1981-82 DALLAS MAVERICKS SEASON

1981–82 Dallas Mavericks season
1981–82 Dallas Mavericks season
Head coach	Dick Motta
General manager	Norm Sonju
Owner(s)	Don Carter
Arena	Reunion Arena
Results
Record	28–54 (.341)
Place	Division: 5th ( Midwest); Conference: 10th ( Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WFAA; KTXA;
Radio	KJIM
< 1980–81	1982–83 >

The 1981–82 Dallas Mavericks season was the second season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Rookie Jay Vincent led the team in scoring with 21.4 points per game and earned NBA All-Rookie Team honors. The Mavericks improved to 28–54, getting out of the Midwest Division cellar as they finished above the Utah Jazz.

Draft picks

The 1981 NBA draft brought three players who would become vital parts of the team. The Mavs selected 6'6" forward Mark Aguirre with the first pick, 6'6" guard Rolando Blackman 9th, and 6'7" forward Jay Vincent 24th. By the end of his seven-year Mavs career, Aguirre would average 24.6 points per game. Blackman contributed 19.2 points over his 11-year career in Dallas.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	1	Mark Aguirre	SF	United States	DePaul
1	9	Rolando Blackman	SG	United States	Kansas State
2	24	Jay Vincent	SF	United States	Michigan State
2	43	Elston Turner	SG/SF	United States	Mississippi
3	47	Art Housey		United States	Kansas
4	70	Eddie Moss		United States	Syracuse
5	93	Pete Budko		United States	North Carolina

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Roster

1981–82 Dallas Mavericks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
SF	24	Aguirre, Mark	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	1959–12–10	DePaul
SG	22	Blackman, Rolando	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1959–02–26	Kansas State
SF	23	Bristow, Allan	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1951–08–23	Virginia Tech
C	43	Cooper, Wayne	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1956–11–16	New Orleans
PG	15	Davis, Brad	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1955–12–17	Maryland
PF	53	Kea, Clarence	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	1959–02–02	Lamar
C	25	LaGarde, Tom	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1955–02–10	North Carolina
PF	44	Lloyd, Scott	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1952–12–19	Arizona State
C	40	Nimphius, Kurt	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	1958–03–13	Arizona State
SG	34	Spanarkel, Jim	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1957–06–28	Duke
SF	33	Turner, Elston	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1959–06–10	Mississippi
PF	31	Vincent, Jay	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1959–06–10	Michigan State

Head coach

Dick Motta

Assistant coach(es)

Bob Weiss

Legend

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

Roster
Last transaction: December 28, 1981

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y- San Antonio Spurs	48	34	.585	–	29–12	19–22	20–10
x- Denver Nuggets	46	36	.561	2.0	29–12	17–24	19–11
x- Houston Rockets	46	36	.561	2.0	25–16	21–20	17–13
Kansas City Kings	30	52	.366	18.0	23–18	7–34	11–19
Dallas Mavericks	28	54	.341	20.0	16–25	12–29	11–19
Utah Jazz	25	57	.305	23.0	18–23	7–34	9–21

