1996–97 Dallas Mavericks season

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1996–97 Dallas Mavericks season

Head coach

Jim Cleamons

General manager

Frank Zaccanelli (through February 7, 1997)
Don Nelson (after February 7, 1997)

Owner(s)

Ross Perot Jr.

Arena

Reunion Arena

Results

Record

24–58 (.293)

Place

Division: 4th (Midwest)
Conference: 11th (Western)

Playoff finish

Did not qualify

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Local media

Television

KXTX-TV
Fox Sports Southwest

Radio

WBAP

< 1995–96

1997–98 >

The 1996–97 NBA season was the Mavericks' 17th season in the National Basketball Association.^[1] The Mavericks had the ninth overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft, and selected Samaki Walker from the University of Louisville.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] In the off-season, the team signed free agents Chris Gatling,^[6]^[7]^[8] Oliver Miller,^[9]^[10] and former Mavs guard Derek Harper,^[11]^[12]^[13] and acquired Eric Montross from the Boston Celtics,^[14]^[15]^[16] and signed undrafted rookie guard Erick Strickland. Under new head coach Jim Cleamons,^[17]^[18] the Mavericks struggles continued with a 4–10 start in November. With the team not showing any improvement, they traded All-Star guard Jason Kidd to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for second-year star Michael Finley, Sam Cassell and A.C. Green in late December.^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23] The Mavericks continued to struggle as they held a 16–28 record at the All-Star break.^[24]

Gatling played a sixth man role, averaging 19.1 points and 7.9 rebounds per game off the bench during the first half of the season, and was selected for the 1997 NBA All-Star Game.^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29] At midseason, he was traded along with Cassell, Montross, Jim Jackson and George McCloud to the New Jersey Nets in exchange for Shawn Bradley, Robert Pack, Khalid Reeves and second-year forward Ed O'Bannon,^[30]^[31]^[32]^[33] while Jamal Mashburn was dealt to the Miami Heat in exchange for second-year guard Sasha Danilovic, second-year forward Kurt Thomas, and rookie forward Martin Muursepp,^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37] and Miller was released to free agency, and re-signed as a free agent with his former team, the Toronto Raptors.^[38]^[39] In February, former Milwaukee Bucks and Golden State Warriors coach Don Nelson became the team's General Manager.^[40]^[41]^[42] The Mavericks suffered an 11-game losing streak between March and April, and lost 16 of their final 18 games, finishing fourth in the Midwest Division with a 24–58 record.^[43]

For the players who were acquired in trades during the season, Finley averaged 15.6 points per game in 56 games with the Mavericks, while Bradley averaged 14.6 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game in 32 games, Pack contributed 11.5 points, 6.4 assists and 1.8 steals per game in 20 games, and Green contributed 7.9 points and 9.1 rebounds per game in 56 games. In addition, for the players who spent the entire season with the Mavericks this season, Harper provided with 10.0 points and 4.3 assists per game, and Strickland contributed 10.6 points per game in only just 28 games.^[28] Following the season, Harper and O'Bannon were both traded to the Orlando Magic, who released O'Bannon to free agency,^[44]^[45]^[46]^[47] and Danilovic was released after just two seasons in the NBA.

On April 6, 1997, the Mavericks only scored just two points in the third quarter in an 87–80 road loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. It was the fewest points scored in a quarter of a game in NBA history.^[48]^[49]^[50]^[51]

Offseason

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	9	Samaki Walker	PF	United States	Louisville
2	34	Shawn Harvey	G	United States	West Virginia State University
2	56	Darnell Robinson	F	United States	Arkansas

Roster

1996–97 Dallas Mavericks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
C	44	Bradley, Shawn	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1972–03–22	BYU
G	5	Danilovic, Sasha	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1970–02–26	Serbia
C	50	Dreiling, Greg	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1962–11–07	Kansas
F	4	Finley, Michael	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1973–03–06	Wisconsin
F	45	Green, A.C.	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1963–10–04	Oregon State
G	12	Harper, Derek	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1961–10–13	Illinois
C	33	King, Stacey	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1967–01–29	Oklahoma
F	13	Muursepp, Martin	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1974–09–26	Estonia
F	31	O'Bannon, Ed	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	1972–08–14	UCLA
G	14	Pack, Robert	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1969–02–03	USC
G	6	Reeves, Khalid	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	199 lb (90 kg)	1972–07–15	Arizona
G	20	Strickland, Erick	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1973–11–25	Nebraska
F/C	40	Thomas, Kurt (IN)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1972–10–04	TCU
F	52	Walker, Samaki	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1976–02–25	Louisville

