04-05 Misc News

5/27 Dirk Nowitzki underwent successful dental surgery.
5/20 Keith Van Horn did not play in Game 6 vs Phoenix, Game 5 at Phoenix, Game 4 vs Phoenix, Game 3 vs Phoenix, Game 2 at Phoenix, Game 1 at Phoenix, Game 7 vs Houston, Game 6 at Houston, Game 5 vs Houston, or Game 4 at Houston due to a sprained left ankle.
5/18 Dirk Nowitzki was selected to the All-NBA 1st Team. It is the first time a Mav has been named to the All-NBA 1st Team.

5/8 Congratulations to Steve Nash (Pho) on being named MVP! Nash received 1066 points including 65 1st place votes. Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) received 1032 points including 58 1st place votes. Dirk Nowitzki finished a distant 3rd with 349 points (no 1st place votes). It was the highest a Mav has ever finished in MVP voting.

Top 5 MVP vote getters:
                            Total       position votes  
  Player                    Points   1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
  Steve Nash (Pho) ........ 1066      65  54   7   1   0
  Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) .. 1032      58  61   3   3   1
  Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) .....  349       0   4  43  30  16
  Tim Duncan (SA) .........  328       1   0  40  33  19
  Allen Iverson (Phi) .....  240       2   4  20  23  23