Record vs. opponents

1981-82 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	KCK	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAS	SDC	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	1–5	2–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	0–2	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	3–3	3–2	5–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–4
Boston	5–1	—	4–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	6–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	5–1	5–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	6–0
Chicago	3–2	2–4	—	5–1	1–1	1–1	0–6	0–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–5	2–4	3–2	1–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–4
Cleveland	2–4	0–5	1–5	—	2–0	0–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–2	0–6	0–6	0–6	0–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–5
Dallas	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	—	1–5	1–1	0–5	2–4	1–1	4–2	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	2–3	1–5	2–3	1–4	3–3	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	—	1–1	3–2	5–1	0–2	4–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–3	2–4	5–0	2–3	3–3	2–0
Detroit	4–2	0–6	6–0	5–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	2–0	2–4	2–0	0–2	2–4	2–4	3–3	2–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–4
Golden State	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–3	0–2	—	1–4	2–0	3–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–2	2–4	3–2	5–1	1–5	3–2	1–1
Houston	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–5	0–2	4–1	—	2–0	3–3	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	4–1	3–3	4–1	2–3	6–0	2–0
Indiana	2–4	1–5	3–3	5–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	0–2	0–2	—	1–1	0–2	0–6	4–2	3–2	0–6	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–5
Kansas City	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	2–4	0–2	2–3	3–3	1–1	—	1–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–3	0–5	1–5	4–1	2–3	3–3	0–2
Los Angeles	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–1	4–1	2–0	3–3	4–1	2–0	4–1	—	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2	5–1	2–3	5–1	4–2	5–0	2–0
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	5–1	6–0	1–1	1–1	4–2	0–2	1–1	6–0	1–1	2–0	—	4–1	3–3	4–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–2
New Jersey	2–3	1–5	4–2	6–0	0–2	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–4	—	4–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–2
New York	1–5	1–5	2–3	6–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–2	2–0	3–3	2–4	—	1–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–5
Philadelphia	3–3	2–4	5–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	6–0	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–3	5–1	—	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	6–0
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	3–2	2–0	2–4	2–3	1–1	3–2	2–4	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	—	3–3	4–1	4–2	3–3	3–2	1–1
Portland	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–2	2–0	4–2	1–4	1–1	5–0	1–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–3	—	3–2	4–2	3–3	4–1	0–2
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	4–2	2–0	2–3	3–3	0–2	5–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–4	2–3	—	3–2	4–1	3–3	1–1
San Diego	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	0–5	0–2	1–5	1–4	0–2	1–4	1–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–4	2–4	2–3	—	1–5	1–4	0–2
Seattle	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	3–2	1–1	5–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	2–4	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	3–3	1–4	5–1	—	5–0	1–1
Utah	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–3	3–3	1–1	2–3	0–6	1–1	3–3	0–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–4	3–3	4–1	0–5	—	1–1
Washington	4–2	0–6	4–2	5–1	1–1	0–2	4–1	1–1	0–2	5–1	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–4	5–1	0–6	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	—

Game log

1981–82 game log
Total: 28–54 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

October: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

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

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

1981–82 schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Brad Davis	PG	82	82	2,614	226	509	73	6	993	31.9	2.8	6.2	.9	.1	12.1
Allan Bristow	SF	82	54	2,035	339	448	65	6	573	24.8	4.1	5.5	.8	.1	7.0
Rolando Blackman	SG	82	16	1,979	254	105	46	30	1,091	24.1	3.1	1.3	.6	.4	13.3
Jim Spanarkel	SG	82	1	1,755	210	206	86	9	827	21.4	2.6	2.5	1.0	.1	10.1
Jay Vincent	PF	81	62	2,626	565	176	89	22	1,732	32.4	7.0	2.2	1.1	.3	21.4
Elston Turner	SF	80	62	1,996	301	189	75	2	661	25.0	3.8	2.4	.9	.0	8.3
Wayne Cooper	C	76	38	1,818	550	115	37	106	682	23.9	7.2	1.5	.5	1.4	9.0
Scott Lloyd	PF	74	17	1,047	163	67	15	7	287	14.1	2.2	.9	.2	.1	3.9
Kurt Nimphius	C	63	27	1,085	295	61	17	82	337	17.2	4.7	1.0	.3	1.3	5.3
Mark Aguirre	SF	51	20	1,468	249	164	37	22	955	28.8	4.9	3.2	.7	.4	18.7
Tom LaGarde	C	47	28	909	210	49	17	17	312	19.3	4.5	1.0	.4	.4	6.6
Clarence Kea	PF	35	0	248	61	14	4	3	81	7.1	1.7	.4	.1	.1	2.3
Oliver Mack	SG	13	3	150	18	14	5	1	44	11.5	1.4	1.1	.4	.1	3.4

Awards and records

Awards

Jay Vincent, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

Records

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Kurt Nimphius	September 2, 1981	Denver Nuggets

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Abdul Jeelani	October 5, 1981
Chad Kinch	October 5, 1981
Ollie Mack	December 22, 1981

References

^ "1981 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved May 4, 2009.

[1] "1981 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved May 4, 2009.

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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"

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"

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Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Player statistics

Ragular season

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

See also

References

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Player statistics

Ragular season

Awards and records

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Records

Transactions

Trades

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Additions

Subtractions

See also

References

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