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2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season

National Basketball Association season

Field	Value
team	Dallas Mavericks
conference_win	yes
championship_win	yes
end_year	2011
wins	57
losses	25
division	Southwest
division_place	2
conf_place	3
coach	Rick Carlisle
gm	Donnie Nelson
president	Donnie Nelson
owner	Mark Cuban
arena	American Airlines Center
playoffs	[NBA champions](2011-nba-finals)
(Defeated [Heat](2010-11-miami-heat-season) 4–2)
bbr_team	DAL
radio	KESN

(Defeated Heat 4–2)

FS Southwest
KTXA

The 2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season was the 31st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

This season would prove to be the most successful season for the Mavericks. In the playoffs, the Mavericks defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in six games in the first round, then swept the defending two-time NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers in four games in the semi-finals, before defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder in five games in the Conference Finals to reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 2006. In the NBA Finals, the Mavericks faced off against the Miami Heat in a rematch of the 2006 NBA Finals, and the Heat were led by their Big Three of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh. The Mavericks would go on to defeat the Heat in six games in the NBA Finals, winning their first NBA championship in franchise history. This would be their last playoff series win until 2022.

The Mavericks' championship was the first major sports championship in the Dallas-Fort Worth area since the Dallas Stars in 1999, and the first title in Mavericks franchise history. The Mavericks became the third team to win an NBA title in the state of Texas, joining the Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs. The Mavericks were 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. Following the season, Peja Stojakovic retired after 13 seasons.

Key dates

June 24 – The 2010 NBA draft was held in New York City.
July 1 – The free agency period began.

Transactions

Summary

In the 2010 NBA Draft the Mavericks selected Nigerian center Solomon Alabi with the 20th pick in the second round(50th overall) who 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 to acquire the rights for shooting guard Dominique Jones.

Mavericks free agent Dirk Nowitzki agreed to a 4-year deal worth $80 million to stay with the Mavericks.

Brendan Haywood also decided to stay with the Mavericks as he signed a new 6-year deal worth $55 million. His sixth and last year in this contract is however not fully guaranteed.

Center Ian Mahinmi signed a 2-year deal worth the veteran minimum starting at $850,000.

On July 13, the Mavericks officially signed rookie Dominique Jones.

The Mavericks and the Charlotte Bobcats agreed on a trade that sent Erick Dampier, Matt Carroll and Eduardo Nájera to the Bobcats, while the Bobcats sent Tyson Chandler and Alexis Ajinça to the Mavericks.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/dallas/nba/news/story?id=5377055|title=Mavs get Chandler from Bobcats

On August 12 Tim Thomas signed a 1-year deal to the veteran minimum ($1.35 million). He was rostered the previous season, but left the team to take care of his ill wife. Later, Thomas announced that the illness his wife was suffering from would prevent him from playing for the Mavericks.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/dallas/nba/news/story?id=5573456|title=Tim Thomas won't play for Mavericks

NBA draft

Main article: 2010 NBA draft

Dallas Mavericks}}" width="10%"	Round	Dallas Mavericks}}" width="10%"	Pick	Dallas Mavericks}}" width="20%"	Player	Dallas Mavericks}}" width="15%"	Position	Dallas Mavericks}}" width="15%"	Nationality	Dallas Mavericks}}" width="20%"	College/team
1	25	Dominique Jones (acquired from Memphis)	SG	United States	USF
2	50	Solomon Alabi (traded to Toronto)	C		Florida State

Trades

January 24, 2011	To Dallas Mavericks	To Toronto Raptors

Free agents

Additions

Dallas Mavericks}}" width="10%"	Player	Dallas Mavericks}}" width="10%"
Brendan Haywood	Signed 6-year contract for $55 Million	Dallas Mavericks
Dirk Nowitzki	Signed 4-year contract for $80 Million	Dallas Mavericks
Ian Mahinmi	Signed 2-year contract for $8.5 Million	San Antonio Spurs
Peja Stojaković		Toronto Raptors
Corey Brewer	Signed 3-year contract for $7.5 Million	Minnesota Timberwolves

On January 10, the Mavericks signed Sasha Pavlović to a 10-day contract. He received a second 10-day contract on January 20. On January 30 he was released.

The Mavericks signed Peja Stojaković on January 24, 2011.

