October 9 1982 Released Clarence Kea. 1984 Signed rookie Sam Perkins to a 5 year contract. 1987 Signed rookie Steve Alford to a 2 year contract. 2001 Played 1st pre-season season game in the American Airlines Center. 2004 The NBA fined Mark Cuban $100,000 for his comments criticizing the rules limiting the training camp practices to just one scrimmage per day, maximum of 3 hours per day, and 2-a-days to just 5 days. 2004 In the annual Blue-White scrimmage (held at TCU), the game ended in a tie at 57-57. In an attempt to break the tie, 2 fans were selected from the crowd (each fan representing a different team) to shot 2 free throws, but both hit 1-2 FT. 4 more fans were selected to shot 1 free throw, but all 4 missed and "play" was stopped. Playing for the White team (loaded with the better players) was Calvin Booth, Erick Dampier, Marquis Daniels (DNP, sprained ankle), Michael Finley, Avery Johnson, Dirk Nowitzki (with 30 points including 12-18 FG), Jason Terry (with 7 assists), and Jerry Stackhouse (with 5 rebounds) and was coached by assistant Charlie Parker. The Blue Team consisted of Shawn Bradley, Dan Dickau, Devin Harris (with 10 points and 5 assists), Alan Henderson (with 16 points and 8 rebounds), Derek Hood, Josh Howard (with 19 points), and DJ Mbenga and was coached by assistant Larry Riley. The game swung back and forth with 1 point lead in the final minutes. Henderson got the ball in the paint and passed out to an open Harris in the right corner and he nailed the long jumper to give the Blue team a 55-54 lead with 30 seconds left. Stackhouse put up a short jumper that missed. Bradley hit 2 free throws with 9 seconds left. Nowitzki swished a 3-pointer to tie the game with 4.6 seconds left. The Blue team missed their last shot. 2005 In the annual Blue-White scrimmage, the White team consisted of Darrell Armstrong, Erick Dampier, Kaniel Dickens, Josh Howard, Pavel Podkolzin, Jerry Stackhouse (11 points), Erick Strickland (injured), Samo Udrih, and Keith Van Horn (14 points, 5-7 FG, 4 rebounds) and was coached by Joe Prunty. The Blue team consisted of Doug Christie, Marquis Daniels (13 points, 3 steals), DeSagana Diop, Devin Harris, Rawle Marshall, DJ Mbenga, Dirk Nowitzki (11 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists), Josh Powell, and Jason Terry (6 points, 2 assists) and was coached by Rolando Blackman. The Blue team led most of the ugly game (was up 36-29 after 3), but the White team came back in the 4th quarter and took the lead. Nowitzki was fouled attempting a 3 and the Blue team down by 5 with about 5 seconds left. He hit the 1st 2 and intentionally missed the 2nd and was able to grab the rebound and pass out to Terry behind the arc, but his 3 just missed and 2 White free throws with a fraction of a second left capped the scoring. The White team won 50-45. 2012 Played a preseason game in Barcelona, Spain vs BC Barcelona. Games Record: 5-3 (home: 1-0, road: 4-3) Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 1986 L Phoenix 97-105 -8 Aguirre 26 Donaldson 9 Nance 19 at Hopi Reservation, Kukotsmovi, Arizona Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2001 W @Philadelphia 96-87 +9 Nowitzki 16 Howard 10 MH/RB 21 Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2007 W San Antonio 88-67 +21 JHoward 18 DNowitzki 8 MG/MB/BB 14 Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2008 W @Chicago 110-102 +8 GGreen 18 DDiop 8 LD/AG/DW 14 Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2009 W @Washington 123-115 +8 SMarion 26 Humphries 7 CB/AJ 19 Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2010 L @Phoenix 90-98 -8 JBarea 13 CButler 7 GHill 16 at Palm Springs, California (outdoors at Indian Wells tennis center) Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2012 L @Barcelona 85-99 -14 CKaman 15 CKaman 10 PM/JCN 19 at Barcelona, Spain Preseason Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2013 W @Memphis 95-90 +5 DNowitzki 20 Dalembert 7 JLeuer 17