1999–2000 Dallas Mavericks season

1999–2000 Dallas Mavericks season
Mark Cuban buys the Mavs
Head coach	Don Nelson
Owner(s)	H. Ross Perot, Jr. and Mark Cuban
Arena	Reunion Arena
Results
Record	40–42 (.488)
Place	Division: 4th (Midwest) Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish	{{{playoffs}}}
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Net Southwest, KTXA
Radio	KSKY

The 1999-2000 Dallas Mavericks season was the 20th season for the NBA team in Dallas, Texas. This season is especially notable as Mark Cuban purchased the team from H. Ross Perot, Jr. in January 2000. Under Cuban's leadership, the Mavs built a foundation for continued NBA success that eventually led to two Finals appearances (and one championship) in the next decade.

The Mavs signed the flamboyant power forward Dennis Rodman in early 2000, after Cuban bought the team. Rodman's behavior issues led to a very short (12 game) tenure in Dallas before he was waived. The Mavericks finished fourth in the Midwest Division with a 40-42 record, missing the playoffs for the tenth straight season.

Michael Finley was named NBA All-Star for the first time in his career, and he was selected to play in the 2000 NBA All-Star Game in Oakland.

Draft picks

Main article: 1999 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	36	Wang Zhizhi	Center	People's Republic of China
2	40	Gordan Giriček	Guard	Croatia

Roster

Dallas Mavericks roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From C 44 Bradley, Shawn 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Brigham Young G 21 Buckner, Greg 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Clemson F 23 Ceballos, Cedric 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Cal State Fullerton G 24 Davis, Hubert 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 183 lb (83 kg) North Carolina G/F 4 Finley, Michael 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Wisconsin G 11 Jones, Damon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Houston G 13 Nash, Steve 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Santa Clara F/C 41 Nowitzki, Dirk 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Germany G 14 Pack, Robert 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Southern California G 2 Rhodes, Rodrick 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Southern California C 45 Rooks, Sean 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Arizona G 20 Strickland, Erick 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Nebraska C 40 Šundov, Bruno 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 220 lb (100 kg) The Winchendon School (HS) F 33 Trent, Gary 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Ohio	Head coach Don Nelson (Iowa) Assistant coach(es) Gar Heard (Oklahoma) Sidney Moncrief (Arkansas) Donnie Nelson (Wheaton (IL)) Charlie Parker (Findlay) Scott Roth (Wisconsin) Kiki Vandeweghe (UCLA) Brad Davis (player development) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster • Transactions

Roster Notes

• Center Shawn Bradley also holds American citizenship.
• Forward Dennis Rodman was waived on March 8th.

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Shawn Bradley	Sean Rooks		Bruno Šundov
PF	Dirk Nowitzki
SF	Michael Finley	Cedric Ceballos	Gary Trent	Rodrick Rhodes
SG	Erick Strickland	Greg Buckner
PG	Steve Nash	Hubert Davis	Robert Pack	Damon Jones

Regular season

Standings

Midwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Utah Jazz	55	27	.671	–	31–10	24–17	14–10
x-San Antonio Spurs	53	29	.646	2	31–10	22–19	16–8
x-Minnesota Timberwolves	50	32	.610	5	26–15	24–17	18–6
Dallas Mavericks	40	42	.488	15	22–19	18–23	12–12
Denver Nuggets	35	47	.427	20	25–16	10–31	10–14
Houston Rockets	34	48	.415	21	22–19	12–29	8–16
Vancouver Grizzlies	22	60	.268	33	12–29	10–31	6–18

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	67	15	.817	–
2	y-Utah Jazz	55	27	.671	12
3	x-Portland Trail Blazers	59	23	.720	8
4	x-San Antonio Spurs	53	29	.646	14
5	x-Phoenix Suns	53	29	.646	14
6	x-Minnesota Timberwolves	50	32	.610	17
7	x-Seattle SuperSonics	45	37	.549	22
8	x-Sacramento Kings	44	38	.537	23
9	Dallas Mavericks	40	42	.488	27
10	Denver Nuggets	35	47	.427	32
11	Houston Rockets	34	48	.415	33
12	Vancouver Grizzlies	22	60	.268	45
13	Golden State Warriors	19	63	.232	48
14	Los Angeles Clippers	15	67	.183	52

z= clinched division title y= clinched division title x= clinched playoff spot

Mark Cuban

On January 15, 2000, Mark Cuban purchased a majority stake in the NBA Dallas Mavericks basketball team for $285 million from H. Ross Perot, Jr..

Dennis Rodman

In the 1999–2000 NBA season, the then 38-year-old power forward was signed by the Dallas Mavericks, meaning that Rodman returned to the place where he grew up. For the Mavericks, he played 12 games, was ejected twice and alienated the franchise with his erratic behavior until he was waived again; Dallas guard Steve Nash commented that Rodman "never wanted to be [a Maverick]" and therefore was unmotivated.

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Shawn Bradley	77	54	24.7	.479	.200	.765	6.5	.8	.9	2.5	8.4
Greg Buckner	48	1	19.2	.476	.385	.683	3.6	1.1	.8	.4	5.7
Cedric Ceballos	69	25	29.9	.446	.328	.843	6.7	1.3	.8	.3	16.6
Hubert Davis	79	15	23.0	.468	.491	.870	1.7	1.8	.3	.0	7.4
Michael Finley	82	82	42.2	.457	.401	.820	6.3	5.3	1.3	.4	22.6
Rick Hughes	21	0	10.7	.486	.000	.462	2.3	.4	.1	.0	3.9
Randell Jackson	1	0	1.0	.	.	.	.0	.0	.0	.0	0.0
Damon Jones	42	0	9.9	.357	.330	.641	.9	1.4	.3	.0	3.9
Steve Nash	56	27	27.4	.477	.403	.882	2.2	4.9	.7	.1	8.6
Dirk Nowitzki	82	81	35.8	.461	.379	.830	6.5	2.5	.8	.8	17.5
Robert Pack	29	22	22.9	.417	.364	.808	1.4	5.8	1.1	.1	8.9
Rodrick Rhodes	1	0	8.0	.000	.	.	1.0	.0	2.0	.0	0.0
Dennis Rodman	12	12	32.4	.387	.000	.714	14.3	1.2	.2	.1	2.8
Sean Rooks	71	13	14.1	.431	.	.730	3.5	1.0	.4	.7	4.4
Erick Strickland	68	67	29.8	.433	.392	.831	4.8	3.1	1.5	.2	12.8
Bruno Sundov	14	0	4.4	.387	.	1.000	.9	.1	.1	.1	1.9
Gary Trent	11	11	27.4	.493	.000	.524	4.7	2.0	.7	.3	13.7

Award winners

• Michael Finley, NBA All-Star Game

References

• Mavericks on Database Basketball
• Mavericks on Basketball Reference