1980–81 Dallas Mavericks season

1980–81   Dallas Mavericks season
Head coach	Dick Motta
General manager	Norm Sonju
Owner	Don Carter
Arena	Reunion Arena
Results
Record	15–67 (.183)
Place	Division: 6th (Midwest) Conference: 12th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	WFAA KTXA
Radio	KJIM
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A ticket for a March 1981 game between the Dallas Mavericks and the season's eventual champions Boston Celtics.

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

Main article: 1980 NBA draft

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

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• 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

Roster

1980–81 Dallas Mavericks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From SF 45 Marty Byrnes 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1956–04–30 Syracuse PG 15 Brad Davis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1955–12–17 Maryland SF 11 Abdul Jeelani 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1954–02–10 UW–Parkside PF 53 Clarence Kea 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1959–02–02 Lamar SG 21 Chad Kinch 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1958–05–22 Charlotte C 25 Tom LaGarde 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1955–02–10 North Carolina C 44 Scott Lloyd 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1952–12–19 Arizona State SG 17 Ollie Mack 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1957–06–06 East Carolina SG 43 Stan Pietkiewicz 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1956–07–14 Auburn PF 52 Bill Robinzine 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1953–01–20 DePaul SF 34 Jim Spanarkel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1957–06–28 Duke

Head coach Dick Motta Assistant(s) Bob Weiss Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Updated: March 2, 1981

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-San Antonio Spurs	52	30	.634	–	34–7	18–23	21–9
x-Kansas City Kings	40	42	.488	12.0	24–17	16–25	19–11
x-Houston Rockets	40	42	.488	12.0	25–16	15–26	19–11
Denver Nuggets	37	45	.451	15.0	23–18	14–27	13–17
Utah Jazz	28	54	.341	24.0	20–21	8–33	13–17
Dallas Mavericks	15	67	.183	37.0	11–30	4–37	5–25

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Phoenix Suns	57	25	.695	–
2	y-San Antonio Spurs	52	30	.634	5
3	x-Los Angeles Lakers	54	28	.659	3
4	x-Portland Trail Blazers	45	37	.549	12
5	x-Kansas City Kings	40	42	.488	17
6	x-Houston Rockets	40	42	.488	17
7	Golden State Warriors	39	43	.476	18
8	Denver Nuggets	37	45	.451	20
9	San Diego Clippers	36	46	.439	21
10	Seattle SuperSonics	34	48	.415	23
11	Utah Jazz	28	54	.341	29
12	Dallas Mavericks	15	67	.183	42

