1987–88 Dallas Mavericks season: Difference between revisions

1987–88 Dallas Mavericks season
1987–88 Dallas Mavericks season
Head coach	John MacLeod
General manager	Norm Sonju
Owner(s)	Don Carter
Arena	Reunion Arena
Results
Record	53–29 (.646)
Place	Division: 2nd (Midwest); Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	Conference Finals; (Lost to Lakers 3–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Home Sports Entertainment
Radio	KBEC
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The 1987–88 Dallas Mavericks season was the eighth season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Mavericks finished second in the Midwest Division with a 53–29 record. They defeated the Houston Rockets four games in the first round of the 1988 NBA Playoffs, then defeated the 2nd-seeded Denver Nuggets six games in the semifinals. The Mavs made their first appearance in the Western Conference Finals, where they pushed the eventual-champion Los Angeles Lakers to seven games. The Mavs were coached by John MacLeod and played their home games at Reunion Arena.^[1]

Mark Aguirre and James Donaldson were both selected to play in the 1988 NBA All-Star Game in Chicago. This was Donaldson's only All-Star Game appearance in his career.

NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	20	Jim Farmer	Guard	United States	Alabama
2	26	Steve Alford	Guard	United States	Indiana
3	66	Mike Richmond	Forward	United States	UTEP
4	89	David Johnson	Forward	United States	Oklahoma
5	112	Sam Hill	Center	United States	Iowa State
6	135	Quintan Gates	Forward	United States	UTEP
7	158	Gerald White	Guard	United States	Auburn

^[2]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Height	Weight	DOB	From
SF	24	Aguirre, Mark	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	1959-12-10	DePaul
PG	2	Alford, Steve	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	1964-11-23	Indiana
C	33	Blab, Uwe	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	252 lb (114 kg)	1962-03-26	Indiana
G/F	22	Blackman, Rolando	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1959-02-26	Kansas State
PG	15	Davis, Brad	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1955-12-17	Maryland
C	40	Donaldson, James	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	1957-08-16	Washington State
SG	21	Farmer, Jim	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1964-09-23	Alabama
G	12	Harper, Derek	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1961-10-13	Illinois
F/C	44	Perkins, Sam	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1961-06-14	North Carolina
F	32	Schrempf, Detlef	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	1963-01-21	Washington
F/C	42	Tarpley, Roy	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1964-11-28	Michigan
C	23	Wennington, Bill	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1963-12-26	St. John's

Head coach

John MacLeod (Bellarmine)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

Standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Denver Nuggets	54	28	.659	–	35–6	19–22	18–12
x-Dallas Mavericks	53	29	.646	1	33–8	20–21	20–10
x-Utah Jazz	47	35	.573	7	33–8	14–27	18–12
x-Houston Rockets	46	36	.561	8	31–10	15–26	13–17
x-San Antonio Spurs	31	51	.378	23	23–18	8–33	12–18
Sacramento Kings	24	58	.293	30	19–22	5–36	9–21

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Denver Nuggets	54	28	.659	8
3	x-Dallas Mavericks	53	29	.646	9
4	x-Portland Trail Blazers	53	29	.646	9
5	x-Utah Jazz	47	35	.573	15
6	x-Houston Rockets	46	36	.561	16
7	x-Seattle SuperSonics	44	38	.537	18
8	x-San Antonio Spurs	31	51	.378	31

9	Phoenix Suns	28	54	.341	34
10	Sacramento Kings	24	58	.293	38
11	Golden State Warriors	20	62	.244	42
12	Los Angeles Clippers	17	65	.207	45

