took its name. Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Bob Stanley is president of the club. In 2011 and 2012, the Mavericks played at Bert George Field in Rochester, the ballpark of Spaulding High School on the north side of the city. The club invested $50,000 to build new dugouts and seating areas and make other improvements to the ballpark. Earlier, the club had studied Marshwood High School in South Berwick, Maine as a home. The inaugural year started with tragedy as player Adam Keenan collapsed and died of heart failure after the team's first practice. The Mavericks"
"in 2018, citing ""small [field] dimensions and small crowds."" On November 8, the league published a schedule for 2018 omitting Seacoast as well as the Wachusett Dirt Dawgs. The league's press release said the Mavericks would ""continue to work on building a new complex in Dover, NH with the hopes of having the Mavericks playing in 2019 at the new facility."" The Dover City Council rezoned the project site to permit commercial use, and the club bought the property in July 2018. Seacoast Mavericks The Seacoast Mavericks is a collegiate summer baseball team located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It is"
"the teams moved under the umbrella of the NCAA in 1982-83. Home games are played at College Park Center, located on University of Texas at Arlington's campus in Arlington. The team appeared in the 2008 NCAA tournament, losing against the 1 seed Memphis in the first round. Later, Memphis had to forfeit their win for ""ineligible competition, impermissible benefits and failure to monitor its athletics programs."" On November 29, 2016, the Mavericks defeated the Texas Longhorns in Austin for the first time in program history after 11 attempts. The Longhorns decided to terminate their contract with them after their 2016"
"Seacoast Mavericks The Seacoast Mavericks is a collegiate summer baseball team located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It is a charter member of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL), a wood-bat league comprising 7 teams from New Hampshire to western Connecticut, but will not play the 2018 season, pending completion of a sports complex in Dover, New Hampshire. The team is owned by Dave Hoyt, a former minor-league player for the Minnesota Twins and St. Louis Cardinals and the owner of USA Training Centers in Newington. This facility runs a youth and showcase program called the USA Mavericks Baseball Club, from"
"title in the state of Texas, joining the Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs. The Mavericks are also the third team to win a major sports championship in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, joining the Dallas Cowboys and the Dallas Stars. The Mavericks championship parade was held on June 16, 2011 in downtown Dallas. In the 2010 NBA Draft the Mavericks got only 1 pick. At no. 50 they picked the Nigerian Center Solomon Alabi. But he was traded directly to the Toronto Raptors for a future second-round pick and cash considerations. The Mavericks sent $3 million to the Memphis Grizzlies"
"Orlando Mavericks The Orlando Mavericks were a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league team located in Orlando, Florida. The team is a member of the Florida Collegiate Summer League (FCSL) and plays its home games at The First Academy. The team joined the FCSL in the 2008 season, under the name the Clermont Mavericks and played their home games at East Ridge High School. The Mavericks joined the FCSL in 2008 as an expansion team, one of three franchises joining the league that year. This brought the total number of FCSL franchises to six. In their inaugural season, the Mavericks"
"UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball The UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Sun Belt Conference. Home games are played at College Park Center, located on the University of Texas at Arlington's campus in Arlington. The team appeared in the 2008 NCAA tournament, losing against the #1 seed Memphis in the first round, although Memphis was later forced to vacate the win due to infractions committed by the program. The Mavericks are one of the founding teams of the Southland Conference, which began with five institutions on March 15, 1963."