5/2 The MRI showed that Keith Van Horn has a 2nd degree lateral sprained ankle and he is expected to be out 2 weeks.
5/2 The NBA fined Houston coach Jeff Van Gundy $100,000 for comments he made to the media about the officiating targeting Yao Ming.
4/28 Keith Van Horn suffered a serious sprained left ankle during the 2nd quarter of Game 3 vs Houston and did not return. He is listed as doubtful for Game 4.
4/25 The NBA fined Avery Johnson $10,000 for failing to leave the court in a timely manner following Saturday's Dal-Hou game.
4/21 As expected, Dallas left Tariq Abdul-Wahad, DJ Mbenga, and Pavel Podkolzin off their playoff roster.
4/21 The NBA named Avery Johnson as Western Coach of the Month for April. Dallas went 10-1 in April.
4/19 Jason Terry did not play in the Seattle game due to a sprained right ankle.
4/18 With their win over the Clippers, Houston clinched the 5th spot in the Western Conference playoffs, thus becoming Dallas' opponent in the 1st round. The first game will be Saturday or Sunday in Dallas (schedule still to be determined).
4/18 The NBA suspended Vlade Divac (LAL) for 2 games for his intentionally thrown elbow that connected with Shawn Bradley's chin during Sunday's Dallas-LA Lakers game.
4/14 Dirk Nowitzki did not play in the Portland game due to a sore left shoulder.
4/12 With San Antonio's win over Portland, San Antonio clinched the Southwest Division title. Thus, Dallas is locked into the #4 spot for the playoffs.
4/11 The NBA suspended Jerry Stackhouse and Kirk Snyder (Uta) for 1 game for their postgame fight following Saturday's Dallas-Utah game.
Congrats to the Dallas Wheelchair Mavericks on winning the National Championship in defeating Milwaukee 98-78 in the finals! It is their 6th National Championship.
4/9 With the win vs Utah, Dallas clinched homecourt advantage in the 1st round of the playoffs. Dallas can finish no lower than 4th place in the West (and the only way they can move up is to have a better record than San Antonio (highly unlikely, though still mathematically posible) as the top 3 seeds go to the division winners).
4/9 Erick Dampier received 3 stitches to close a cut on his chin during the 1st quarter of the Utah game. He returned to action later in the game.
4/9 Avery Johnson has signed his new 4 year, $10 million coaching contract.
4/6 The MRI came back negative for Dirk Nowitzki's right knee. He is expected to play in tonight's game.
4/5 According to Johnson's people, Dallas has reached a 4 year contract agreement with new head coach Avery Johnson. 3 years are guaranteed and the 4th year would become guaranteed if certain goals are met. The new contract has not been signed and, thus, Dallas has no comment on the reports.
4/1 With their win over Philadelphia, Dallas clinched a playoff berth.
4/1 Dallas activated Erick Dampier and placed Pavel Podkolzin on IR with torn cartilage in his right knee.
3/30 Dallas activated Jerry Stackhouse and placed DJ Mbenga on IR with a strained right hamstring.
3/19 Don Nelson resigned as head coach. Avery Johnson was named as head coach (not interim). Nelson said that he saw slippage in the team since the All-Star game and felt that the team was not responding to him as coach, while he thought that the team did respond when Johnson coached.
3/13 Don Nelson did not coach the Minnesota, Milwaukee, or Lakers games due to attending to his wife, who is recovering from surgery.
3/11 Josh Howard only played the first few minutes of the Milwaukee game due to a sprained left ankle.
3/11 Dallas activated Pavel Podkolzin and placed Jerry Stackhouse on IR with a strained right groin.
3/10 Jerry Stackhouse did not play in the Lakers game due to a strained right groin.
Don Nelson's wife, Joy, will undergo surgery on Wednesday (not cancer related) and Don will not travel with the team for this weekend's road trip (in Milwaukee on Friday and in Minnesota on Sunday). He will also miss Thursday's game vs the Lakers in Dallas. Avery Johnson will coach in his place.
3/7 Dirk Nowitzki (sprained left knee), Michael Finley (bruised left calf), and Jerry Stackhouse (strained right groin) did not play in the Toronto game.
3/6 Dirk Nowitzki (sprained left knee) and Michael Finley (bruised left calf) did not play in the Houston game.
3/4 Keith Van horn dislocated his right ring finger twice during the LA Lakers game, but continued to play.
3/4 Michael Finley did not play in the LA Lakers game due to a left calf contusion.
3/1 Dallas signed Alan Henderson to a 1 year, minimum contract (pro-rated) and placed Pavel Podkolzin on IR with torn cartilage in his right knee.
3/1 The NBA named Dirk Nowitzki and Vince Carter (NJ) as Players of the Month for February. Nowitzki averaged 27.2 points and 10.2 rebounds as Dallas went 10-3. Carter averaged 30.2 points and 6.3 rebounds as New Jersey went 6-6.
2/28 Jerry Stackhouse did not play in the New Orleans, Phoenix, Sacramento, or Utah games due to a strained right groin.
2/24 TRADE: Dallas traded Alan Henderson, Calvin Booth, and $250,000 to Milwaukee for Keith Van Horn.
2/23 Dallas activated DJ Mbenga and placed Erick Dampier on IR with a stress fracture in his right foot.
2/22 Erick Dampier has a stress fracture in his right foot and is expected to be out 2 to 3 weeks.
2/20 Dirk Nowitzki had 10 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals, and 4 blocks in 21 minutes as the West lost to the East 115-125 in the All-Star game.
2/19 Congrats to Alan Henderson who got married over the All-Star weekend!
2/18 Josh Howard had 7 points and 5 rebounds in 13 minutes for the Sophomore team and Devin Harris had no points, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers in 19 minutes for the Rookie team as the Sophomores beat the Rookies 133-106 in the Sophomore-Rookie game for All-Star Weekend. Howard played despite suffering from sinus problems.
2/17 Jerry Stackhouse (strained right groin), Marquis Daniels (appendectomy), and Erick Dampier (strained tendon right foot) did not play in the Phoenix, Seattle, or Golden State games.