Head coach

Jim Cleamons

Assistant coach(es)

Butch Beard
Jack Nolan
Charlie Parker
Bob Salmi
Lanny Van Eman

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(IN) Inactive
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: April 15, 1997

Roster Notes

Center Shawn Bradley holds both American and German citizenship.
Power forward Kurt Thomas was acquired from the Miami Heat at midseason, but did not play with the Mavericks this season due to an ankle injury.^[52]^[53]

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Utah Jazz	64	18	.780	–	38–3	26–15	19–5
x-Houston Rockets	57	25	.695	7	30–11	27–14	19–5
x-Minnesota Timberwolves	40	42	.488	24	25–16	15–26	16–8
Dallas Mavericks	24	58	.293	40	14–27	10–31	9–15
Denver Nuggets	21	61	.256	43	12–29	9–32	7–17
San Antonio Spurs	20	62	.244	44	12–29	8–33	8–16
Vancouver Grizzlies	14	68	.171	50	8–33	6–35	6–18

1996–97 NBA West standings
#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Utah Jazz	64	18	.780	–
2	y-Seattle SuperSonics	57	25	.695	7
3	x-Houston Rockets	57	25	.695	7
4	x-Los Angeles Lakers	56	26	.683	8
5	x-Portland Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	15
6	x-Minnesota Timberwolves	40	42	.488	24
7	x-Phoenix Suns	40	42	.488	24
8	x-Los Angeles Clippers	36	46	.439	28

9	Sacramento Kings	34	48	.415	30
10	Golden State Warriors	30	52	.366	34
11	Dallas Mavericks	24	58	.293	40
12	Denver Nuggets	21	61	.256	43
13	San Antonio Spurs	20	62	.244	44
14	Vancouver Grizzlies	14	68	.171	50

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1996-97 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	VAN	WAS
Atlanta	—	3–1	1–3	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–1
Boston	1–3	—	0–4	0–4	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–4
Charlotte	3–1	4–0	—	0–4	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–2	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	3–1
Chicago	3–1	4–0	4–0	—	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1
Cleveland	1–3	2–1	1–3	1–3	—	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–4	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–3	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–3
Dallas	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	3–1	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–3	3–1	0–2
Denver	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	—	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–2	2–2	0–4	1–1	0–4	3–1	1–1
Detroit	3–1	4–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–4	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	4–0
Golden State	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	0–2	—	0–4	1–1	1–3	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–2	1–3	4–0	0–4	2–0	0–4	3–1	0–2
Houston	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	4–0	—	1–1	3–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–2	4–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0
Indiana	1–3	2–1	2–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–3	1–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	2–0	1–3
L.A. Clippers	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	—	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–2	4–0	1–3	2–0	1–3	4–0	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	—	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–3	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	2–0
Miami	2–1	4–0	2–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	—	4–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	3–1
Milwaukee	0–4	3–1	2–2	0–4	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	—	0–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	4–0	0–2	3–1	0–4	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–4	4–0	0–4	1–1	1–3	4–0	1–1
New Jersey	1–3	4–0	0–4	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–2	—	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	0–2	2–0	1–3
New York	3–1	4–0	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	—	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	4–0
Orlando	1–3	4–0	2–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–3	—	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	1–3
Philadelphia	0–4	3–1	0–4	0–4	0–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–3	2–2	—	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	2–0	1–3
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	1–3	4–0	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–1
Portland	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	—	2–2	4–0	1–3	0–2	2–2	4–0	0–2
Sacramento	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	2–0	4–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–2	—	3–1	1–3	1–1	0–4	4–0	0–2
San Antonio	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	—	0–4	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–2
Seattle	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–3	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	4–0	—	2–0	1–3	4–0	2–0
Toronto	0–4	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	3–0	0–3	0–4	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	—	1–1	1–1	2–2
Utah	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	4–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	—	4–0	2–0
Vancouver	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–4	0–4	3–1	0–4	1–1	0–4	—	1–1
Washington	1–2	4–0	1–3	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–4	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–4	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	—

