June 22 1987 The NBA draft occurred. Dallas selected: Round Pick Player 1st 20 Jim Farmer 2nd 26 Steve Alford 3rd 66 Mike Richmond 4th 89 David Johnson 5th 112 Sam Hill 6th 135 Quintan Gates 7th 158 Gerald White 2004 The expansion draft was held for the Charlotte Bobcats and they did not select any of the 4 players (Tariq Abdul-Wahad, Tony Delk, Danny Fortson, and Antoine Walker) Dallas left off their protected list. 2009 Sacramento named Mario Elie as an assistant coach. Elie had been a Dallas assistant for the previous 2 years. 2015 Raymond Felton elected not to opt-out of his contract and, thus, remained signed through 15-16.