Notes

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

Game log

Regular season

1980–81 game log Total: 15–67 (Home: 11–30; Road: 4–37)
October: 2–10 (home: 1–3; road: 1–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 11 San Antonio Spurs W 103–92 Winford Boynes (21) Tom LaGarde (10) Huston, LaGarde (5) Reunion Arena 10,373 1–0 2 October 14 Seattle L 83–85 Geoff Huston (19) Tom LaGarde (11) Geoff Huston (7) Reunion Arena 7,004 1–1 3 October 15 8:35 p.m. CDT @ Denver L 98–133 Jim Spanarkel (15) Jerome Whitehead (10) Geoff Huston (6) McNichols Sports Arena 6,658 1–2 4 October 17 Kansas City L 91–103 Geoff Huston (28) Tom LaGarde (8) Tom LaGarde (6) Reunion Arena 7,017 1–3 5 October 18 @ San Antonio L 96–110 Tom LaGarde (16) Tom LaGarde (9) Three players (4) HemisFair Arena 9,542 1–4 6 October 21 @ Phoenix L 99–111 Jim Spanarkel (20) Richard Washington (11) Geoff Huston (6) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10,507 1–5 7 October 22 @ Seattle W 107–102 Richard Washington (24) Richard Washington (9) Tom LaGarde (9) Seattle Kingdome 14,125 2–5 8 October 24 @ Portland L 105–120 Winford Boynes (18) Jeelani, LaGarde (7) Tom LaGarde (6) Memorial Coliseum 12,666 2–6 9 October 25 @ Golden State L 79–86 Jim Spanarkel (16) Tom LaGarde (11) Geoff Huston (7) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 6,750 2–7 10 October 28 Utah L 96–104 Geoff Huston (26) Richard Washington (16) Geoff Huston (5) Reunion Arena 5,720 2–8 11 October 29 @ Houston L 103–109 Jim Spanarkel (19) Five players (4) Geoff Huston (6) The Summit 6,123 2–9 12 October 31 @ Utah L 122–144 Geoff Huston (24) Tom LaGarde (9) Darrell Allums (4) Salt Palace 5,703 2–10
November: 1–12 (home: 1–7; road: 0–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 13 November 4 San Diego L 102–116 Tom LaGarde (23) Tom LaGarde (12) Huston (5) Reunion Arena 5,431 2–11 14 November 6 @ Washington L 95–116 Terry Duerod (22) Tom LaGarde (9) Geoff Huston (8) Capital Centre 6,295 2–12 15 November 7 7:30 p.m. CST Los Angeles L 102–126 Duerod, Huston (16) Byrnes, Lloyd (8) Tom LaGarde (7) Reunion Arena 17,481 2–13 16 November 8 @ Detroit L 73–101 Huston, Robinzine (14) Tom LaGarde (10) LaGarde, Spanarkel (2) Pontiac Silverdome 4,584 2–14 17 November 11 Houston L 94–105 Bill Robinzine (18) Tom LaGarde (13) Terry Duerod (6) Reunion Arena 5,472 2–15 18 November 14 Portland W 113–106 Four players (19) Tom LaGarde (14) Geoff Huston (9) Reunion Arena 6,103 3–15 19 November 16 9:00 p.m. CST @ Los Angeles L 102–110 Huston Spanarkel (28) Lloyd, Spanarkel (8) Scott Lloyd (10) The Forum 10,893 3–16 20 November 18 Phoenix L 91–102 Geoff Huston (19) Scott Lloyd (13) Geoff Huston (6) Reunion Arena 6,015 3–17 21 November 21 Seattle L 91–101 Geoff Huston (20) LaGarde, Robinzine (9) Tom LaGarde (6) Reunion Arena 6,514 3–18 22 November 23 @ Portland L 96–116 Geoff Huston (23) Tom LaGarde (9) Huston, Jeelani (5) Memorial Coliseum 12,666 3–19 23 November 25 Philadelphia L 92–108 Jim Spanarkel (20) Bill Robinzine (10) Jim Spanarkel (5) Reunion Arena 13,527 3–20 24 November 28 7:30 p.m. CST Denver L 117–119 (OT) Tom LaGarde (22) Scott Lloyd (16) Geoff Huston (9) Reunion Arena 7,713 3–21 25 November 29 @ Houston L 90–115 Abdul Jeelani (24) Scott Lloyd (9) Jeelani, LaGarde (5) The Summit 8,123 3–22
