Dallas Mavericks

The Dallas Mavericks are an NBA team based in Dallas. The league awarded the franchise to Donald Carter on May 1, 1980; the team played at Reunion Arena until 2001 and has played at the American Airlines Center since it opened that year.^{Source [1]}

Ross Perot Jr. owned the team from 1996 to 2000, when Mark Cuban bought it for $285 million. Under Cuban the team reached the NBA Finals in 2006 and won its first championship in 2011, led by Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki.^{Source [1]Source [5]Source [6]}

In December 2023 the NBA approved the sale of a controlling stake, in a deal valued at about $3.5 billion, to the families of Miriam Adelson and Sivan and Patrick Dumont of Las Vegas Sands. Dumont is governor; Cuban kept about 27%, and the buyers can purchase up to 20% more of his shares within four years.^{Source [4]Source [3]Source [7]}

The team lost the 2024 NBA Finals to Boston. In February 2025 it traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis, dismissed general manager Nico Harrison that November, and in May 2026 named Masai Ujiri team president and alternate governor.^{Source [8]Source [9]}

Awarded to Donald Carter's group as an NBA expansion franchise on May 1, 1980. Mark Cuban bought the team from Ross Perot Jr. in January 2000 and it won the 2011 NBA championship. On December 27, 2023 the NBA approved the sale of the controlling interest to the Adelson and Dumont families, with Patrick Dumont as governor; Cuban kept a minority stake. The team reached the 2024 NBA Finals, traded Luka Doncic to the Lakers in February 2025 and hired Masai Ujiri as team president in May 2026.^{Source [1]Source [10]Source [4]Source [3]Source [7]Source [8]Source [9]}