1992–93 Dallas Mavericks season

The 1992–93 Dallas Mavericks season was the 13th season for the Dallas Mavericks in the National Basketball Association.

Season summary

Off-season The Mavericks received the fourth overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft, and selected shooting guard Jim Jackson out of Ohio State University, and also selected center Sean Rooks from the University of Arizona with the 30th overall pick. However, Jackson held out most of his rookie season due to a contract dispute, and refused to play for the Mavericks, while Fat Lever missed the entire regular season due to a knee injury. During the off-season, the team signed free agents, rookie shooting guard Walter Bond and rookie small forward Dexter Cambridge.

For the season, the Mavericks slightly updated their primary logo; the team changed the wordmark of the city and team name, next to a navy blue letter "M" with a white outline, wearing a white cowboy hat with a navy blue outline in front of a green basketball with white seams. The team also redesigned their home and road uniforms; the white home uniforms featured an updated wordmark of the team name "Mavericks" on the front of their jerseys, while the road uniforms were changed from green to blue, and featured an updated wordmark of the city name "Dallas" on the front of their jerseys.

The team's updated logo, and new uniforms would both remain in use until 2001.

Regular season With the absence of Jackson and Lever along with the addition of Rooks, the Mavericks got off to a 1–3 start to the regular season, then posted a 12-game losing streak between November and December. The team suffered a 15-game losing streak between December and January, posted an eight-game losing streak between January and February, and then suffered a dreadful 19-game losing streak between February and March, which left them with the worst record in NBA history as they stood 4–57 through 61 games. Head coach Richie Adubato was fired after a 2–27 start, and was replaced with assistant coach Gar Heard as an interim coach. The team held a 4–45 record at the All-Star break during their 19-game losing streak.

However, Jackson finally signed with the Mavericks in early March, and played in the final 28 games of the regular season. In February, the team signed free agent and former Mavericks guard Morlon Wiley, who was previously released by the Atlanta Hawks, then in March signed free agent Tim Legler, who was previously released by the Utah Jazz. In the final 21 games, Jackson helped the team to seven wins, including two straight victories to close the season. However, the Mavericks still finished in last place in the Midwest Division with the league's worst record at 11–71, which was .134 in winning percentage, and the team's worst record in franchise history.

Derek Harper averaged 18.2 points, 5.4 assists and 1.3 steals per game, and led the Mavericks with 101 three-point field goals, while Jackson averaged 16.3 points, 4.7 assists and 1.4 steals per game, but was not named to an NBA All-Rookie Team at season's end, and Rooks provided the team with 13.5 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. In addition, Terry Davis provided with 12.7 points and 9.3 rebounds per game, while second-year forward Doug Smith contributed 10.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, and Randy White averaged 9.7 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. Meanwhile, Legler contributed 9.6 points per game in 30 games, second-year guard Mike Iuzzolino provided with 8.7 points and 4.7 assists per game, and Bond averaged 8.0 points per game. Cambridge averaged 7.0 points and 3.2 rebounds per game, while second-year forward Brian Howard averaged 6.5 points and 3.1 rebounds per game, Wiley contributed 5.8 points and 3.0 assists per game in 33 games, and second-year center Donald Hodge provided with 5.0 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.

The 1992–93 Mavericks also had by far the worst average point differential in the history of the NBA at -15.2 points per game – over three points worse than the 1972–73 76ers who won only nine games, and over five points worse than the 2015–16 76ers who won ten.Wright, Kyle; The NBA from Top to Bottom: A History of the NBA from the No. 1 Team to the No. 1,153; pp. 74, 115-116. For this reason, NBA historian Kyle Wright declared in 2007 that the 1992–93 Mavericks must rank as, at least relative to their opponents, the worst team in the history of the NBA.

The Mavericks finished 21st in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 554,724 at the Reunion Arena during the regular season.

Aftermath Following the season, Heard was fired as head coach, and Iuzzolino signed as a free agent with the Orlando Magic, but was later on released to free agency.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 4 Jim Jackson SG/SF Ohio State 2 30 Sean Rooks PF/C Arizona

Roster

Roster notes Shooting guard Fat Lever was on the injured reserve list due to a knee injury, and missed the entire regular season.

Regular season Season standings

y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot

z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

Player statistics

Ragular season PlayerC79 8 1,267 294 75 33 37 393 16.0 3.7 .9 .4 .5 5.0PF 75 74 2,462 701 68 36 28 955 32.8 9.3 .9 .5 .4 12.7SG 74 38 1,578 196 122 75 18 590 21.3 2.6 1.6 1.0 .2 8.0C 72 68 2,087 536 95 38 81 970 29.0 7.4 1.3 .5 1.1 13.5PG 70 23 1,769 140 328 49 6 610 25.3 2.0 4.7 .7 .1 8.7SF 68 22 1,295 212 67 55 34 439 19.0 3.1 1.0 .8 .5 6.5PF 64 20 1,433 370 49 63 45 618 22.4 5.8 .8 1.0 .7 9.7SG 62 60 2,108 123 334 80 16 1,126 34.0 2.0 5.4 1.3 .3 18.2PF 61 42 1,524 328 104 48 52 634 25.0 5.4 1.7 .8 .9 10.4SF 53 13 885 167 58 24 6 370 16.7 3.2 1.1 .5 .1 7.0SG 39 1 510 52 47 21 4 282 13.1 1.3 1.2 .5 .1 7.2†PG 33 13 641 56 100 39 1 191 19.4 1.7 3.0 1.2 .0 5.8†SG 30 0 630 58 46 24 6 287 21.0 1.9 1.5 .8 .2 9.6SF 28 28 938 122 131 40 11 457 33.5 4.4 4.7 1.4 .4 16.3SG 23 0 175 37 29 8 3 51 7.6 1.6 1.3 .3 .1 2.2C 20 0 166 49 12 7 2 58 8.3 2.5 .6 .4 .1 2.9C 20 0 124 44 5 1 5 60 6.2 2.2 .3 .1 .3 3.0SG 9 0 138 14 13 8 0 50 15.3 1.6 1.4 .9 .0 5.6

References

1992–93 Dallas Mavericks season

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