December: 2–14 (home: 2–5; road: 0–9) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 26 December 2 Cleveland L 102–109 Robinzine, Spanarkel (18) Tom LaGarde (13) Geoff Huston (7) Reunion Arena 5,117 3–23 27 December 5 6:30 p.m. CST @ Boston L 87–97 Bill Robinzine (24) Tom LaGarde (12) Geoff Huston (7) Boston Garden 14,351 3–24 28 December 6 @ Atlanta L 104–110 Tom LaGarde (26) Tom LaGarde (8) LaGarde, Spanarkel (4) Omni Coliseum 7,347 3–25 29 December 9 7:30 p.m. CST Los Angeles L 92–103 Geoff Huston (19) Tom LaGarde (12) Huston, Spanarkel (5) Reunion Arena 9,313 3–26 30 December 10 8:35 p.m. CST @ Denver L 107–116 Geoff Huston (27) LaGarde, Robinzine (11) Brad Davis (9) McNichols Sports Arena 7,768 3–27 31 December 12 San Diego W 112–109 (OT) Jim Spanarkel (22) Tom LaGarde (10) Brad Davis (6) Reunion Arena 6,457 4–27 32 December 13 @ Kansas City L 107–114 Tom LaGarde (22) Tom LaGarde (9) Huston, Spanarkel (5) Kemper Arena 5,578 4–28 33 December 16 San Antonio L 83–89 Geoff Huston (17) Bill Robinzine (12) Geoff Huston (8) Reunion Arena 6,140 4–29 34 December 17 @ Phoenix L 102–115 Jim Spanarkel (25) Jim Spanarkel (8) Jim Spanarkel (7) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10,247 4–30 35 December 18 @ San Diego L 92–102 Bill Robinzine (23) Bill Robinzine (13) Davis, Huston (5) San Diego Sports Arena 7,167 4–31 36 December 20 Golden State L 98–101 Geoff Huston (20) LaGarde, Robinzine (10) Davis (7) Reunion Arena 5,848 4–32 37 December 23 Utah L 96–101 Bill Robinzine (23) Scott Lloyd (11) Brad Davis (10) Reunion Arena 5,736 4–33 38 December 26 7:30 p.m. CST Denver W 119–111 Abdul Jeelani (20) Scott Lloyd (16) Brad Davis (7) Reunion Arena 8,293 5–33 39 December 27 @ Milwaukee L 96–112 Bill Robinzine (16) LaGarde, Robinzine (6) Brad Davis (8) MECCA Arena 11,052 5–34 40 December 29 @ Cleveland L 100–112 Bill Robinzine (23) Bill Robinzine (14) Geoff Huston (6) Coliseum at Richfield 3,884 5–35 41 December 30 @ New York L 98–100 Jim Spanarkel (26) Tom LaGarde (17) Brad Davis (6) Madison Square Garden 10,559 5–36
January: 3–9 (home: 2–4; road: 1–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 42 January 2 Houston L 120–124 (OT) Geoff Huston] (29) Tom LaGarde (9) Geoff Huston (11) Reunion Arena 7,872 5–37 43 January 5 @ Seattle L 89–103 Geoff Huston (21) Bill Robinzine (10) Geoff Huston (6) Seattle Kingdome 12,210 5–38 44 January 7 @ Golden State W 111–109 Geoff Huston (24) Bill Robinzine (14) Geoff Huston (8) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 7,246 6–38 45 January 8 @ Utah L 97–99 Tom LaGarde (24) Bill Robinzine (12) Brad Davis (6) Salt Palace 7,239 6–39 46 January 10 Washington L 94–106 Huston, Spanarkel (20) Bill Robinzine (18) Geoff Huston (5) Reunion Arena 8,021 6–40 47 January 13 Chicago W 112–106 Bill Robinzine (26) Bill Robinzine (8) Brad Davis (9) Reunion Arena 5,771 7–40 48 January 16 New York W 118–110 Geoff Huston (24) Bill Robinzine (12) Geoff Huston (7) Reunion Arena 10,473 8–40 49 January 18 @ San Diego L 109–115 Tom LaGarde (18) Scott Lloyd (11) Geoff Huston (8) San Diego Sports Arena 3,980 8–41 50 January 20 Kansas City L 91–104 Bill Robinzine (25) Tom LaGarde (16) Brad Davis (7) Reunion Arena 5,899 8–42 51 January 23 @ Chicago L 98–106 Oliver Mack (22) Tom LaGarde (12) Geoff Huston (6) Chicago Stadium 7,836 8–43 52 January 24 @ Indiana L 89–107 Tom LaGarde (15) Three players (6) Bill Robinzine (6) Market Square Arena 12,636 8–44 53 January 27 New Jersey L 100–112 Tom LaGarde (22) Bill Robinzine (10) Oliver Mack (7) Reunion Arena 5,727 8–45