Corey Brewer was signed on March 3, 2011.

Subtractions

Dallas Mavericks}}" width="10%"	Player	Dallas Mavericks}}" width="10%"	Reason Left	Dallas Mavericks}}" width="20%"	New Team
Steve Novak	Waived

On January 5, the Mavericks waived Steve Novak before his contract became fully guaranteed.

Roster

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	SG	82	10	2,564	153	334	93	13	1,293	31.3	1.9	4.1	1.1	.2	15.8
	PG	81	2	1,669	159	317	30	1	769	20.6	2.0	3.9	.4	.0	9.5
	PG	80	80	2,653	351	655	134	29	630	33.2	4.4	8.2	1.7	.4	7.9
	SF	80	27	2,253	551	110	68	50	999	28.2	6.9	1.4	.9	.6	12.5
	C	74	74	2,059	692	32	36	80	748	27.8	9.4	.4	.5	1.1	10.1
	PF	73	73	2,504	513	190	38	47	1,681	34.3	7.0	2.6	.5	.6	23.0
	SG	72	54	1,158	106	77	21	5	383	16.1	1.5	1.1	.3	.1	5.3
	C	72	8	1,331	376	19	16	74	320	18.5	5.2	.3	.2	1.0	4.4
	SF	56	4	618	59	40	24	7	145	11.0	1.1	.7	.4	.1	2.6
	C	56	0	488	120	8	14	15	173	8.7	2.1	.1	.3	.3	3.1
	SF	29	29	867	118	46	28	8	436	29.9	4.1	1.6	1.0	.3	15.0
	PG	28	26	496	52	64	20	8	236	17.7	1.9	2.3	.7	.3	8.4
†	SF	25	13	506	66	22	11	2	215	20.2	2.6	.9	.4	.1	8.6
	SG	18	0	135	25	19	5	3	42	7.5	1.4	1.1	.3	.2	2.3
†	SG	13	2	148	23	12	11	2	69	11.4	1.8	.9	.8	.2	5.3
†	SF	10	6	163	12	7	5	3	41	16.3	1.2	.7	.5	.3	4.1
†	C	10	2	75	17	2	3	5	29	7.5	1.7	.2	.3	.5	2.9
†	SF	7	0	18	5	0	0	0	11	2.6	.7	.0	.0	.0	1.6

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

Playoffs

POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
PF	21	21	826	171	53	12	13	582	39.3	8.1	2.5	.6	.6	27.7
PG	21	21	744	95	153	40	10	195	35.4	4.5	7.3	1.9	.5	9.3
SF	21	21	690	133	45	21	19	250	32.9	6.3	2.1	1.0	.9	11.9
C	21	21	680	193	8	13	19	167	32.4	9.2	.4	.6	.9	8.0
SG	21	18	332	19	12	11	2	94	15.8	.9	.6	.5	.1	4.5
PG	21	3	390	39	71	6	0	187	18.6	1.9	3.4	.3	.0	8.9
SG	21	0	684	40	67	26	3	368	32.6	1.9	3.2	1.2	.1	17.5
SF	19	0	350	32	7	12	2	134	18.4	1.7	.4	.6	.1	7.1
C	18	0	275	73	4	2	18	56	15.3	4.1	.2	.1	1.0	3.1
SF	9	0	37	3	2	1	0	10	4.1	.3	.2	.1	.0	1.1
C	6	0	33	6	0	1	0	11	5.5	1.0	.0	.2	.0	1.8
SG	6	0	23	2	1	4	0	9	3.8	.3	.2	.7	.0	1.5

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

Dirk Nowitzki was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from November 22 through November 28.
Dirk Nowitzki was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from December 6 through December 12.
Rick Carlisle was named Western Conference Coach of the Month for games played in February.

All-Star

Dirk Nowitzki was voted to his 10th NBA All-Star Game.

Season

Dirk Nowitzki was named to the All-NBA Second Team
Tyson Chandler was named to the All-Defensive Second Team

Playoffs

Dirk Nowitzki was voted the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player.

Records

On October 29, Dirk Nowitzki's free-throw streak came to an end at 82, when he missed a free-throw against Memphis. He now holds the record for the third-longest free-throw streak.
In Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks set a playoff record for most free throws made without a miss with 24, previously held by Paul Pierce (21) in 2003.

