Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks
The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division) of the Western Conference). The team plays its home games at American Airlines Center, which it shares with the National Hockey League's Dallas Stars.
Dallas Mavericks
Throughout the 1980s, the Mavericks were a perennial playoff team, led by All-Stars Rolando Blackman and Mark Aguirre. The team struggled during the 1990s, entering into a period of rebuilding. In 1998, the franchise's fortunes would change drastically with the acquisition of Dirk Nowitzki, who would become the cornerstone of the most successful period in franchise history, leading the team to its first NBA Finals appearance in (/wiki/2006NBAFinals) and its only NBA championship in (/wiki/2011NBAFinals).
Dallas Mavericks
The Mavericks later entered a rebuilding phase in the tail end of Nowitzki's storied career; although they missed the playoffs in three consecutive years from (/wiki/2016–17NBAseason) to (/wiki/2018–19NBAseason) (after which Nowitzki retired following his record-breaking 21st season with Dallas), the franchise's fortunes immediately rebounded once again with the acquisition of Luka Dončić; the Mavericks returned to the playoffs in 2020, reached the Western Conference finals in 2022 for the first time since their 2011 championship, and reached their third NBA Finals in (/wiki/2024NBAFinals). In February 2025, the Mavericks traded Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers mainly for Anthony Davis.
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