1980–81 Dallas Mavericks season

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Head coach Dick Motta Record 15–67 (.183) Television WFAA, KTXA		Arena Reunion Arena Playoff finish DNQ

Place Division: 6th (Midwest) Conference: 12th (Western)

The 1980–81 Dallas Mavericks season was the first season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Kiki Vandeweghe of UCLA was drafted by the Mavs with the 11th pick of the 1980 NBA Draft, but Vandeweghe refused to play for the expansion Mavericks and staged a holdout that lasted a month into the team's inaugural season. Vandeweghe was traded to the Denver Nuggets, along with a first-round pick in 1981, in exchange for two future first-round picks

Notes

z, y – division champions

x – clinched playoff spot

References

1980–81 Dallas Mavericks season Wikipedia

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