2016–17 Dallas Mavericks season
NBA professional basketball team season
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The 2016–17 Dallas Mavericks season was the 37th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). For the first time since 2013, the Mavs did not qualify for the playoffs. This was their first losing season since 2000.
| 2016–17 Dallas Mavericks season | |
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| Head coach | Rick Carlisle |
| President | Donnie Nelson |
| General manager | Donnie Nelson |
| Owner | Mark Cuban |
| Arena | American Airlines Center |
| Results | |
| Record | 33–49 (.402) |
| Place | Division: 5th (Southwest) Conference: 11th (Western) |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball Reference | |
| Local media | |
| Television | |
| Radio | KESN |
Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School |
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| 2 | 46 | A. J. Hammons | C |  United States |
Purdue |
Roster
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Head coach
Assistant(s)
Legend
Roster |
Standings
Division
| Southwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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| y – San Antonio Spurs | 61 | 21 | .744 | – | 31–10 | 30–11 | 11–5 | 82 |
| x – Houston Rockets | 55 | 27 | .671 | 6.0 | 30–11 | 25–16 | 10–6 | 82 |
| x – Memphis Grizzlies | 43 | 39 | .524 | 18.0 | 24–17 | 19–22 | 8–8 | 82 |
| e – New Orleans Pelicans | 34 | 48 | .415 | 27.0 | 21–20 | 13–28 | 6–10 | 82 |
| e – Dallas Mavericks | 33 | 49 | .402 | 28.0 | 21–20 | 12–29 | 5–11 | 82 |
Conference
| Western Conference | ||||||
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| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z – Golden State Warriors * | 67 | 15 | .817 | – | 82 |
| 2 | y – San Antonio Spurs * | 61 | 21 | .744 | 6.0 | 82 |
| 3 | x – Houston Rockets | 55 | 27 | .671 | 12.0 | 82 |
| 4 | x – Los Angeles Clippers | 51 | 31 | .622 | 16.0 | 82 |
| 5 | y – Utah Jazz * | 51 | 31 | .622 | 16.0 | 82 |
| 6 | x – Oklahoma City Thunder | 47 | 35 | .573 | 20.0 | 82 |
| 7 | x – Memphis Grizzlies | 43 | 39 | .524 | 24.0 | 82 |
| 8 | x – Portland Trail Blazers | 41 | 41 | .500 | 26.0 | 82 |
| 9 | e – Denver Nuggets | 40 | 42 | .488 | 27.0 | 82 |
| 10 | e – New Orleans Pelicans | 34 | 48 | .415 | 33.0 | 82 |
| 11 | e – Dallas Mavericks | 33 | 49 | .402 | 34.0 | 82 |
| 12 | e – Sacramento Kings | 32 | 50 | .390 | 35.0 | 82 |
| 13 | e – Minnesota Timberwolves | 31 | 51 | .378 | 36.0 | 82 |
| 14 | e – Los Angeles Lakers | 26 | 56 | .317 | 41.0 | 82 |
| 15 | e – Phoenix Suns | 24 | 58 | .293 | 43.0 | 82 |
Game log
Pre-season
Regular season
| 2016–17 game log Total: 33–49 (Home: 21–20; Road: 12–29) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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October: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
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November
: 3–11 (home: 2–4; road: 1–7)
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December
: 7–10 (home: 4–4; road: 3–6)
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January
: 8–6 (home: 5–3; road: 3–3)
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February
: 6–5 (home: 5–2; road: 1–3)
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March
: 7–9 (home: 5–4; road: 2–5)
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April
: 2–5 (home: 0–2; road: 2–3)
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Player statistics
Regular season
| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Dorian Finney-Smith | PF | 81 | 35 | 1,642 | 222 | 67 | 52 | 25 | 350 | 20.3 | 2.7 | .8 | .6 | .3 | 4.3 |
| Harrison Barnes | PF | 79 | 79 | 2,803 | 394 | 116 | 65 | 15 | 1,518 | 35.5 | 5.0 | 1.5 | .8 | .2 | 19.2 |
| Dwight Powell | C | 77 | 3 | 1,333 | 306 | 49 | 61 | 39 | 516 | 17.3 | 4.0 | .6 | .8 | .5 | 6.7 |
| Wesley Matthews | SG | 73 | 73 | 2,495 | 259 | 210 | 77 | 15 | 986 | 34.2 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 1.1 | .2 | 13.5 |
| Salah Mejri | C | 73 | 11 | 905 | 308 | 14 | 32 | 61 | 213 | 12.4 | 4.2 | .2 | .4 | .8 | 2.9 |
| Seth Curry | PG | 70 | 42 | 2,029 | 179 | 189 | 79 | 7 | 898 | 29.0 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.1 | .1 | 12.8 |
| Devin Harris | PG | 65 | 0 | 1,087 | 127 | 136 | 43 | 7 | 437 | 16.7 | 2.0 | 2.1 | .7 | .1 | 6.7 |
| Dirk Nowitzki | PF | 54 | 54 | 1,424 | 353 | 82 | 30 | 38 | 769 | 26.4 | 6.5 | 1.5 | .6 | .7 | 14.2 |
| Nicolás Brussino | SG | 54 | 2 | 521 | 95 | 47 | 17 | 8 | 150 | 9.6 | 1.8 | .9 | .3 | .1 | 2.8 |
| Justin Anderson† | SF | 51 | 2 | 710 | 149 | 32 | 28 | 16 | 329 | 13.9 | 2.9 | .6 | .5 | .3 | 6.5 |
| Deron Williams† | PG | 40 | 40 | 1,171 | 102 | 274 | 25 | 2 | 522 | 29.3 | 2.6 | 6.9 | .6 | .1 | 13.1 |
| Yogi Ferrell† | PG | 36 | 29 | 1,046 | 99 | 155 | 40 | 7 | 408 | 29.1 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 1.1 | .2 | 11.3 |
| J. J. Barea | PG | 35 | 6 | 771 | 84 | 193 | 14 | 1 | 381 | 22.0 | 2.4 | 5.5 | .4 | .0 | 10.9 |