Record vs. opponents

1987-88 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	2–4	2–3	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	0–2	3–3	5–0	3–3	6–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–3
Boston	4–2	—	3–3	2–3	2–0	0–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	5–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–1
Chicago	3–2	3–3	—	3–3	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–0	2–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	5–1	5–1	3–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–3
Cleveland	1–5	3–2	3–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–5	0–2	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	5–1	2–4	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	6–0
Dallas	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	—	3–3	1–1	4–1	4–2	2–0	5–0	1–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–0	3–2	5–1	5–1	3–2	3–3	1–1
Denver	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	—	1–1	4–1	4–2	1–1	5–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–3	4–2	5–1	4–1	2–4	2–0
Detroit	4–2	3–3	4–2	5–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	4–2	5–1	4–2	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2
Golden State	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	1–4	0–2	—	0–5	0–2	3–3	0–6	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–5	2–3	3–2	1–5	1–4	0–2
Houston	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–4	1–1	5–0	—	2–0	3–2	1–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	4–1	4–2	2–4	3–2	3–3	2–0
Indiana	2–4	0–5	3–3	2–4	0–2	1–1	3–3	2–0	0–2	—	1–1	1–1	3–3	6–0	2–3	2–4	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–4
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–5	0–5	1–1	3–3	2–3	1–1	—	1–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	0–6	3–2	0–5	1–5	1–4	0–2
L.A. Lakers	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–3	2–0	6–0	4–1	1–1	5–1	—	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–1	3–3	4–1	5–0	4–2	4–1	1–1
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	1–5	4–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–0	0–2	3–3	2–0	2–0	—	3–2	3–3	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1
New Jersey	0–5	1–5	1–5	1–5	1–1	0–2	1–5	0–2	1–1	0–6	2–0	0–2	2–3	—	3–3	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–6
New York	3–3	1–5	2–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	3–3	3–3	—	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3
Philadelphia	0–6	2–4	2–4	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	0–2	4–2	4–2	3–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–3
Phoenix	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–5	2–3	0–2	4–2	1–4	0–2	4–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	0–6	3–2	2–3	2–4	2–3	0–2
Portland	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	1–1	5–1	1–4	2–0	6–0	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	6–0	—	4–1	5–0	3–3	1–4	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–4	0–2	3–2	2–4	0–2	2–3	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	—	3–3	1–4	1–5	0–2
San Antonio	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–5	1–5	1–1	2–3	4–2	0–2	5–0	0–5	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–5	3–3	—	3–2	3–3	0–2
Seattle	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	1–1	5–1	2–3	1–1	5–1	2–4	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	3–3	4–1	2–3	—	1–4	2–0
Utah	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–3	4–2	0–2	4–1	3–3	1–1	4–1	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–2	4–1	5–1	3–3	4–1	—	2–0
Washington	3–3	1–5	3–3	0–6	1–1	0–2	2–3	2–0	0–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–4	6–0	3–3	3–3	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

1987–88 game log
Total: 53–29 (Home: 33–8; Road: 20–21)

October: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

November: 7–5 (home: 5–1; road: 2–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 6	Utah	W 95–93	Reunion Arena	1–0
2	November 7	@ San Antonio	L 106–130	HemisFair Arena	1–1
3	November 10	@ Seattle	W 117–101	Seattle Center Coliseum	2–1
4	November 11	@ Utah	L 92–121	Salt Palace	2–2
5	November 13	Seattle	L 95–103	Reunion Arena	2–3
6	November 14	Portland	W 127–116	Reunion Arena	3–3
7	November 18	L.A. Clippers
8	November 20	@ L.A. Lakers	L 116–119	The Forum	4–4
10	November 25	Detroit	W 113–107	Reunion Arena	6–4
11	November 27	Chicago	W 94–93	Reunion Arena	7–4
12	November 28	@ Denver	L 98–106	McNichols Sports Arena	7–5

December: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
14	December 5	Denver	W 109–96	Reunion Arena	9–5
17	December 13	@ Milwaukee	W 113–99	MECCA Arena	12–5
18	December 15	@ Cleveland	L 93–106	Richfield Coliseum	12–6
19	December 16	@ New Jersey
20	December 18	@ Detroit	L 112–117	Pontiac Silverdome	13–7
21	December 19	@ Philadelphia
22	December 22	@ Chicago	W 111–100	Chicago Stadium	14–8
23	December 23	@ Indiana
24	December 26	Houston	W 105–100	Reunion Arena	16–8