2/15 Jerry Stackhouse (strained right groin) and Marquis Daniels (appendectomy) did not play in the Seattle or Golden State games.
2/11 Marquis Daniels did not play in the Sacramento game due to an appendectomy.
2/8 Marquis Daniels (appendectomy) and Jerry Stackhouse (strained right groin) did not play in the Chicago games.
2/8 No surprise that Dirk Nowitzki was selected as an All-Star reserve in voting done by the Western Conference coaches. It is the 4th straight year that Nowitzki has been selected as an All-Star.
2/8 Don Nelson returned to the bench for Tuesday's game vs Chicago. Avery Johnson filled in while Nelson was out and had a record of 7-3.
2/6 Jerry Stackhouse left the Toronto game during the 4th quarter due to a strained right groin.
2/6 Marquis Daniels did not play in the Indiana or Toronto games due to an appendectomy.
2/4 Marquis Daniels underwent an appendectomy on Friday. He was hospitalized for 6 hours in Indiana with abdominal pain on Thursday and flew back to Dallas on Friday. He will be out for 5 to 7 days.
2/1 Dallas activated Marquis Daniels and placed DJ Mbenga on IR with a strained right hamstring.
1/29 Josh Howard did not play in the Clippers, Portland, or Philadelphia games due to back spasms.
1/27 Josh Howard was selected to play for the Sophomore team and Devin Harris was selected to play for the Rookie team in the annual Sophomore-Rookie game. The game takes place Friday, February 18 in Denver at 8:00 pm Central and will be broadcast on TNT.
1/24 The NBA named Jason Terry and LeBron James (Cle) as Players of the Week. Terry averaged 18.3 points including 72.1% (31-43) FG and 9-13 3-pointers and 6 asssts as Dallas went 4-0. James averaged 24.7 points including 55.9% FG, 10.3 rebounds, and 8.7 assists as Cleveland went 2-1.
1/23 Josh Howard left the Denver game during the 1st quarter due to back spasms.
1/20 Don Nelson underwent successful surgery on his right shoulder to repair his torn rotator cuff. He was released from the hospital and is resting at home.
1/18 With his first bucket of the Washington game, Dirk Nowitzki reached 10,000 career points. He became the 5th player to score 10,000 points as a Mav, joining Mark Aguirre, Rolando Blackman, Derek Harper, and Michael Finley.
1/18 An MRI showed that 90% of Don Nelson's torn right rotator cuff is torn. He is scheduled to undergo surgery on his shoulder on Thursday and will then be out for 2 to 3 weeks. Assistant Avery Johnson will fill in as head coach while Nelson is out.
1/15 Josh Howard did not play in the New Jersey game due to an upper respiratory infection. He will probably play in Tuesday's game.
1/15 Dirk Nowitzki tweaked his left ankle during the 2nd quarter of the New Jersey game, but was able to return to action in the 2nd half. Erick Dampier played despite hobbling up and down with a sore left knee. Shawn Bradley was limited by a bruised left thigh.
1/14 Josh Howard (upper respiratory infection) and Erick Dampier (right knee contusion) did not play in the San Antonio game.
1/14 Dallas activated DJ Mbenga and placed Marquis Daniels on IR with a sore left ankle.
1/12 Josh Howard (upper respiratory infection) and Marquis Daniels (sore left ankle) did not play in the Houston game.
1/10 Del Harris underwent rotator cuff surgery on his left shoulder.
1/8 Josh Howard played limited minutes in the Indiana game due to the flu.
1/8 Marquis Daniels did not play in the Boston, Milwaukee, LA Lakers, or Indiana games due to a sore left ankle.
The league reduced the Flagrant Foul level 2 that was assessed to Shawn Bradley during the 12/28 game vs Boston to a Flagrant Foul level 1.
1/4 The NBA named Dirk Nowitzki and Dwyane Wade (Mia) as Players of the Month for December. Nowitzki averaged 27.2 points and 9 rebounds as Dallas went 9-4. Wade averaged 23 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 7.7 assists as Miami went 14-1.
1/3 Dallas development coach Kelvin Upshaw suffered a torn right ACL during a team scrimmage.
12/26 Jerry Stackhouse did not play in the Atlanta, New York, Atlanta, or Denver games due to a sore right hand.
12/13 Jerry Stackhouse did not play in the Chicago game due to a sore right hand.
12/9 Dallas activated Michael Finley and placed DJ Mbenga on IR with a strained right hamstring.
12/7 Marquis Daniels did not play in the Minnesota game due to a sprained left ankle.
12/6 The NBA named Dirk Nowitzki and Gilbert Arenas (Was) as Players of the Week. Nowitzki averaged 34.7 points and 12 rebounds as Dallas went 2-1. Arenas averaged 25.7 points and 5.3 assists as Washington went 3-0.
12/3 TRADE: Dallas traded Dan Dickau and a 2nd round draft pick to New Orleans for Darrell Armstrong.
12/2 The NBA named Devin Harris and Emeka Okafor (Cha) as Rookies of the Month. Harris averaged 8.6 points and 2.7 assists as Dallas went 10-6. Okafor averaged 13.5 points and 10.1 rebounds as Charlotte went 3-10.
11/29 Pavel Podkolzin underwent surgery to have a tumor removed from his pituitary gland last week. The surgery was expected and successful.
11/24 Dirk Nowitzki surprised everyone by playing in the San Antonio game despite his sprained left ankle.
11/22 Dirk Nowitzki did not play in the Minnesota game due to his sprained left ankle. He is expected to be out 7 to 10 days (but hopes to return earlier).
11/21 Dirk Nowitzki suffered a sprained left ankle during the 2nd quarter of the Denver game and did not return.
11/21 Jason Terry and Erick Dampier did play in the Denver game.
Jason Terry and Erick Dampier are both listed as day-to-day and are traveling with the team to Denver and may play in Sunday's game.
11/19 Jason Terry (sprained right ankle), Erick Dampier (strained left hip flexor), and Dan Dickau (food poisoning) did not play in the New York game.
11/16 Jason Terry left the Phoenix game during the 2nd quarter with a sprained left ankle and did not return.
11/16 Erick Dampier left the Phoenix game during the 1st quarter with a strained left hip flexor and did not return.
