Table of Contents
Preface vii
Foreword Mark Cuban viii
Introduction xi
Section I The Original Glory Days (1978 to June 4, 1988)
Chapter 1 Birth of a Franchise 2
Chapter 2 The Expansion Season 19
Chapter 3 Mavs Take Off 36
Chapter 4 Moody Madness 45
Chapter 5 A Bump in the Road 56
Chapter 6 All-Star Success 61
Chapter 7 The Wreck at the Hec 72
Chapter 8 Goodbye Motta, Hello Conference Finals 81
Section II The Gory Days (June 5, 1988 to December 4, 1997)
Chapter 9 From One Mess to Another 91
Chapter 10 The Last Gasp 100
Chapter 11 Going for Broke 106
Chapter 12 The Mav-Wrecks 109
Chapter 13 Motta Returns, Kidd Arrives 121
Chapter 14 The Three Js 129
Chapter 15 Anyone Can Have a Bad Decade, Right? 133
Section III The New Glory Days (February 7, 1997 to Present)
Chapter 16 Mavs Get Their Man: Nelson 141
Chapter 17 Dirk and Steve to the Rescue 150
Chapter 18 The Saga of Leon Smith 159
Chapter 19 Mark Cuban-The NBA's New "Maverick" 163
Chapter 20 Hair Color Aside, Mavs Looking Better 175
Chapter 21 Big-Time Big Three 181
Chapter 22 New-Look Mavs 190
Chapter 23 A Run to Remember 198
Chapter 24 Redemption 210