October 4 1980 Finished 1980 preseason with a record of 3-4. 1980 Brought in Tom Buerwinkle to teach the big men. He would return to Chicago 2 weeks later. 1990 Signed Steve Alford to a 1 year contract. 1995 Signed Loren Meyer to a 3 year contract. 1996 Signed Fred Roberts to a 1 year contract. 1999 Signed Jason Sasser, Zendon Hamilton, Kevin Ollie, Anthony Miller, and Ben Davis to 1 year, non-guaranteed contracts. All would be released before the season started. 1999 Greg Buckner underwent arthroscopic surgery to remove loose cartilage. 2002 Greg Dreiling (developmental coach) underwent surgery to repair his torn left Achilles. 2004 Signed Derek Hood to a 1 year, non-guaranteed contract. Hood would be released before the regular season started. 2007 In the annual Blue-White scrimmage The White team defeated the Blue 48-46, with Jamal Sampson having the winning bucket with about 40 seconds left. The White Team consisted of Dirk Nowitzki (11 points), Jerry Stackhouse (10 points), Sampson (3 points, 6 rebounds), Jared Newson (2 points, 3 steals), Devin Harris (game high 15 points including 8-12 FT as he did drive to the basket a lot), JJ Barea (3 points), and Nick Fazekas (4 points, 7 rebounds). The Blue Team consisted of Brandon Bass (5 points, 9 rebounds), Josh Howard (8 points including 2-13 FG), DeSagana Diop (3 points, 9 rebounds), Jason Terry (14 points), Eddie Jones (7 points), Maurice Ager (5 points), and Darvin Ham (4 points). Stackhouse had the shot of the night when he nailed a 3/4 court shot at the halftime buzzer. Erick Dampier, DJ Mbenga, Devean George, and Trenton Hassell did not play. 2010 In annual Blue-White scrimmage with 4 7-minute quarters, the Blue Team defeated the White Team 47-38. Caron Butler was the high scorer for the Blue Team with 11 points and Jason Kidd was the high scorer for the White Team with 10 points. The Blue Team consisted of J.J. Barea, Butler, Adam Haluska, Brendan Haywood, Steve Novak, Dirk Nowitzki, DeShawn Stevenson, and Jason Terry. The White Team consisted of Dee Brown, Brian Cardinal, Tyson Chandler, Dominique Jones, Kidd, Ian Mahinmi, and Shawn Marion. Roddy Beaubois (broken foot) and Alexis Ajinca (strained right hamstring) did not play. 2013 In the team's annual Blue-White scrimmage, the Blue team defeated the White team 31-15 in a 20 minute scrimmage. The Blue team consisted of Vince Carter, Shawn Marion, Samuel Dalembert, Wayne Ellington, Bernard James, Renaldo Balkman, Wayne Ellington, Mickey McConnell, and Fab Melo. The White team consisted of Dirk Nowitzki, Brandan Wright, Jae Crowder, Monta Ellis, DeJuan Blair, Gal Mekel, D.J. Kennedy, and Devin Ebanks. Jose Calderon (strained left hamstring), Shane Larkin (fractured right ankle), and Devin Harris (left foot surgery) did not play. 2014 In the team's annual Blue-White scrimmage, the Blue team defeated the White team 40-37 in a 20 minute scrimmage (really 40-34, but they cheated to make the last seconds more exciting as Villanueva's 3-pointer with about 4 seconds left occurred after the ref had (correctly) ruled Villanueva had stepped out of bounds). The Blue team consisted of Ricky Ledo, Raymond Felton, Greg Smith, Al-Farouq Aminu, Jae Crowder, Devin Harris, Eric Griffin, and Brandan Wright. The White team consisted of Charlie Villanueva, Bernard James, Tyson Chandler, Doron Lamb, Monta Ellis, Jameer Nelson, Richard Jefferson, Chandler Parsons, and Dirk Nowitzki. Ivan Johnson (minor injury) and Gal Mekel (Jewish holiday) did not play. Games Record: 1-1 (home: 0-1, road: 1-0) Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1980 W Utah 95-77 +18 Hassett 20 Whitehead 10 Dantley 22 at Pocatello, Idaho Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1985 L Denver 117-126 -8 Harper 21 Ellis 6 Lever 26 at SMU