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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 5:53 pm Post subject: Don Carter, owner who helped bring NBA to Dallas, dies at 84 |
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http://nba.nbcsports.com/2018/02/15/don-carter-owner-who-helped-bring-nba-to-dallas-dies-at-84/
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Don Carter, owner who helped bring NBA to Dallas, dies at 84
DALLAS (AP) — Don Carter, the owner who was instrumental in bringing the NBA to Dallas with the expansion Mavericks in 1980, has died. He was 84.
The Dallas County medical examiner says Carter died Wednesday night. The cause was not disclosed.
Carter co-founded the franchise with Norm Sonju, the club’s first president. Carter sold majority interest to Ross Perot Jr. in 1996 but kept a minority stake.
Current owner Mark Cuban bought the team in 2000. He said of Carter: “To say he will be missed does not do justice to just how important Mr. C has been to the Dallas Mavericks and the city of Dallas.”
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Cuban invited Carter to celebrate with the team on the court in Miami after the Mavericks won their only championship in 2011.
The Mavericks were a model franchise in the early days, quickly becoming a contender and reaching the Western Conference finals in 1988. |
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non-player zealot wrote: | RIP. Guy with the white cowboy hat. They incorporated it into their longtime first logo. |
I remember when the Mavs won the title that Cuban had Carter accept the LOB trophy because he was the original owner(and he knew how much Stern would hate handing it to him).
I thought that was a nice gesture. |
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