February: 1–13 (home: 0–7; road: 1–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 54 February 3 Kansas City L 100–121 Geoff Huston (23) Tom LaGarde (13) Oliver Mack (5) Reunion Arena 5,335 8–46 55 February 4 @ Houston L 68–116 Bill Robinzine (14) LaGarde, Robinzine (6) Three players (5) The Summit 8,353 8–47 56 February 6 Atlanta L 98–100 Bill Robinzine (16) Scott Lloyd (8) Brad Davis (6) Reunion Arena 6,882 8–48 57 February 8 @ San Antonio L 98–102 Three players (15) Bill Robinzine (10) Brad Davis (6) HemisFair Arena 8,918 8–49 58 February 10 Detroit L 95–101 Jim Spanarkel (23) Bill Robinzine (15) Brad Davis (9) Reunion Arena 5,047 8–50 59 February 11 @ Phoenix L 97–119 Tom LaGarde (20) LaGarde, Lloyd (7) Tom LaGarde (5) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10,357 8–51 60 February 14 San Antonio L 99–107 Jim Spanarkel (22) Scott Lloyd (7) Brad Davis (7) Reunion Arena 9,826 8–52 61 February 15 4:00 p.m. CST @ Los Angeles L 99–107 Oliver Mack (19) Clarence Kea (13) Brad Davis (6) The Forum 11,920 8–53 62 February 17 Milwaukee L 106–114 Brad Davis (24) Oliver Mack (9) Brad Davis (7) Reunion Arena 7,068 8–54 63 February 20 @ Philadelphia L 109–117 Oliver Mack (19) Bill Robinzine (8) Jim Spanarkel (4) The Spectrum 10,642 8–55 64 February 22 @ New Jersey W 132–109 Oliver Mack (28) Scott Lloyd (11) Brad Davis (7) Rutgers Athletic Center 7,849 9–55 65 February 24 Seattle L 84–102 Jim Spanarkel (15) Tom LaGarde (14) Brad Davis (7) Reunion Arena 6,525 9–56 66 February 26 @ Kansas City L 102–105 Clarence Kea (19) Tom LaGarde (12) Brad Davis (16) Kemper Arena 8,701 9–57 67 February 27 Indiana L 111–118 Oliver Mack (26) Clarence Kea (10) Brad Davis (8) Reunion Arena 7,359 9–58
March: 6–9 (home: 5–4; road: 1–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 68 March 1 San Diego W 99–91 Oliver Mack (24) Lloyd, Mack (8) Brad Davis (12) Reunion Arena 4,858 10–58 69 March 3 7:30 p.m. CST Boston L 105–117 Brad Davis (31) Tom LaGarde (8) Brad Davis (13) Reunion Arena 15,593 10–59 70 March 6 @ Golden State L 109–115 Tom LaGarde (22) Bill Robinzine (9) Brad Davis (9) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 8,694 10–60 71 March 8 @ San Antonio L 108–133 Clarence Kea (22) Clarence Kea (10) Brad Davis (6) HemisFair Arena 8,251 10–61 72 March 10 Phoenix W 107–103 Jim Spanarkel (25) Tom LaGarde (14) Brad Davis (9) Reunion Arena 6,469 11–61 73 March 12 Golden State W 120–118 Jim Spanarkel (26) Bill Robinzine (11) Brad Davis (14) Reunion Arena 5,380 12–61 74 March 15 @ Portland L 110–135 Abdul Jeelani (31) Abdul Jeelani (6) Brad Davis (9) Memorial Coliseum 12,666 12–62 75 March 17 7:30 p.m. CST Los Angeles L 109–114 Bill Robinzine (26) Tom LaGarde(15) Brad Davis (16) Reunion Arena 17,828 12–63 76 March 18 @ Utah L 113–120 Davis, Byrnes (25) Scott Lloyd (8) Brad Davis (10) Salt Palace 5,248 12–64 77 March 20 7:30 p.m. CST Denver W 126–125 Byrnes, Robinzine (22) Bill Robinzine (15) Brad Davis (10) Reunion Arena 6,359 13–64 78 March 21 Utah W 105–95 Davis, Robinzine (20) Bill Robinzine (13) Brad Davis (12) Reunion Arena 7,416 14–64 79 March 24 Houston L 111–114 OT Davis, LaGarde (19) Tom LaGarde (11) Brad Davis (14) Reunion Arena 7,162 14–65 80 March 25 8:35 p.m. CST @ Denver W 126–115 Brad Davis (25) Abdul Jeelani (11) Brad Davis (10) McNichols Sports Arena 14,035 15–65 81 March 27 Portland L 109–123 Scott Lloyd (28) Tom LaGarde (9) Brad Davis (11) Reunion Arena 11,203 15–66 82 March 29 @ Kansas City L 104–113 Marty Byrnes (24) Bill Robinzine (6) Brad Davis (8) Kemper Arena 7,171 15–67
1980–81 schedule