January: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
26	January 2	@ San Antonio	W 116–109	HemisFair Arena	18–8
27	January 4	@ Houston	L 107–117	The Summit	18–9
28	January 6	@ L.A. Lakers	L 89–103	The Forum	18–10
31	January 13	Indiana
32	January 16	Atlanta	L 98–101	Reunion Arena	21–11
33	January 18	@ L.A. Clippers
34	January 19	@ Portland	W 120–116	Memorial Coliseum	23–11
35	January 22	L.A. Clippers
36	January 23	Milwaukee	W 113–97	Reunion Arena	25–11
37	January 26	San Antonio	W 128–111	Reunion Arena	26–11
39	January 29	Seattle	W 117–109	Reunion Arena	28–11
40	January 30	Houston	L 92–108	Reunion Arena	28–12

February: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
41	February 1	New Jersey
42	February 3	@ Denver	L 105–115	McNichols Sports Arena	28–14
44	February 9	Utah	W 124–93	Reunion Arena	29–15
45	February 10	@ Utah	L 80–93	Salt Palace	29–16
46	February 12	Boston	L 104–105	Reunion Arena	29–17
47	February 14	@ L.A. Clippers
48	February 15	@ Seattle	W 128–122 (2OT)	Seattle Center Coliseum	31–17
49	February 17	Washington	W 123–108	Reunion Arena	32–17
52	February 24	Cleveland	W 93–89	Reunion Arena	35–17
53	February 25	@ Houston	W 108–106	The Summit	36–17
54	February 27	Philadelphia
55	February 29	Denver	W 123–96	Reunion Arena	38–17

March: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
57	March 4	Houston	W 118–110	Reunion Arena	40–17
58	March 6	L.A. Lakers	L 97–108	Reunion Arena	40–18
59	March 8	Portland	L 110–112	Reunion Arena	41–19
60	March 12	@ L.A. Lakers	W 110–101	The Forum	41–19
62	March 16	@ Utah	L 105–120	Salt Palace	42–20
63	March 18	@ L.A. Clippers
64	March 20	@ Portland	L 99–105	Memorial Coliseum	43–21
65	March 22	New York	W 124–105	Reunion Arena	44–21
66	March 25	Portland	W 106–101	Reunion Arena	45–21
67	March 26	San Antonio	W 131–112	Reunion Arena	46–21
68	March 28	@ New York	L 106–114	Madison Square Garden	46–22
69	March 29	@ Atlanta	L 106–120	The Omni	46–23

April: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
70	April 1	@ Washington	L 113–128	Capital Centre	46–24
71	April 3	@ Boston	L 101–110	Boston Garden	46–25
73	April 8	Utah	W 118–95	Reunion Arena	48–25
74	April 9	Denver	W 135–109	Reunion Arena	49–25
77	April 15	@ Seattle	L 88–115	Seattle Center Coliseum	50–27
78	April 17	@ Denver	L 122–133	McNichols Sports Arena	50–28
79	April 19	@ Houston	W 104–96	The Summit	51–28
80	April 20	L.A. Lakers	L 107–114	Reunion Arena	51–29
81	April 22	San Antonio	W 127–96	Reunion Arena	52–29
82	April 24	@ San Antonio	W 119–109	HemisFair Arena	53–29

