The 1991–92 Dallas Mavericks season was the 12th season for the Dallas Mavericks in the National Basketball Association.
Season summary
Off-season The Mavericks received the sixth overall pick in the 1991 NBA draft, and selected power forward Doug Smith from the University of Missouri. During the off-season, the team signed free agent Terry Davis. Prior to the start of the regular season, Roy Tarpley was banned from the NBA for violating the league's substance abuse policy for a third time.
Regular season With the addition of Smith and Davis, the Mavericks got off to a 12–15 start to the season, but then struggled posting an 11-game losing streak afterwards, as Fat Lever only played just 31 games due to injury. The team posted an eight-game losing streak between January and February, and held a 13–34 record at the All-Star break. At mid-season, the team signed undrafted rookie shooting guard Tracy Moore, and then traded James Donaldson to the New York Knicks in exchange for Brian Quinnett. The Mavericks suffered a 15-game losing streak in March, and finished in fifth place in the Midwest Division with a 22–60 record.
Rolando Blackman led the Mavericks in scoring with 18.3 points per game, while Derek Harper averaged 17.7 points, 5.7 assists and 1.6 steals per game, and Herb Williams provided the team with 11.5 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game. In addition, Lever contributed 11.2 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game, while Davis provided with 10.2 points and 9.9 rebounds per game, and rookie point guard, and second-round draft pick Mike Iuzzolino contributed 9.3 points and 3.7 assists per game. Meanwhile, Rodney McCray averaged 9.0 points and 6.2 rebounds per game, Smith provided with 8.8 points and 5.1 rebounds per game, Moore contributed 8.5 points per game in 42 games, rookie center, and second-round draft pick Donald Hodge averaged 8.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, and Randy White provided with 6.4 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.
The Mavericks finished twelfth in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 634,380 at the Reunion Arena during the regular season.
Aftermath Following the season, Blackman was traded to the New York Knicks on draft day, while Williams signed as a free agent with the Knicks, McCray was traded to the Chicago Bulls in a three-team trade, Quinnett was released to free agency, and Brad Davis, the last of the original Mavericks, retired. This was also the final season in which the Mavericks sported green primary road uniforms.
Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 6 Doug Smith PF Missouri 2 33 Donald Hodge C Temple 2 35 Mike Iuzzolino PG St. Francis (PA)
Roster
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
Regular season PlayerPF76 32 1,707 391 129 62 34 671 22.5 5.1 1.7 .8 .4 8.8SG 75 74 2,527 239 204 50 22 1,374 33.7 3.2 2.7 .7 .3 18.3SF 75 48 2,106 468 219 48 30 677 28.1 6.2 2.9 .6 .4 9.0C 75 26 2,040 454 94 35 98 859 27.2 6.1 1.3 .5 1.3 11.5PF 68 67 2,149 672 57 26 29 693 31.6 9.9 .8 .4 .4 10.2PG 65 64 2,252 170 373 101 17 1,152 34.6 2.6 5.7 1.6 .3 17.7PF 65 12 1,021 236 31 31 22 418 15.7 3.6 .5 .5 .3 6.4PG 52 21 1,280 98 194 33 1 486 24.6 1.9 3.7 .6 .0 9.3PF 51 27 1,058 275 39 25 23 426 20.7 5.4 .8 .5 .5 8.4†C 44 32 994 270 31 8 44 273 22.6 6.1 .7 .2 1.0 6.2SF 42 2 782 82 48 32 4 355 18.6 2.0 1.1 .8 .1 8.5PG 33 0 429 33 66 11 3 92 13.0 1.0 2.0 .3 .1 2.8SG 31 5 884 161 107 46 12 347 28.5 5.2 3.5 1.5 .4 11.2SF 27 0 318 51 14 11 8 131 11.8 1.9 .5 .4 .3 4.9†SG 15 0 136 27 5 9 2 41 9.1 1.8 .3 .6 .1 2.7†SG 6 0 63 6 17 8 0 10 10.5 1.0 2.8 1.3 .0 1.7SF 1 0 9 0 2 0 0 2 9.0 .0 2.0 .0 .0 2.0
References
See also 1991-92 NBA season