Dallas Mavericks Regular Season Rosters

2000-2001 Dallas Mavericks Regular Season Roster

Jersey Player Pos HT WT YOS Pre-Draft Team Draft Status Nationality
8 Courtney Alexander SG 6-5 205 0 Fresno State 2000 Rnd 1 Pick 13 United States
52 Calvin Booth C 6-11 230 1 Penn State 1999 Rnd 2 Pick 6 United States
44 Shawn Bradley C 7-6 235 7 Brigham Young 1993 Rnd 1 Pick 2 United States / Germany
2 Mark Bryant PF 6-9 245 12 Seton Hall 1988 Rnd 1 Pick 21 United States
21 Greg Buckner G-F 6-4 210 2 Clemson 1998 Rnd 2 Pick 24 United States
31 Bill Curley F 6-9 220 6 Boston College 1994 Rnd 1 Pick 22 United States
24 Hubert Davis SF 6-5 183 8 North Carolina 1992 Rnd 1 Pick 20 United States
9 Howard Eisley G 6-2 177 6 Boston College 1994 Rnd 2 Pick 3 United States
54 Obinna Ekezie C 6-9 270 1 Maryland 1999 Rnd 2 Pick 8 Nigeria
4 Michael Finley G-F 6-7 225 5 Wisconsin 1995 Rnd 1 Pick 21 United States
1 Donnell Harvey F 6-8 220 0 Florida 2000 Rnd 1 Pick 22 United States
5 Juwan Howard PF 6-9 240 6 Michigan 1994 Rnd 1 Pick 5 United States
32 Christian Laettner PF 6-11 245 8 Duke 1992 Rnd 1 Pick 3 United States
3 Vernon Maxwell G 6-4 180 12 Florida 1988 Rnd 2 Pick 22 United States
14 Eduardo Najera F 6-8 235 0 Oklahoma 2000 Rnd 2 Pick 9 Mexico
13 Steve Nash G 6-3 178 4 Santa Clara 1996 Rnd 1 Pick 15 Canada / South Africa
41 Dirk Nowitzki PF 7-0 245 2 DJK Wurzburg (Germany) 1998 Rnd 1 Pick 9 Germany
36 Etan Thomas C 6-9 256 0 Syracuse 2000 Rnd 1 Pick 12 United States
33 Gary Trent PF 6-8 250 5 Ohio 1995 Rnd 1 Pick 11 United States
35 Loy Vaught PF 6-9 230 10 Michigan 1990 Rnd 1 Pick 13 United States
16 Zhizhi Wang C 7-1 255 0 Ningbo Rockets (China) 1999 Rnd 2 Pick 7 China

2000-2001 Dallas Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters S. Nash M. Finley J. Howard D. Nowitzki S. Bradley
Rotation H. Eisley G. Buckner   M. Bryant C. Booth
Rotation   V. Maxwell   E. Najera Z. Wang
Lim PT       D. Harvey  
Lim PT       G. Trent  
Lim PT       O. Ekezie  

2000-2001 Midwest Division Standings

RankTeamRecordGB
1San Antonio Spurs58-24-
2Utah Jazz53-295
3Dallas Mavericks53-295
4Minnesota Timberwolves47-3511
5Houston Rockets45-3713
6Denver Nuggets40-4218
7Vancouver Grizzlies23-5935

2000-2001 Dallas Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Dirk Nowitzki All-NBA Third Team (2001)
Michael Finley Western All-Star Coaches Selection (2001)
Dirk Nowitzki Three Point Shootout Participant (2001)
Steve Nash Three Point Shootout Participant (2001)

2000-2001 Dallas Season Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Dirk Nowitzki 82 38.1 21.8 9.2 2.1 1.0 1.2 1.9
Michael Finley 82 42.0 21.5 5.2 4.4 1.4 0.4 2.3
Steve Nash 70 34.1 15.6 3.2 7.3 1.0 0.1 2.9
Howard Eisley 82 29.6 9.0 2.4 3.6 1.2 0.1 1.2
Shawn Bradley 82 24.4 7.1 7.4 0.5 0.4 2.8 1.1
Juwan Howard 27 36.8 17.8 7.1 2.6 1.1 0.6 2.7
Christian Laettner 53 17.5 7.5 4.0 1.3 0.8 0.5 1.3
Hubert Davis 51 24.7 7.3 2.1 1.2 0.6 0.0 1.1
Greg Buckner 37 22.2 6.2 4.2 1.3 0.9 0.2 0.7
Courtney Alexander 38 12.4 4.2 1.7 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.6
Gary Trent 33 9.7 4.0 2.8 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.7
Eduardo Najera 40 10.8 3.3 2.4 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.4
Loy Vaught 37 10.6 3.1 3.3 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.5
Calvin Booth 15 19.5 7.5 4.8 1.3 0.8 2.0 1.1
Vernon Maxwell 19 15.0 4.3 1.5 1.1 0.5 0.2 0.9
Zhizhi Wang 5 7.6 4.8 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
Donnell Harvey 18 3.6 1.2 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.4
Mark Bryant 18 5.6 1.1 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3
Bill Curley 5 3.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.4
Obinna Ekezie 4 2.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2000-2001 Dallas Mavericks Roster Composition

Selected via Draft

Zhizhi Wang was selected as the #7 pick in the Second Round of the 1999 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks. Zhizhi Wang signed a multi-year contract with the Dallas Mavericks on April 4, 2001.

