On this wonderful Thursday evening, it is due time that we paid our respects to the Dallas Mavericks that took the early years and made us who we are today. This throwback goes back before the Dirk era, before the dreadful 1990’s and right to the early 80’s teams that put together the winning tradition that we have come to love.
In 1980, the Dallas Mavericks franchise began as an expansion team and as such was not expected to be any sort of threat in the league. The players being drafted must have heard that as well because the Mavs first round pick, Kiki Vandeweghe, decided that he did not want to play for the team at all and demanded a trade.