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don mavericks game , april 4 , 2006 carter in trademark cowboy hat at a dallas donald j. `` joey '' carter , jr. . arkansas us don carter 150px 1933 founder of dallas mavericks & dallas sidekicks sarasota , florida linda carter don_carter . jpg don carter -lrb- businessman -rrb-
 donald j. carter investor , business leader
don carter -lrb- businessman -rrb-

donald j. carter , or don carter -lrb- born 1933 -rrb- is an american investor and businessman who was a founding owner of the dallas mavericks of the national basketball association -lrb- nba -rrb- and the dallas sidekicks of the major indoor soccer league -lrb- misl -rrb- .
now a minority partner in the mavericks , he has had a familiar courtside presence at its home games , always wearing a cowboy hat .