1987–88 schedule

Playoffs

Game log

1988 playoff game log

First Round: 3–1 (home: 1–1; road: 2–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 28	Houston	W 120–110	Roy Tarpley (24)	Roy Tarpley (9)	Derek Harper (8)	Reunion Arena 17,007	1–0
2	April 30	Houston	L 108–119	Roy Tarpley (23)	Roy Tarpley (13)	Derek Harper (8)	Reunion Arena 17,007	1–1
3	May 3	@ Houston	W 93–92	Roy Tarpley (17)	Roy Tarpley (13)	Rolando Blackman (7)	The Summit 16,611	2–1
4	May 5	@ Houston	W 107–97	Mark Aguirre (38)	James Donaldson (10)	Rolando Blackman (10)	The Summit 16,611	3–1

Conference Semifinals: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 10	@ Denver	L 115–126	Mark Aguirre (26)	James Donaldson (13)	Derek Harper (5)	McNichols Sports Arena 17,022	0–1
2	May 12	@ Denver	W 112–108	Rolando Blackman (31)	James Donaldson (13)	Derek Harper (8)	McNichols Sports Arena 17,022	1–1
3	May 14	Denver	L 105–107	Sam Perkins (17)	Roy Tarpley (15)	Mark Aguirre (6)	Reunion Arena 17,007	1–2
4	May 15	Denver	W 124–103	Mark Aguirre (34)	Roy Tarpley (13)	Derek Harper (10)	Reunion Arena 17,007	2–2
5	May 17	@ Denver	W 110–106	Mark Aguirre (25)	Roy Tarpley (16)	Derek Harper (6)	McNichols Sports Arena 17,022	3–2
6	May 19	Denver	W 108–95	Blackman, Perkins (23)	Roy Tarpley (19)	Derek Harper (9)	Reunion Arena 17,007	4–2

Conference Finals: 3–4 (home: 3–0; road: 0–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 23	@ L.A. Lakers	L 98–113	three players tied (18)	Roy Tarpley (20)	Derek Harper (7)	The Forum 17,505	0–1
2	May 25	@ L.A. Lakers	L 101–123	Mark Aguirre (28)	Roy Tarpley (13)	Derek Harper (8)	The Forum 17,505	0–2
3	May 27	L.A. Lakers	W 106–94	Mark Aguirre (23)	Roy Tarpley (20)	Brad Davis (6)	Reunion Arena 17,007	1–2
4	May 29	L.A. Lakers	W 118–104	Derek Harper (35)	Roy Tarpley (13)	Rolando Blackman (11)	Reunion Arena 17,007	2–2
5	May 31	@ L.A. Lakers	L 102–119	Mark Aguirre (31)	Roy Tarpley (11)	Derek Harper (6)	The Forum 17,505	2–3
6	June 2	L.A. Lakers	W 105–103	Mark Aguirre (23)	Mark Aguirre (13)	Derek Harper (10)	Reunion Arena 17,007	3–3
7	June 4	@ L.A. Lakers	L 102–117	Mark Aguirre (24)	James Donaldson (14)	Derek Harper (11)	The Forum 17,505	3–4

1988 schedule

Awards and honors

Week/Month

Roy Tarpley was named Player of the Week for games played February 22 through February 28.^[3]

All-Star

Mark Aguirre was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his third All-Star selection. Aguirre finished seventh in voting among Western Conference forwards with 347,357 votes.^[4]
James Donaldson was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his first and only All-Star selection. Donaldson finished fourth in voting among Western Conference centers with 310,100 votes.^[5]
Detlef Schrempf was selected to compete in the Three-Point Shootout. Schrempf was eliminated in the second round.^[6]

Season

Roy Tarpley received the Sixth Man of the Year Award.^[7]
Mark Aguirre finished 14th in MVP voting.^[8]