"Denver Mavericks The Denver Mavericks were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey League during the first half of the 1959–1960 season. They played at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colorado. The Mavericks were an expansion team and recruited most of its players at colleges in Colorado. The IHL pulled the franchise from the original owners, Mile High Hockey Inc., and gave it to a Denver group headed by David M. Segal. The new ownership refinanced the team, but the changes did not solve the team's financial problems. On December 3, 1959, the team moved becoming"
"Eastern Mavericks Eastern Mavericks is a member club of the Premier League based in Adelaide, South Australia. The club fields both a men's and women's team. The club is a division of the overarching Eastern Mavericks District Basketball Club (EMDBC), the major administrative basketball organisation in the region. The Mavericks play their home games at St Francis de Sales Community Sports Center. Before the Mavericks were introduced in 1995, two teams operated in the Adelaide Hills and Murraylands region. These teams were the Murray Bridge Bullets who played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and their Junior Teams competed in"
"Philippine Mavericks The Philippine Mavericks (initially known as the Manila Mavericks) is a tennis team based in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines that competes in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL). It is one of four charter franchises participating in the IPTL's inaugural 2014 season. It last competed in the 2015 season of the IPTL. On 21 January 2014, IPTL announced that one of the charter franchises for the league's inaugural 2014 season would be based in Bangkok. The Bangkok franchise (as the Mavericks were still known at the time) participated in the IPTL inaugural draft on 2 March 2014, in"
"Dirk Nowitzki Dirk Werner Nowitzki () (born June 19, 1978) is a German professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). An alumnus of Röntgen Gymnasium and the DJK Würzburg basketball club, Nowitzki was chosen as the ninth pick in the 1998 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks and was immediately traded to the Mavericks, where he has played since. Listed at , Nowitzki is considered one of the greatest power forwards of all time. Nowitzki has led the Mavericks to 15 NBA playoff appearances (2001–2012; 2014–2016), including the franchise's first Finals appearance in 2006"
"Lakeland Magic The Lakeland Magic are an American professional basketball team of the NBA G League announced to begin play for the 2017–18 season as an affiliate of the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Based in Lakeland, Florida, the team plays their home games at the RP Funding Center. The franchise previously was based out of Erie, Pennsylvania, and known as the Erie BayHawks. The Erie BayHawks were established in 2008 as an expansion team in the NBA Development League, originally affiliated with the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Philadelphia 76ers. The ""BayHawks"" name alluded to the Presque"
"11 in the National Hockey League (NHL) and other major professional leagues internationally. Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey The Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey team is a NCAA Division I college ice hockey program that represents Minnesota State University, Mankato. The Mavericks compete in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). Their home arena is the Verizon Center located in downtown Mankato, Minnesota. The Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey team commenced play as a varsity sport in 1969-70. They competed independent of a conference affiliation at the NCAA Division II level from 1969-70 to 1983-84. From 1984-85 to"
"the BayHawks. Lakeland Magic The Lakeland Magic are an American professional basketball team of the NBA G League announced to begin play for the 2017–18 season as an affiliate of the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Based in Lakeland, Florida, the team plays their home games at the RP Funding Center. The franchise previously was based out of Erie, Pennsylvania, and known as the Erie BayHawks. The Erie BayHawks were established in 2008 as an expansion team in the NBA Development League, originally affiliated with the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Philadelphia 76ers. The ""BayHawks"" name alluded to"
"Washington Wizards The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at the Capital One Arena, in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The franchise was established in 1961 as the Chicago Packers based in Chicago, Illinois, and were renamed to Chicago Zephyrs the following season. In 1963, they relocated to Baltimore, Maryland and became the Baltimore Bullets, taking the name from a previous team of the same name. In 1973,"
"became the third defending champion to be swept in the first round after the aforementioned 2006–07 Heat and the 1956–57 Philadelphia Warriors. The Mavericks finished the 2017–18 season with a 24–58 record, their worst in twenty years. In the 2018 NBA draft, the Mavericks were awarded the fifth pick. With their eyes on Slovenian guard Luka Dončić, a projected top-three pick, the Mavericks worked out a deal with the Atlanta Hawks, who owned the third pick. The Hawks agreed to draft Dončić for Dallas, while the Mavericks drafted point guard Trae Young for Atlanta. The two teams traded the draft"
"season title in the record-setting 2016–17 season. Until February 2012, the Mavericks played at Texas Hall, which is a 3,300 seat theater on the campus. The teams played on the stage, and fans could watch the game from either the theater seats or the bleacher section. A new arena called the College Park Center with a seating capacity of 7,000 hosted the final four regular season home games for the team in 2012. The facility is located on the eastern side of the campus along with new housing, parking, and retail developments. The Mavericks have had 8 coaches, listed below,"
"in a row and the first Finals appearance in franchise history in 2006. Nelson assembled the Mavericks team that would later win the 2011 NBA Championship. Nelson is one of the co-owners of the Texas Legends, an NBA Development League affiliate of the Mavericks, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Frisco. Donnie is the second of four children born to Don and Sharon Nelson, and the only son. He was born in Iowa City during his father's final year at the University of Iowa, and was raised in Natick, Massachusetts as Don played for the Boston Celtics. Growing up"
"and one by the Mavericks, who won a rematch of this Finals in ). The Dallas Mavericks franchise joined the NBA in the 1980–81 season. During the mid-1980s they rose to become contenders in the Western Conference, culminating in a 1988 conference finals appearance, which they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games. The Mavericks would decline shortly after, and from 1988 until 2000, they missed the playoffs in eleven of those years, including a combined 24–140 record in the 1992–93 and 1993–94 seasons. However, with the sale of the team to Mark Cuban, and the addition of"
"retail, hotel and restaurant management, information technology, sports, and real estate industries. Lhuillier is also the honorary consul general of San Marino to the Philippines. By June 2014, the Manila franchise had been named the Manila Mavericks. On 23 July 2014, the Mavericks announced that their home matches would be played at Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Metropolitan Manila. On 29 August 2014, IPTL announced that the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Metropolitan Manila, the first choice as a home for the Mavericks, had opened up the dates of the team's home matches making it possible for the"