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1995–96 Dallas Mavericks season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

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The 1995–96 Dallas Mavericks season was the 16th season for the Dallas Mavericks in the National Basketball Association. The Mavericks received the twelfth overall pick in the 1995 NBA draft, and selected center Cherokee Parks out of Duke University. The Mavericks got off to a fast start by winning their first four games of the regular season. However, after a 5–1 start to the season, the team struggled losing 21 of their next 24 games, as Jamal Mashburn went down with a knee injury after only playing just 18 games, averaging 23.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.

Mashburn, second-year star Jason Kidd and Jim Jackson all had trouble getting along as teammates, as Mashburn and Jackson both feuded with each other, and Jackson and Kidd both feuded with each other; there were rumors that R&B singer Toni Braxton was involved in Kidd and Jackson's feud. The team's troubles continued as sixth man Roy Tarpley was banned from the NBA for violating the league's anti-drug policy. After holding a 16–30 record at the All-Star break, the Mavericks suffered an 11-game losing streak in March, and finished in fifth place in the Midwest Division with a 26–56 record, missing the NBA playoffs for the sixth consecutive year.

Kidd averaged 16.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, 9.7 assists and 2.2 steals per game, and also contributed 133 three-point field goals, while Jackson averaged 19.6 points and 5.0 rebounds per game, along with 121 three-point field goals. In addition, George McCloud showed improvement, stepping up in Mashburn's absence as the team's starting small forward, averaging 18.9 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game, while finishing second in the league with 257 three-point field goals. Meanwhile, Popeye Jones provided the team with 11.3 points and 10.8 rebounds per game, while off the bench, second-year guard Tony Dumas contributed 11.6 points per game, Lucious Harris contributed 7.9 points per game, first-round draft pick Loren Meyer provided with 5.0 points and 4.4 rebounds per game, and starting defensive center Lorenzo Williams averaged 3.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, Kidd was selected for the 1996 NBA All-Star Game, as a member of the Western Conference All-Star team; it was his first ever All-Star appearance. Meanwhile, McCloud participated in the NBA Three-Point Shootout, and also finished in second place in Most Improved Player voting, behind Gheorghe Mureșan of the Washington Bullets. The Mavericks finished 15th in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 684,138 at the Reunion Arena during the regular season.

In May, Ross Perot, Jr. purchased the team from founder Don Carter. Following the season, Jones was traded to the Toronto Raptors, while Harris signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers, Williams signed with the Washington Bullets, Parks was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves, Scott Brooks signed with the New York Knicks, Terry Davis was released to free agency, and Dick Motta was fired as head coach.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1995 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
112Cherokee ParksC/PFDuke
124Loren MeyerC/PFIowa State

Roster

  • Dick Motta
  • Brad Davis
  • Kip Motta

Regular season

Season standings

:z - clinched division title :y - clinched division title :x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

Player statistics

Ragular season

PlayerPOSGPGSMPREBASTSTLBLKPTSMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
SG**82****82**2,8204102354722**1,604**34.45.02.9.6.319.6
PG8181**3,034**553**783****175**261,348**37.5**6.8**9.7****2.2**.316.6
SF79632,846379212113381,49736.04.82.71.4.518.9
C72211,26631957203236317.64.4.8.3.45.0
PG6907164110042335210.4.61.4.6.05.1
PF68682,322**737**132542777034.1**10.8**1.9.8.411.3
SG67121,28411599421377619.21.71.5.6.211.6
C65611,8065218548**122**19827.88.01.3.7**1.9**3.0
C64386921629253225013.63.4.5.4.53.9
SG6111,0161227935348116.72.01.3.6.07.9
†PF3706421332716918217.43.6.7.4.24.9
PF2805011172110413717.94.2.8.4.14.9
SF1818669975014342237.25.42.8.8.2**23.4**
†C13011322418188.71.7.3.1.61.4
†PF30265000118.71.7.0.0.03.7
  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Mavericks only.

Awards and records

  • Jason Kidd, NBA All-Star Game

Transactions

Free agents

SubtractionsPlayerDate signedNew team
Doug SmithExpansion Draft June 24, 1995Toronto Raptors

References

References

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  31. (July 24, 1996). "Portland Gets Rider, Signs Anderson". Los Angeles Times.
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  37. (October 14, 1996). "Knicks Plan to Sign Brooks". The New York Times.
  38. (May 31, 1996). "SPORTS PEOPLE: BASKETBALL; Mavericks Hire Bulls' Cleamons". The New York Times.
  39. (May 31, 1996). "Mavericks to Hire Cleamons; Kupchak Interviews for GM Job". Los Angeles Times.
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