11/11 Dallas activated Dan Dickau and placed Michael Finley on IR with a sprained right ankle. Finley will have to miss at least 5 games.
11/9 Michael Finley suffered a 2nd degree sprained right ankle during the 3rd quarter of the Orlando game and had to leave the game. He is listed as doubtful for the Miami game.
11/9 Josh Howard suffered a sprained ankle during the 1st quarter of the Orlando game, but was able to continue playing.
11/6 With the win vs Memphis, Don Nelson has 300 wins as coach of the Mavericks.
11/2 Dallas elected not to pick up their 05-06 option for Dan Dickau.
11/1 Dallas placed Tariq Abdul-Wahad (left knee tendonitis), Pavel Podkolzin (torn cartilage right knee), and Dan Dickau (sprained left ankle) on IR.
10/29 Dallas released Derek Hood, Jason Sasser, and Felipe Lopez.
10/28 Jason Terry (wisdom teeth pulled), Michael Finley (sore hamstring), Derek Hood (pulled groin), Jerry Stackhouse (thigh contusion), and Marquis Daniels (sprained ankle) did not play in the Sacramento game.
10/28 Avery Johnson announced his retirement as a player. Dallas named Johnson as an assistant coach.
10/26 Derek Hood suffered a pulled groin less than a minute into the San Antonio game.
10/26 Jason Terry (wisdom teeth pulled), Michael Finley (sore hamstring), Jerry Stackhouse (thigh contusion), and Marquis Daniels (sprained ankle) did not play in the San Antonio game. Don Nelson (flu) and Del Harris (flu) also did not coach in the game.
10/26 Dallas named Rolando Blackman as an analyst for the TV broadcasting crew. He also retains his director of player development role.
10/24 Devin Harris (stomach flu), Dan Dickau (sprained ankle), Marquis Daniels (sprained ankle), Michael Finley (sore hamstring), and Jerry Stackhouse (thigh contusion) did not play in the New York game.
10/24 Dallas signed Felipe Lopez to a 1 year, non-guaranteed contract.
10/23 Dirk Nowitzki (stomach flu), Michael Finley (sore hamstring), Jerry Stackhouse (thigh contusion), Marquis Daniels (sprained ankle), and Dan Dickau (sprained ankle) did not play in the Milwaukee game.
10/23 Evan Eschmeyer announced his retirement.
10/21 Dirk Nowitzki (death in family), Dan Dickau (sprained ankle), Marquis Daniels (sprained ankle), and Jerry Stackhouse (thigh contusion) did not play in the New York game.
10/20 Dallas signed Jason Sasser to a 1 year, non-guaranteed contract.
10/19 Dirk Nowitzki (death in family), Shawn Bradley (mild concusion), Marquis Daniels (sprained ankle), and Jerry Stackhouse (thigh contusion) did not play in the Milwaukee game.
10/19 Dirk Nowitzki has returned to Germany after the death of a grandparent. He will miss the next couple of preseason games.
10/17 Dirk Nowitzki left the Orlando game at the end of the 3rd quarter with a mild left ankle sprain. He is expected to be available for Tuesday's game.
10/17 Jerry Stackhouse did not play in the 2nd half of the Orlando game due to a tight right thigh.
10/17 Marquis Daniels (sprained ankle) and Erick Dampier (tight hamstring and Nelson resting one of his starters) did not play in the Orlando game.
10/13 Marquis Daniels (sprained ankle) did not play in the New Orleans game.
10/9 The Mavs held their annual Blue-White open scrimmage at TCU and the game ended in a tie at 57-57 (they tried ending the tie with fans shooting free throws for each team, but 2 young women hit their 1st and then both missed their 2nd and 4 more fans were selected (one boy and one girl) and all 4 free throws were missed and the game ended in a tie). The white team had the "stars" and played poorly most of the game (Dirk took over in the 4th quarter to pull his team back from a 10 point deficit). The white team consisted of Calvin Booth, Erick Dampier, Marquis Daniels (who did not play due to his sprained ankle), Michael Finley, Avery Johnson, Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Terry, and Jerry Stackhouse and was coached by assistant Charlie Parker. Nowitzki had 30 points including 12-18 FG, Terry had 7 assists, and Stackhouse had 5 rebounds. The Blue Team consisted of Shawn Bradley, Dan Dickau, Devin Harris, Alan Henderson, Derek Hood, Josh Howard, and DJ Mbenga and was coached by assistant Larry Riley. Howard was the energy guy on the court and had 19 points. Harris had 10 points and 5 assists and Henderson had 16 points and 8 rebounds. The game swung back and forth with 1 point lead in the final minutes. Henderson got the ball in the paint and passed out to an open Harris in the right corner and he nailed the long jumper to give the Blue team a 55-54 lead with 30 seconds left (only the college 3-point line was on the floor, so it was up to the refs' judgement whether or not a jumper was a 3-pointer). A number of players got touches for the white team before Stackhouse put up a short jumper that missed. Bradley hit 2 free throws to give the Blue team a 3 point lead with about 9 seconds left and the White team called timeout. They brought the ball up, the guard set an outside pick and Nowitzki swished the long (obvious 3) jumper to tie the game with 4.6 seconds left. The Blue team missed their last shot for the game to end in a tie.
10/9 The NBA fined Mark Cuban $100,000 for his comments criticizing the rules limiting the training camp practices to just one scrimmage per day, maximum of 3 hours per day, and 2-a-days to just 5 days.
It looks like one time Mavs Mark Bryant (who also helped out in the summer league) and Kelvin Upshaw were added as developmental coaches as both were assistants (along with Brad Davis and Hubert Davis) on the Blue Team for the Blue-White scrimmage.
10/4 Dallas signed Derek Hood to a 1 year, non-guaranteed contract (training camp fodder - it is highly unlikely Hood will make the team).
10/3 New Jersey signed Dallas free agent Travis Best to a 1 year, partially guaranteed contract.
9/30 Dallas [finally] signed Avery Johnson to a 1 year, minimum contract.
9/28 Dallas named Hubert Davis as a member of their player developement coaches.
9/28 Cleveland signed free agent Scott Williams.