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Tom LaGarde	PF	82	82	2,670	665	237	35	45	1,122	32.6	8.1	2.9	.4	.5	13.7
Jim Spanarkel	SF	82		2,317	297	232	117	20	1,184	28.3	3.6	2.8	1.4	.2	14.4
Scott Lloyd	C	72		2,186	454	159	34	25	637	30.4	6.3	2.2	.5	.3	8.8
Marty Byrnes	SF	72		1,360	177	113	29	17	561	18.9	2.5	1.6	.4	.2	7.8
Bill Robinzine †	PF	70		1,932	520	113	71	9	970	27.6	7.4	1.6	1.0	.1	13.9
Abdul Jeelani	SF	66		1,108	230	65	44	31	553	16.8	3.5	1.0	.7	.5	8.4
Oliver Mack †	SG	62		1,666	229	162	55	7	635	26.9	3.7	2.6	.9	.1	10.2
Geoff Huston †	PG	56		1,892	99	277	45	6	899	33.8	1.8	4.9	.8	.1	16.1
Brad Davis	PG	56		1,686	151	385	52	11	626	30.1	2.7	6.9	.9	.2	11.2
Winford Boynes	SG	44		757	75	37	23	16	287	17.2	1.7	.8	.5	.4	6.5
Stan Pietkiewicz †	SG	36		431	41	75	15	2	140	12.0	1.1	2.1	.4	.1	3.9
Darrell Allums	PF	22		276	65	25	5	8	59	12.5	3.0	1.1	.2	.4	2.7
Terry Duerod †	SF	18		337	39	30	12	4	168	18.7	2.2	1.7	.7	.2	9.3
Joe Hassett †	SG	17		280	25	18	5	0	138	16.5	1.5	1.1	.3	.0	8.1
Clarence Kea	PF	16		199	67	5	6	1	117	12.4	4.2	.3	.4	.1	7.3
Chad Kinch †	SG	12		106	9	10	2	1	38	8.8	.8	.8	.2	.1	3.2
Richard Washington †	PF	11		307	84	16	5	7	119	27.9	7.6	1.5	.5	.6	10.8
Austin Carr †	SG	8		77	9	9	1	0	16	9.6	1.1	1.1	.1	.0	2.0
Jerome Whitehead †	C	7		118	28	2	4	1	37	16.9	4.0	.3	.6	.1	5.3
Ralph Drollinger	C	6		67	19	14	1	2	15	11.2	3.2	2.3	.2	.3	2.5
Monti Davis †	PF	1		8	3	0	0	1	1	8.0	3.0	.0	.0	1.0	1.0

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Mavericks only.

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

References

1. "Complete First Round Results — 1980-89". NBA.com . Archived from the original on March 21, 2010. Retrieved April 16, 2009.