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
Mark Aguirre	77	77	33.9	.475	.302	.770	5.6	3.6	.9	.7	25.1
Steve Alford	28	0	7.0	.382	.125	.941^	0.8	0.8	.6	.1	2.1
Uwe Blab	73	1	9.0	.439	.	.708	1.8	0.5	.1	.4	2.2
Rolando Blackman	71	69	36.3	.473	.000	.873^	3.5	3.7	.9	.3	18.7
Brad Davis	75	12	19.7	.501	.405†	.843	1.4	4.0	.7	.2	7.2
James Donaldson	81	81	31.1	.558	.	.778	9.3	0.8	.5	1.3	7.0
Jim Farmer	30	0	5.2	.377	.000	.900^	0.6	0.5	.1	.0	2.0
Derek Harper	82	82	37.0	.459	.313	.759	3.0	7.7	2.0	.4	17.0
Sam Perkins	75	75	33.3	.450	.167	.822	8.0	1.6	1.0	.7	14.2
Detlef Schrempf	82	4	19.4	.456	.156	.756	3.4	1.9	.5	.4	8.5
Roy Tarpley	81	9	28.5	.500	.000	.740	11.8	1.1	1.3	1.1	13.5
Bill Wennington	30	0	4.2	.510	.500†	.632	1.3	0.1	.2	.3	2.1

† – Minimum 25 three-pointers made.
^ – Minimum 125 free throws made.

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Mark Aguirre	17	17	32.8	.500	.382	.698	5.9	3.3	.8	.5	21.6
Steve Alford	4	0	3.0	.375	.000	.	0.5	0.5	.0	.0	1.5
Uwe Blab	3	0	2.7	.000	.	1.000^	0.3	0.3	.0	.0	0.7
Rolando Blackman	17	17	39.5	.483	.000	.887	3.2	4.5	.9	.2	18.1
Brad Davis	17	0	17.4	.600	.200	.923^	1.2	3.2	.2	.3	6.4
James Donaldson	17	17	29.4	.654	.	.595	8.6	0.7	.4	.9	9.3
Jim Farmer	3	0	3.7	.333	.	.	1.3	0.3	.0	.0	1.3
Derek Harper	17	17	35.4	.441	.250	.729	2.5	7.1	1.9	.3	13.5
Sam Perkins	17	17	33.6	.451	.143	.803	6.6	1.8	1.5	1.0	13.5
Detlef Schrempf	15	0	18.3	.465	.333	.706	3.7	1.6	.5	.5	7.8
Roy Tarpley	17	0	33.1	.519	.000	.740	12.9	1.8	1.2	1.5	17.9
Bill Wennington	6	0	2.3	.000	.	.	0.7	0.2	.2	.0	0.0

^ – Minimum 10 free throws made.

Transactions

Free agents

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason Left	New Team
October 30, 1987	Dennis Nutt	Waived	Real Madrid (Spain)
November 17, 1987	Al Wood	Waived	Basket Mestre (Italy)

^[9]

References

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^ "Tarpley tabbed". The Times-News.
^ "1988 NBA All-Star Game Box Score". basketball-reference.com.
^ "1988 NBA All-Star Game Voting". basketball-reference.com.
^ "NBA.com: Three-Point Contest All-Time Winners". nba.com/history. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
^ "Dallas's Tarpley receives Sixth Man Award". Herald-Journal.
^ "1987-88 NBA Awards Voting". basketball-reference.com.
^ "1987-88 Dallas Mavericks Transactions". basketball-reference.com.

[1] "1987-88 Dallas Mavericks Roster and Statistics". basketball-reference.com.

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[3] "Tarpley tabbed". The Times-News.

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v t e Dallas Mavericks
Founded in 1980 Based in Dallas, Texas
Franchise	History All-time roster Draft history 1980 Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Reunion Arena (1980-2001) American Airlines Center (2001-present)
Personnel	Owner(s) Miriam Adelson and Patrick Dumont President Nico Harrison General manager Nico Harrison Head coach Jason Kidd CEO Cynt Marshall
G League affiliate	Texas Legends
Retired numbers	12 15 22 41
NBA championships	2011
Rivalries	Houston Rockets San Antonio Spurs
Culture and lore	Don Carter Mark Cuban Nellie Ball Moody Madness Miki, Milane German Wunderkind The Jet "Eminence Front"