| Andrew Bogut† | C | 26 | 21 | 582 | 218 | 49 | 13 | 25 | 79 | 22.4 | 8.4 | 1.9 | .5 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Nerlens Noel† | C | 22 | 12 | 483 | 150 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 188 | 22.0 | 6.8 | .9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 8.5 |
| A. J. Hammons | C | 22 | 0 | 163 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 48 | 7.4 | 1.6 | .2 | .0 | .6 | 2.2 |
| Jonathan Gibson | PG | 17 | 0 | 231 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 106 | 13.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | .5 | .0 | 6.2 |
| Jarrod Uthoff | PF | 9 | 0 | 115 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 12.8 | 2.4 | 1.0 | .2 | .4 | 4.4 |
| Pierre Jackson | PG | 8 | 1 | 84 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 10.5 | 1.1 | 2.4 | .3 | .0 | 4.4 |
| Quincy Acy† | PF | 6 | 0 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8.0 | 1.3 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.2 |
| Quinn Cook† | PG | 5 | 0 | 77 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 15.4 | .6 | 2.4 | .2 | .0 | 5.4 |
| Manny Harris | SG | 4 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6.3 | 2.3 | .5 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |
| Ben Bentil | PF | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | .7 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
| DeAndre Liggins† | SG | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 | 7.0 | .0 | 2.0 | .0 | 8.0 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Mavericks only.
Transactions
Overview
| Players Added Via draft Via Trade Via free agency |
Players Lost Via trade Via free agency |
Trades
| July 7, 2016 | To Dallas Mavericks[1] Andrew Bogut Future second-round draft pick |
To Golden State Warriors[1] Future second-round draft pick |
| July 7, 2016 | To Dallas Mavericks[2] Rights to Stanko Barać |
To Indiana Pacers[2] Jeremy Evans Rights to Emir Preldžić |
| February 23, 2017 | To Dallas Mavericks[3] Nerlens Noel |
To Philadelphia 76ers[3] Andrew Bogut Justin Anderson Future first-round draft pick |
Free agents
Re-signed
| Player | Signed |
|---|---|
| Dirk Nowitzki[4] | Signed 2-year contract worth $50 million |
| Dwight Powell[5] | Signed 4-year contract worth $37 million |
| Deron Williams[6] | Signed 1-year contract worth $10 million |
Additions
| Player | Signed | Former Team |
|---|---|---|
| Quincy Acy[7] | Signed 2-year contract worth the veteran minimum | Sacramento Kings |
| Harrison Barnes[8] | Signed 4-year contract worth $94 million | Golden State Warriors |
| Ben Bentil[9] | Signed 10-day contract | Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
| Nicolás Brussino[10] | Signed 3-year contract |  Club Atlético Peñarol |
| Kyle Collinsworth[11] | Signed 2-year contract | Brigham Young Cougars |
| Quinn Cook[12] | Signed 10-day contract | Canton Charge |
| Jaleel Cousins[13] | South Florida Bulls | |
| Seth Curry[14] | Signed 2-year contract worth $6 million | Sacramento Kings |
| Yogi Ferrell[15] | Signed two 10-day contracts / 2-year deal worth $1.6 million | Long Island Nets |
| Dorian Finney-Smith[16] | Signed 3-year contract | Florida Gators |
| Jonathan Gibson[17] |  Qingdao DoubleStar Eagles | |
| Manny Harris[18] | Signed 10-day contract | Texas Legends |
| Keith Hornsby[19] | Louisiana State Tigers | |
| Pierre Jackson[20][21][22] | Signed in December and two 10-day contracts in January | Texas Legends |
| DeAndre Liggins[23] | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| Jarrod Uthoff[18] | Signed two 10-day contracts / 2-year deal worth $1.5 million | Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
| Jameel Warney[19] | Stony Brook Seawolves | |
| C. J. Williams[24] |  JDA Dijon Basket |
Subtractions
| Player | Reason Left | New Team |
|---|---|---|
| Quincy Acy[17] | Waived | Texas Legends |
| Ben Bentil[25] | 10-day contract expired | Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
| Kyle Collinsworth[26] | Waived | Texas Legends |
| Quinn Cook[27] | 10-day contract expired | Canton Charge |
| Jaleel Cousins[26] | Waived | Texas Legends |
| Raymond Felton[28] | Signed 1-year contract worth the veteran minimum | Los Angeles Clippers |
| Jonathan Gibson[20] | Waived | Anhui Wenyi |
| Manny Harris[29] | Waived | Texas Legends |
| Keith Hornsby[26] | Waived | Texas Legends |
| Pierre Jackson[30][31] | Waived in January and again after two 10-day contracts | Texas Legends |
| David Lee[32] | Signed 2-year contract worth $3.2 million | San Antonio Spurs |
| JaVale McGee[33] | Waived | Golden State Warriors |
| Zaza Pachulia[34] | Signed 1-year contract worth $2.9 million | Golden State Warriors |
| Chandler Parsons[35] | Signed 4-year contract worth $94 million | Memphis Grizzlies |
| Jameel Warney[36] | Waived | Texas Legends |
| C. J. Williams[26] | Waived | Texas Legends |
| Deron Williams[37] | Waived | Cleveland Cavaliers |
Awards
| Player | Award | Awarded |
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| Yogi Ferrell | Western Conference Rookie of the Month (February)[38] | March 3, 2017 |