Dirk Nowitzki competed with the German National Team in a qualifying tournament to secure a spot for next year's European Championships.

9/25 Germany defeated Belgium 84-72. Dirk Nowitzki did not play in the game (Germany had already clinch a berth for the 2005 European Championships).

9/22 Germany defeated Hungary 78-70.

Germany                                           REB
Player           MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST PF TO STL BLK
Dirk Nowitzki     35   6-15    2-6    13-14   27  3-17  0  3  0   0   0

9/18 Germany defeated Ukraine 95-79.

Germany                                           REB
Player           MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST PF TO STL BLK
Dirk Nowitzki     26   8-14    1-4     2-4    19  3-7   2  1  0   0   1

9/15 Germany defeated Belgium 81-61.

Germany                                           REB
Player           MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST PF TO STL BLK
Dirk Nowitzki     35   3-11    1-3     4-4    11  1-14  2  3  4   1   2

9/11 Germany defeated Hungary 82-72.

Germany                                           REB
Player           MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST PF TO STL BLK
Dirk Nowitzki     34  10-19    3-6     9-11   32  3-10  3  4  1   3   1

9/8 Germany defeated Ukraine 81-61.

Germany                                           REB
Player           MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST PF TO STL BLK
Dirk Nowitzki     32   9-13    1-3    10-14   29  2-10  4  1  4   5   0

9/1 Dallas released Jon Stefansson.
8/24 TRADE: In a sign-and-trade, Dallas traded Eduardo Najera, Christian Laettner, the draft rights to Luis Flores, the draft rights to Mladen Sekularac, Dallas' 1997 1st round draft pick, a Philadelphia 1st round draft pick (which Dallas got from Atlanta via the Jason Terry trade), and cash to Golden State for Erick Dampier, Evan Eschmeyer, and the draft rights to Steve Logan. Dampier was first re-signed to a 7 year, $73 million contract.
8/24 TRADE: Golden State traded Dan Dickau to Dallas for a trade exception. [Dickau could not technically be included in the above trade as Golden State acquirred him on July 20 (as part of the Nick Van Exel trade) and the rules state that a traded player can not be included in a multi-player trade until 60 days after his last trade.]
At some point during the summer, Dallas hired Casey Smith as trainer. He became the 3rd trainer in team history.
8/4 TRADE: Dallas traded Antoine Walker and Tony Delk to Atlanta for Jason Terry, Alan Henderson, and a 1st round draft pick. The pick originally belonged to Philadelphia and has some protection on it.
8/4 USA defeated Germany 80-77 in an exhibition game as Allen Iverson hit a 3-pointer in the final seconds of the game. Dirk Nowitzki had hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 77-77 with 3.2 seconds left.
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Germany                                           REB
Player           MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST PF TO STL BLK
Dirk Nowitzki     36  13-23    2-5     4-6    32  9-12  3  2  1   0   2
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8/1 Germany defeated Italy 85-77 in an exhibition game.