Acquired via Draft Rights Trade

Draft Rights to Donnell Harvey, the #22 pick in the First Round of the 2000 NBA Draft, were acquired by the Dallas Mavericks from the New York Knicks on June 28, 2000. Donnell Harvey signed a multi-year contract with the Dallas Mavericks on September 28, 2000.

Draft Rights to Eduardo Najera, the #9 pick in the Second Round of the 2000 NBA Draft, were acquired by the Dallas Mavericks from the Houston Rockets on June 28, 2000. Eduardo Najera signed a multi-year contract with the Dallas Mavericks on July 7, 2000.

Draft Rights to Dirk Nowitzki, the #9 pick in the First Round of the 1998 NBA Draft, were acquired by the Dallas Mavericks from the Milwaukee Bucks on June 24, 1998. Dirk Nowitzki signed a multi-year contract with the Dallas Mavericks on January 21, 1999.

Acquired via Trade

Calvin Booth was acquired in a trade by the Dallas Mavericks from the Washington Wizards on February 22, 2001.

Shawn Bradley was acquired in a trade by the Dallas Mavericks from the New Jersey Nets on February 17, 1997.

Howard Eisley was acquired in a sign and trade by the Dallas Mavericks from the Utah Jazz on August 16, 2000.

Obinna Ekezie was acquired in a trade by the Dallas Mavericks from the Washington Wizards on February 22, 2001.

Michael Finley was acquired in a trade by the Dallas Mavericks from the Phoenix Suns on December 26, 1996. Michael Finley signed a multi-year extension with the Dallas Mavericks on October 1, 1997.

Juwan Howard was acquired in a trade by the Dallas Mavericks from the Washington Wizards on February 22, 2001.

Steve Nash was acquired in a trade by the Dallas Mavericks from the Phoenix Suns on June 24, 1998. Steve Nash signed a multi-year extension with the Dallas Mavericks on January 25, 1999.

Acquired via Free Agency

Mark Bryant signed a contract as a free agent with the Dallas Mavericks on November 28, 2000.

Greg Buckner signed a contract with the Dallas Mavericks on January 6, 2000. Greg Buckner re-signed to a contract as a free agent with the Dallas Mavericks on January 16, 2000. Greg Buckner re-signed to a contract as a free agent with the Dallas Mavericks on January 26, 2000. Greg Buckner re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Dallas Mavericks on August 5, 2000.

Vernon Maxwell signed a contract as a free agent with the Dallas Mavericks on February 28, 2001.

Gary Trent signed a contract with the Dallas Mavericks on January 23, 1999. Gary Trent re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Dallas Mavericks on August 27, 1999. Gary Trent re-signed to a contract as a free agent with the Dallas Mavericks on August 1, 2000.

2000-2001 Dallas Mavericks Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Terdema Ussery Chief Executive Officer 1997-1998 N/A
Don Nelson Head Coach, General Manager 1997-1998 Head Coach (New York Knicks, 1995 to 1996)
Charlie Parker Assistant Coach 1996-1997 Head Coach (USC, 1994 to 1996)
Donnie Nelson Assistant Coach 1997-1998 Assistant Coach (Phoenix Suns, 1994 to 1997)
Del Harris Assistant Coach 2000-2001 Head Coach (Los Angeles Lakers, 1994 to 1999)
Larry Riley Assistant Coach 2000-2001 Director of Player Development (Memphis Grizzlies, 1994 to 2000)
Rolando Blackman Assistant Coach 2005-2006 Assistant Coach (Dallas Mavericks, 2000 to 2001)
Sidney Moncrief Assistant Coach 2000-2001 N/A
Gary Boren Free Throw Coach 1997-1998 Free Throw Coach (New York Knicks, 1995 to 1997)
Keith Grant Assistant General Manager 1999-2000 Vice President of Basketball Operations (Dallas Mavericks, 1996 to 1999)
Reggie Johnson Video Coordinator 1995-1996 N/A
Jason White Assistant Video Coordinator 2000-2001 N/A
George Killebrew Executive VP 1991-1992 N/A
Dwayne Wilson Equipment Manager 1995-1996 N/A
Brad Davis Player Development Coach 2000-2001 Assistant Coach (Dallas Mavericks, 1992 to 1995)
Roger Hinds Head Athletic Trainer 1996-1997 Strength and Conditioning Coach (Atlanta Hawks, 1992 to 1996)
Don Kalkstein Director of Sports Psychology 2000-2001 N/A
Dr. Tarek O. Souryal Team Physician 2000-2001 N/A
Matt Pinto Radio Broadcaster 1997-1998 N/A