Game log

1996–97 game log
Total: 24–58 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

November: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

December: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

January: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

February: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

March: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

April: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

1996–97 schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Derek Harper	PG	75	29	2,210	137	321	92	12	753	29.5	1.8	4.3	1.2	.2	10.0
A.C. Green^†	PF	56	54	1,944	518	52	52	15	444	34.7	9.3	.9	.9	.3	7.9
Michael Finley^†	SF	56	36	1,994	252	156	50	20	897	35.6	4.5	2.8	.9	.4	16.0
Eric Montross^†	C	47	46	984	236	32	9	34	182	20.9	5.0	.7	.2	.7	3.9
Jim Jackson^†	SG	46	46	1,676	227	156	57	15	714	36.4	4.9	3.4	1.2	.3	15.5
Chris Gatling^†	PF	44	1	1,191	348	25	35	31	840	27.1	7.9	.6	.8	.7	19.1
Samaki Walker	PF	43	12	602	147	17	15	22	214	14.0	3.4	.4	.3	.5	5.0
Oliver Miller^†	C	42	0	836	233	58	34	50	180	19.9	5.5	1.4	.8	1.2	4.3
George McCloud^†	SF	41	26	1,207	143	92	52	8	563	29.4	3.5	2.2	1.3	.2	13.7
Greg Dreiling	C	40	3	389	76	11	8	7	80	9.7	1.9	.3	.2	.2	2.0
Jamal Mashburn^†	SF	37	21	975	115	93	35	5	394	26.4	3.1	2.5	.9	.1	10.6
Shawn Bradley^†	C	33	32	1,060	286	32	17	88	482	32.1	8.7	1.0	.5	2.7	14.6
Martin Müürsepp^†	PF	32	0	321	62	17	12	10	139	10.0	1.9	.5	.4	.3	4.3
Erick Strickland	SG	28	15	759	90	68	27	5	297	27.1	3.2	2.4	1.0	.2	10.6
Jason Kidd^†	PG	22	22	791	90	200	45	8	217	36.0	4.1	9.1	2.0	.4	9.9
Robert Pack^†	PG	20	11	597	60	127	35	3	229	29.9	3.0	6.4	1.8	.2	11.5
Loren Meyer^†	PF	19	16	259	49	7	6	3	78	13.6	2.6	.4	.3	.2	4.1
Ed O'Bannon^†	SF	19	0	175	36	11	5	2	46	9.2	1.9	.6	.3	.1	2.4
Tony Dumas^†	SG	18	0	227	14	22	10	1	72	12.6	.8	1.2	.6	.1	4.0
Sam Cassell^†	PG	16	13	398	50	57	17	6	197	24.9	3.1	3.6	1.1	.4	12.3
Khalid Reeves^†	PG	13	12	384	31	56	11	2	102	29.5	2.4	4.3	.8	.2	7.8
Predrag Danilović^†	SG	13	9	438	34	25	15	1	216	33.7	2.6	1.9	1.2	.1	16.6
Fred Roberts	PF	12	0	40	10	0	0	1	22	3.3	.8	.0	.0	.1	1.8
Jamie Watson^†	SF	10	6	211	29	23	11	2	45	21.1	2.9	2.3	1.1	.2	4.5
Stevin Smith	SG	8	0	60	10	4	1	0	14	7.5	1.3	.5	.1	.0	1.8
Stacey King^†	C	6	0	70	18	0	2	0	12	11.7	3.0	.0	.3	.0	2.0
Jason Sasser^†	SF	2	0	7	1	1	1	0	2	3.5	.5	.5	.5	.0	1.0

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

Transactions

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v t e Dallas Mavericks
Founded in 1980 Based in Dallas, Texas
Franchise	History All-time roster Draft history 1980 Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Reunion Arena (1980-2001) American Airlines Center (2001-present)
Personnel	Owner(s) Miriam Adelson and Patrick Dumont President Nico Harrison General manager Nico Harrison Head coach Jason Kidd CEO Cynt Marshall
G League affiliate	Texas Legends
Retired numbers	12 15 22 41
NBA championships	2011
Rivalries	Houston Rockets San Antonio Spurs
Culture and lore	Don Carter Mark Cuban Nellie Ball Moody Madness Miki, Milane German Wunderkind The Jet "Eminence Front"