When the doors to the Dallas Mavericks’ organization first flung open nearly 42 years ago, one of the team’s first employees was Keith Grant.
At the time, Grant was 22 years old and hired as the Mavs’ first-ever equipment manager. His first task on his first day on the job when the Mavs moved into Reunion Arena?
“We had all new equipment,” Grant said. “When I say equipment, I’m talking uniforms, practice gear.
“All of that stuff we were moving into Reunion. Reunion was brand new, the locker room wasn’t quite finished yet, but my first day I was moving all the new equipment into Reunion.