# Temporada 1996-97 de los Dallas Mavericks

La temporada 1996-97 fue la decimoséptima de los Dallas Mavericks en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 24 victorias y 58 derrotas, ocupando el undécimo puesto de la conferencia Oeste, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 9 | Samaki Walker | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Louisville |
| 2 | 34 | Shawn Harvey | Escolta | Estados Unidos | West Virginia State* |
| 2 | 56 | Darnell Robinson | Pívot | Estados Unidos | Arkansas |

## Temporada regular

División Medio Oeste :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Utah Jazz | 64 | 18 | .780 | – | 38–3 | 26–15 | 19–5 |
| x-Houston Rockets | 57 | 25 | .695 | 7 | 30–11 | 27–14 | 19–5 |
| x-Minnesota Timberwolves | 40 | 42 | .488 | 24 | 25–16 | 15–26 | 16–8 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 24 | 58 | .293 | 40 | 14–27 | 10–31 | 9–15 |
| Denver Nuggets | 21 | 61 | .256 | 43 | 12–29 | 9–32 | 7–17 |
| San Antonio Spurs | 20 | 62 | .244 | 44 | 12–29 | 8–33 | 8–16 |
| Vancouver Grizzlies | 14 | 68 | .171 | 50 | 8–33 | 6–35 | 6–18 |

## Estadísticas
### Temporada regular

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | Pos. | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Jim Jackson | 26 | SG | 46 | 46 | 36.4 | 5.7 | 12.8 | .442 | 1.0 | 3.0 | .331 | 3.2 | 4.1 | .787 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 15.5 |
| 2 | Jason Kidd | 23 | PG | 22 | 22 | 36.0 | 3.4 | 9.2 | .369 | 1.0 | 3.0 | .323 | 2.1 | 3.1 | .667 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 9.1 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 9.9 |
| 3 | Michael Finley | 23 | SF | 56 | 36 | 35.6 | 6.0 | 13.8 | .432 | 1.6 | 4.0 | .387 | 2.5 | 3.1 | .807 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 16.0 |
| 4 | A.C. Green | 33 | PF | 56 | 54 | 34.7 | 3.1 | 6.4 | .486 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .059 | 1.7 | 2.7 | .651 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 9.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 7.9 |
| 5 | Sasha Danilović | 26 | SG | 13 | 9 | 33.7 | 5.6 | 13.4 | .420 | 1.7 | 4.6 | .367 | 3.7 | 4.4 | .842 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 16.6 |
| 6 | Shawn Bradley | 24 | C | 33 | 32 | 32.1 | 6.3 | 13.6 | .461 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 2.1 | 3.2 | .642 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 8.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 14.6 |
| 7 | Robert Pack | 27 | PG | 20 | 11 | 29.9 | 4.0 | 11.0 | .361 | 0.5 | 1.9 | .237 | 3.1 | 3.7 | .849 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 6.4 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 11.5 |
| 8 | Khalid Reeves | 24 | PG | 13 | 12 | 29.5 | 3.3 | 8.5 | .387 | 0.5 | 2.7 | .200 | 0.7 | 0.9 | .750 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 7.8 |
| 9 | Derek Harper | 35 | PG | 75 | 29 | 29.5 | 4.0 | 9.0 | .444 | 0.8 | 2.3 | .341 | 1.3 | 1.7 | .742 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 10.0 |
| 10 | George McCloud | 29 | SF | 41 | 26 | 29.4 | 5.0 | 11.8 | .423 | 1.9 | 5.0 | .380 | 1.9 | 2.2 | .837 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 13.7 |
| 11 | Erick Strickland | 23 | SG | 28 | 15 | 27.1 | 3.6 | 9.1 | .398 | 1.0 | 3.3 | .304 | 2.3 | 2.9 | .813 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 10.6 |
| 12 | Chris Gatling | 29 | PF | 44 | 1 | 27.1 | 7.0 | 13.2 | .533 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .167 | 5.0 | 7.1 | .706 | 2.9 | 5.0 | 7.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 19.1 |
| 13 | Jamal Mashburn | 24 | SF | 37 | 21 | 26.4 | 3.8 | 10.2 | .372 | 1.1 | 3.5 | .321 | 1.9 | 3.0 | .649 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 10.6 |
| 14 | Sam Cassell | 27 | PG | 16 | 13 | 24.9 | 4.4 | 10.3 | .424 | 0.9 | 3.1 | .306 | 2.6 | 3.1 | .840 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 12.3 |
| 15 | Jamie Watson | 24 | SF | 10 | 6 | 21.1 | 2.0 | 4.7 | .426 | 0.3 | 0.9 | .333 | 0.2 | 0.4 | .500 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 4.5 |
| 16 | Eric Montross | 25 | C | 47 | 46 | 20.9 | 1.8 | 4.0 | .460 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.2 | 0.7 | .294 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 17 | Oliver Miller | 26 | C | 42 | 0 | 19.9 | 1.8 | 3.7 | .494 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.7 | 1.3 | .528 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
| 18 | Samaki Walker | 20 | PF | 43 | 12 | 14.0 | 1.9 | 4.3 | .444 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.1 | 1.7 | .649 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 5.0 |
| 19 | Loren Meyer | 24 | PF | 19 | 16 | 13.6 | 1.8 | 4.1 | .436 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .500 | 0.5 | 0.6 | .750 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 4.1 |
| 20 | Tony Dumas | 24 | SG | 18 | 0 | 12.6 | 1.5 | 4.3 | .351 | 0.2 | 1.3 | .125 | 0.8 | 1.3 | .652 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| 21 | Stacey King | 30 | C | 6 | 0 | 11.7 | 1.0 | 2.5 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.7 | .000 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| 22 | Martin Müürsepp | 22 | PF | 32 | 0 | 10.0 | 1.5 | 3.7 | .419 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .150 | 1.2 | 1.8 | .679 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 4.3 |
| 23 | Greg Dreiling | 34 | C | 40 | 3 | 9.7 | 0.9 | 1.9 | .459 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .407 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
| 24 | Ed O'Bannon | 24 | SF | 19 | 0 | 9.2 | 0.9 | 3.8 | .236 | 0.1 | 0.5 | .100 | 0.6 | 0.6 | .917 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.4 |
| 25 | Stevin Smith | 25 | SG | 8 | 0 | 7.5 | 0.8 | 2.3 | .333 | 0.1 | 0.8 | .167 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.8 |
| 26 | Jason Sasser | 23 | SF | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | .250 | 0.0 | 0.5 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| 27 | Fred Roberts | 36 | PF | 12 | 0 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 1.3 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.8 | 1.2 | .714 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.8 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Chris Gatling | All-Star |