Germany                                           REB
Player           MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST PF TO STL BLK
Dirk Nowitzki     36   9-16    1-2     7-7    26  1-9   2  1  2   1   1

7/29 Dallas signed 1st round draft pick (#21) Pavel Podkolzin to a 3 year, $3,424,680 with a 4th year worth $1,945,435 at the team's option.
Dallas' Summer League rosters and boxscores
7/26 TRADE: Dallas traded Danny Fortson to Seattle for Calvin Booth.
7/14 Avery Johnson has not formally signed with Dallas yet - they are still working on the details.
7/14 Dallas re-signed Marquis Daniels to a 6 year, $38,587,500 contract. The 6th year is at Dallas' option. Dallas used the full mid level exception to sign Daniels.
7/14 Dallas signed Didier Ilunga-Mbenga to a 2 year, $3.36 million contract. Dallas used the $1 million exception (actually $1.6 million) to signed DJ. With the signing of Daniels and DJ to the exceptions, Dallas has no more exceptions to use to sign free agents - they can only sign free agents to minimum contracts (unless involved in a sign-and-trade).
7/14 Phoenix signed free agent Steve Nash to a 5 year, $65 million contract with a partially guaranteed 6th year.
7/9 The Mavs revealed that Pavel Podkolzin suffered a slight cartilage tear in his right knee and will likely undergo minur surgery to repair the tear. Dallas hopes that he can join the summer league team next week (July 16) for the Rocky Mountain Revue.
7/7 Morlon Wiley has agreed to become an assistant coach for Orlando. Wiley has been on Dallas' development coaches team for the past several years. [Which also explains why Wiley hasn't been with the summer league team even though he is listed as an assistant coach on the team.]
7/6 The Dallas Morning News is reporting that Dallas has reached a 1 year, minimum agreement with free agent Avery Johnson. No official word from the Mavs yet.
7/2 Dallas signed 1st round draft pick (#5) Devin Harris to a 3 year, $8,842,440 contract with a 4th year worth $3,995,003 at the team's option.
7/2 Dallas has reached a 5 year, midlevel exception agreement with restricted free agent Marquis Daniels with a 6th year at the team's option. The midlevel exception will be around $5 million (the exact ammount will not be known until July 14. Due to the July Moratorium, the deal can not be formally signed until July 14.
7/1 Phoenix has reached a 5 year, $65 million agreement with a partially guaranteed 6th year with free agent Steve Nash. Mark Cuban was given an opportunity to match the offer, but declined. Due to the July Moratorium, the deal can not be formally signed until July 14.
6/28 Dallas fired trainer Roger Hinds, assistant trainer Steve Smith, and equipment manager Dwayne Wilson.
6/24 The 2004 NBA draft was held and Dallas made a number of moves.
- Traded Antawn Jamison and $1 million to Washington for Jerry Stackhouse, Christian Laettner, and the rights to #5 Devin Harris.
- Traded a future 1st round draft pick (lottery protected) to Utah for the rights to #21 Pavel Podkolzin.
- Traded the rights to #50 Vassilis Spanoulis to Houston for the rights to #55 Luis Flores and cash.
6/22 The expansion draft was held for the Charlotte Bobcats. Charlotte elected not to select a player from Dallas.
6/21 Dallas will be holding a mini-camp for their summer league starting today and going through Wednesday (June 23).
6/11 Dallas has reportedly left Tariq Abdul-Wahad, Tony Delk, Danny Fortson, and Antoine Walker off their protected list for the Charlotte Bobcats expansion draft. Teams (besides the 2 in the Finals) had to submit their 8-player protected list on Friday. Dallas reportedly placed Shawn Bradley, Marquis Daniels, Michael Finley, Josh Howard, Antawn Jamison, Eduardo Najera, Dirk Nowitzki, and Jon Stefansson on their protected list. Free agents Travis Best, Steve Nash, and Scott Williams did not need to be protected as they are ineligible to be selected. If Charlotte selects one of the 4 players Dallas left unprotected, the Mavs will then receive a trade exception for the player's salary. The expansion draft will take place June 22.

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