2009–10 Dallas Mavericks season

2009–10 Dallas Mavericks season
Division Champions
Head coach	Rick Carlisle
Owner(s)	Mark Cuban
Arena	American Airlines Center
Results
Record	55–27 (.671)
Place	Division: 1st (Southwest) Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	West First Round (eliminated 2–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Southwest, KTXA
Radio	KESN

The 2009-10 Dallas Mavericks season was the 30th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Key dates

• June 25 - The 2009 NBA Draft took place in New York City.
• July 8 - The free agency period started.

Summary

NBA Draft 2009

Main article: 2009 NBA Draft

Draft picks

Main article: 2009 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
1	24	Byron Mullens (traded to Oklahoma City)	C	United States	Ohio State
1	25	Rodrigue Beaubois (traded from Oklahoma City)	PG	France	Cholet (France)
2	45	Nick Calathes (traded from Minnesota)	PG	United States Greece	Oregon
2	52	A. J. Price (traded to Indiana)	PG	United States	Connecticut
2	56	Ahmad Nivins	PF	United States	Saint Joseph's

^ a: Nick Calathes was born in the United States, but also has Greek citizenship through his parents, and competes internationally for Greece.

Roster

2009–10 Dallas Mavericks roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 11 Barea, José Juan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Northeastern G 3 Beaubois, Rodrigue 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Guadeloupe G/F 4 Butler, Caron 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 228 lb (103 kg) Connecticut G 13 Carroll, Matt 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 212 lb (96 kg) Notre Dame C 25 Dampier, Erick 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Mississippi State C 33 Haywood, Brendan 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 263 lb (119 kg) North Carolina G 2 Kidd, Jason 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) California F 0 Marion, Shawn 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 228 lb (103 kg) UNLV F 14 Najera, Eduardo 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Oklahoma F/C 41 Nowitzki, Dirk (C) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Germany G 92 Stevenson, DeShawn 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Washington Union High School (CA) G 31 Terry, Jason 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Arizona F/C 7 Thomas, Tim 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Villanova	Head coach Rick Carlisle (Virginia) Assistant coach(es) Terry Stotts (Oklahoma) Dwane Casey (Kentucky) Tom Sterner (Millersville) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Pre-season

2009 Pre-season Game Log: 5–2 (Home: 3-1; Road: 2-1)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	October 5	Orlando	L 105-110	American Airlines Center 16,596	0-1	[1]
2	October 9	@ Washington	W 123-115	Verizon Center 8,102	1-1	[2]
3	October 11	Memphis	W 114-107	American Airlines Center 18,207	2-1	[3]
4	October 15	Detroit	W 113-88	American Airlines Center 17,555	3-1	[4]
5	October 17	Cleveland	W 93-82	American Airlines Center 18,525	4-1	[5]
6	October 20	@ Cleveland	L 66-96	Petersen Events Center 10,011	4-2	[6]
7	October 23	@ Houston	W 98-94	Toyota Center 16,393	5-2	[7]

Regular season

Standings

Southwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Dallas Mavericks	55	27	.671	–	28–13	27–14	10–6
x-San Antonio Spurs	50	32	.610	5	29–12	21–20	9–7
Houston Rockets	42	40	.512	13	23–18	19–22	9–7
Memphis Grizzlies	40	42	.488	15	23–18	17–24	5–11
New Orleans Hornets	37	45	.451	18	24–17	13–28	7–9

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–
2	y-Dallas Mavericks	55	27	.671	2
3	x-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	3
4	y-Denver Nuggets	53	29	.646	4
5	x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	4
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	50	32	.610	7
7	x-San Antonio Spurs	50	32	.610	7
8	x-Oklahoma City Thunder	50	32	.610	7
9	Houston Rockets	42	40	.512	15
10	Memphis Grizzlies	40	42	.488	17
11	New Orleans Hornets	37	45	.451	20
12	Los Angeles Clippers	29	53	.354	28
13	Golden State Warriors	26	56	.317	31
14	Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	32
15	Minnesota Timberwolves	15	67	.183	42