Milestones

On November 12, Jason Kidd recorded his 11,000th Assist during a game against the Philadelphia 76ers. He is the second player in NBA history to achieve it.
On May 8, in a playoff game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Brian Cardinal hit the 20th three-pointer of the game, tying what was at the time the record set by the Houston Rockets on May 6, 1996. The current record belongs to the Cleveland Cavaliers, who hit 25 three-pointers in a game against the Atlanta Hawks on May 4, 2016.
On June 12, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat in game 6 of the 2011 Finals, to win their first NBA Championship.
On June 16, a crowd estimated at 200,000 lined the streets of Dallas for the first-ever NBA Championship Victory Parade. A celebration followed inside, at the American Airlines Center for Season ticket holders, and was broadcast on local TV.

Major injuries and surgeries

Rodrigue Beaubois injured his foot during a practice session with the France national team. Beaubois broke the fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot. He underwent surgery, which was successful. He rebroke his foot, but returned to practice at February 8, 2011. Beaubois made his comeback in a game against Sacramento on February 16.

On January 4, 2011, Caron Butler was ruled out for the rest of the season after undergoing surgery to repair a ruptured right patellar tendon.

Head coach Rick Carlisle did not make the trip to Oklahoma because he was recovering from a minor arthroscopic knee surgery.

During a game against Milwaukee, Caron Butler injured his right knee and did not return to the game. Butler suffered a ruptured right patellar tendon on his right knee, underwent surgery on Tuesday, January 4, and missed the remainder of the season.

During the first quarter of a game against Detroit, Aleksandar Pavlović suffered a broken nose.

Rodrigue Beaubois missed Game 1 of the playoff series against Portland due to a foot sprain. He also missed Games 2–5 of the same series.

Dirk Nowitzki tore a tendon in the middle finger of his left (non-shooting) hand in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

During the Finals against Miami, Brendan Haywood missed Game 3 due to a strained right hip flexor. He returned to play Game 4, but could not move well and only played a few minutes.

References

(June 12, 2011). "NBA Finals 2011: Immaturity Plagues Miami Heat in Loss to Dallas Mavericks". [[Bleacher Report]].
(July 9, 2010). "Dirk, Mavs have $80M deal". ESPN.
(July 9, 2010). "Mavericks agree on deal with Haywood". Yahoo.
(July 12, 2010). "Mavs, Mahinmi agree to deal". ESPN.
(July 13, 2010). "Mavericks sign guard Dominique Jones". Dallas News.
(August 12, 2010). "Tim Thomas agrees to return to Mavs". ESPN.
(January 10, 2011). "Mavericks sign Sasha Pavlovic". [[ESPN]].
(January 30, 2011). "Mavs let Sasha Pavlovic go". [[ESPN]].
(January 24, 2011). "Peja Stojaković signs with Mavs". [[ESPN]].
(March 3, 2011). "Mavericks sign G-F Corey Brewer". nba.com.
(January 5, 2011). "Mavs waive Steve Novak". [[ESPN]].
(November 29, 2010). "Nowitzki collect Player of the Week honor". nba.com.
(December 31, 2010). "Mavericks' Nowitzki named Player of the Week". nba.com.
(March 1, 2011). "Mavs' Carlisle named Coaches of the Month". nba.com.
(2016-05-04). "Most 3-Pointers Playoff Game-Team {{!}} WTOP".
(June 16, 2011). "Mavs celebrate championship with parade, rally".
(August 6, 2010). "Mavs' Rodrigue Beaubois breaks foot". ESPN.
(February 8, 2011). "Rodrigue Beaubois back at practice". ESPN.
"Caron Butler out for season " NBA.com - Hang Time Blog".
(December 26, 2010). "Dwane Casey to coach Mavs in OKC". [[ESPN]].
(January 4, 2011). "Caron Butler done for season". [[ESPN]].
(April 16, 2011). "Rodrigue Beaubois out with foot sprain". [[ESPN]].
(June 2011). "Dirk tears finger tendon, plans to play Thursday".
MacMahon, Tim. (June 6, 2011). "Brendan Haywood out for Game 3". [[ESPN]].
(June 8, 2011). "Hip limits Brendan Haywood in Game 4". [[ESPN]].

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