Playoffs

Game log

2010 playoff game log
First Round: 2–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 18 San Antonio W 100–94 Dirk Nowitzki (36) Erick Dampier (12) Jason Kidd (11) American Airlines Center 20,372 1–0 2 April 21 San Antonio L 88–102 Jason Terry (27) Dirk Nowitzki (10) Jason Kidd (8) American Airlines Center 20,728 1-1 3 April 23 @ San Antonio L 90–94 Dirk Nowitzki (35) Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd (7) Jason Kidd (5) AT&T Center 18,581 1-2 4 April 25 @ San Antonio L 89–92 Dirk Nowitzki, Caron Butler (17) Dirk Nowitzki (11) Jason Kidd (5) AT&T Center 18,581 1-3 5 April 27 San Antonio W 103–81 Caron Butler (35) Caron Butler (11) Jason Kidd (7) American Airlines Center 20,557 2-3 6 April 29 @ San Antonio L 87–97 Dirk Nowitzki (33) Jason Kidd (8) Jason Kidd (6) AT&T Center 18,581 2-4
2010 playoff schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Jose Juan Barea	78	18	19.8	.440	.357	.844	1.9	3.3	0.45	0.08	7.6
Rodrigue Beaubois	56	16	12.5	.518	.409	.808	1.4	1.3	0.52	0.21	7.1
Caron Butler*	27	27	34.4	.440	.340	.760	5.4	1.8	1.78	0.33	15.2
Matt Carroll	25	0	4.8	.360	.211	1.000	0.5	0.2	0.20	0.00	1.8
Erick Dampier	55	47	23.3	.624	.333	.604	7.3	0.6	0.27	1.40	6.0
Drew Gooden†	46	11	22.4	.467	.167	.809	6.9	0.6	0.57	1.09	8.9
Brendan Haywood*	28	19	26.5	.564	.000	.575	7.4	0.9	0.29	2.04	8.1
Josh Howard†	31	9	26.7	.401	.267	.790	3.6	1.4	0.74	0.29	12.5
Kris Humphries†	25	0	12.6	.461	.000	.568	3.8	0.3	0.28	0.44	5.2
Jason Kidd	80	80	36.0	.423	.425	.808	5.6	9.1	1.81	0.44	10.3
Shawn Marion	75	75	31.8	.508	.158	.755	6.4	1.4	0.92	0.81	12.0
Eduardo Najera*	33	3	14.6	.452	.340	.667	2.3	0.4	0.52	0.36	3.3
Dirk Nowitzki	81	80	37.5	.481	.421	.915	7.7	2.7	0.86	0.98	25.0
Quinton Ross†	27	7	11.1	.411	.231	.625	1.0	0.3	0.26	0.15	2.0
James Singleton†	25	0	8.4	.375	.227	1.000	2.2	0.4	0.44	0.28	2.4
DeShawn Stevenson*	24	5	11.1	.283	.320	.700	1.1	0.5	0.21	0.04	2.0
Jason Terry	77	12	33.0	.438	.365	.866	1.8	3.8	1.22	0.22	16.6

*Stats after being traded to the Mavericks.
†Stats before being traded from the Mavericks.

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Jose Juan Barea	6	0	17.5	.405	.400	.333	2.0	2.5	0.33	0.17	5.8
Rodrigue Beaubois	4	0	7.8	.474	.333	.333	1.5	1.0	0.00	0.00	5.3
Caron Butler	6	6	33.7	.434	.304	.926	5.8	1.3	1.50	0.83	19.7
Matt Carroll	1	0	5.0	1.000	.000	.000	1.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	2.0
Erick Dampier	5	4	23.6	.000	.000	.417	6.6	0.6	0.20	1.00	1.5
Brendan Haywood	6	2	23.2	.571	.000	.600	6.2	0.5	1.17	1.67	6.0
Jason Kidd	6	6	40.5	.304	.321	.917	6.8	7.0	2.33	0.17	8.0
Shawn Marion	6	6	24.7	.407	.000	.800	4.2	1.0	0.17	0.50	8.7
Eduardo Najera	5	0	7.2	.250	.000	.000	1.8	0.0	0.40	0.00	0.8
Dirk Nowitzki	6	6	38.8	.547	.571	.952	8.2	3.0	0.83	0.67	26.7
DeShawn Stevenson	2	0	3.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Jason Terry	6	0	29.0	.377	.400	.750	2.5	2.0	0.67	0.17	12.7

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

All-Star

• Dirk Nowitzki was voted to his 9th NBA All-Star Game and started in place of Kobe Bryant due to injury.
• Jason Kidd was selected to his 10th NBA All-Star Game as a replacement for Kobe Bryant due to injury.

Weekly/Monthly

• Dirk Nowitzki was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from November 9 through November 15.
• Dirk Nowitzki was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from February 22 through February 28.
• Dirk Nowitzki was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from March 1 through March 7.
• Dirk Nowitzki was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from April 5 through April 11.

Records

• On January 24, the Mavericks recorded their largest margin of victory in franchise history after defeating the New York Knicks 128-78, a 50-point margin. This was the third largest margin of victory in NBA history and the worst loss in Knicks history.

Milestones

• On January 13, Dirk Nowitzki became the 4th foreign-born and 1st European-born player in NBA history to score 20,000 points in his career.

Injuries

Injuries

Transactions

Trades

July 9, 2009

To Dallas Mavericks Greg Buckner

To Washington Wizards Jerry Stackhouse Cash considerations

July 9, 2009

To Dallas Mavericks Shawn Marion Kris Humphries Nathan Jawai Cash considerations

To Toronto Raptors Devean George Antoine Wright

January 11, 2010

To Dallas Mavericks Eduardo Najera

To New Jersey Nets Kris Humphries Shawne Williams

February 13, 2010

To Dallas Mavericks Caron Butler Brendan Haywood DeShawn Stevenson

To Washington Wizards Josh Howard Drew Gooden James Singleton Quinton Ross

Free agents

On Tuesday, July 28 Dallas signed free agent forward Tim Thomas

On Thursday July 30 Dallas signed forward Drew Gooden.

Subtractions

9-15-09: Released, Greg Buckner (G)

10-23-09: Waived, Jake Voskuhl (C)

External links

• 2009–10 Dallas Mavericks season at ESPN
• 2009–10 Dallas Mavericks season at Basketball Reference