Last Updated on February 8, 2026 by Mat Diekhake
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Here is the complete 2001–02 Dallas Mavericks roster and regular season player statistics:
2001–02 Dallas Mavericks Roster
| NO. | PLAYER NAME | POS | HT | WT | DATE OF BIRTH | COLLEGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donnell Harvey | PF | 6-8 | 220 | August 26, 1980 | Florida |
| 2 | Darrick Martin | PG | 5-11 | 170 | March 6, 1971 | UCLA |
| 2 | Johnny Newman | SF | 6-7 | 190 | November 28, 1963 | Richmond |
| 3 | Charlie Bell | SG | 6-3 | 200 | March 12, 1979 | Michigan State |
| 4 | Michael Finley | SF | 6-7 | 215 | March 6, 1973 | Wisconsin |
| 5 | Juwan Howard | PF | 6-9 | 240 | February 7, 1973 | Michigan |
| 5 | Avery Johnson | PG | 5-10 | 175 | March 25, 1965 | Cameron University, Southern University and A&M College |
| 6 | Danny Manning | PF | 6-10 | 230 | May 17, 1966 | Kansas |
| 7 | Adrian Griffin | SG | 6-5 | 217 | July 4, 1974 | Seton Hall |
| 9 | Tariq Abdul-Wahad | SG | 6-6 | 223 | November 3, 1974 | Michigan, San Jose State |
| 10 | Tim Hardaway | PG | 6-0 | 175 | September 1, 1966 | Texas-El Paso |
| 13 | Steve Nash | PG | 6-3 | 195 | February 7, 1974 | Santa Clara |
| 14 | Eduardo Nájera | PF | 6-8 | 240 | July 11, 1976 | Oklahoma |
| 16 | Wang Zhizhi | C | 7-0 | 255 | July 8, 1977 | N/A |
| 21 | Greg Buckner | SG | 6-4 | 210 | September 16, 1976 | Clemson |
| 31 | Nick Van Exel | SG | 6-1 | 170 | November 27, 1971 | Trinity Valley CC, Cincinnati |
| 41 | Dirk Nowitzki | C | 7-0 | 245 | June 19, 1978 | N/A |
| 42 | Evan Eschmeyer | C | 6-11 | 255 | May 30, 1975 | Northwestern |
| 44 | Shawn Bradley | C | 7-6 | 235 | March 22, 1972 | BYU |
| 45 | Raef LaFrentz | C | 6-11 | 240 | May 29, 1976 | Kansas |
Regular Season Per Game
| PLR | POS | AGE | GP | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | FGA | FGM | FG% | 3PA | 3PM | 3P% | FTA | FTM | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirk Nowitzki | C | 23 | 76 | 76 | 38.0 | 23.4 | 9.9 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 16.6 | 7.9 | .477 | 4.6 | 1.8 | .397 | 6.8 | 5.8 | .853 |
| Michael Finley | SF | 28 | 69 | 69 | 39.9 | 20.6 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 17.8 | 8.2 | .463 | 3.2 | 1.1 | .339 | 3.6 | 3.0 | .837 |
| Steve Nash | PG | 27 | 82 | 82 | 34.6 | 17.9 | 3.1 | 7.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 13.3 | 6.4 | .483 | 4.2 | 1.9 | .455 | 3.6 | 3.2 | .887 |
| Nick Van Exel | SG | 30 | 27 | 2 | 28.0 | 13.2 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 11.6 | 4.8 | .411 | 3.6 | 1.3 | .347 | 2.9 | 2.4 | .844 |
| Juwan Howard | PF | 28 | 53 | 44 | 31.3 | 12.9 | 7.4 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 11.0 | 5.1 | .462 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 3.6 | 2.7 | .754 |
| Raef LaFrentz | C | 25 | 27 | 25 | 29.1 | 10.8 | 7.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 9.7 | 4.2 | .437 | 3.5 | 1.1 | .305 | 1.7 | 1.3 | .761 |
| Tim Hardaway | PG | 35 | 54 | 2 | 23.6 | 9.6 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 9.1 | 3.3 | .362 | 5.2 | 1.8 | .341 | 1.4 | 1.2 | .833 |
| Adrian Griffin | SG | 27 | 58 | 34 | 23.8 | 7.2 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 6.2 | 3.1 | .499 | 0.9 | 0.3 | .296 | 0.8 | 0.7 | .837 |
| Eduardo Nájera | PF | 25 | 62 | 11 | 21.9 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 4.8 | 2.4 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 2.4 | 1.6 | .676 |
| Greg Buckner | SG | 25 | 44 | 16 | 20.1 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 4.5 | 2.4 | .525 | 0.4 | 0.1 | .313 | 1.3 | 0.9 | .690 |
| Wang Zhizhi | C | 24 | 55 | 0 | 10.9 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 2.0 | .440 | 2.1 | 0.9 | .414 | 1.0 | 0.8 | .737 |
| Johnny Newman | SF | 38 | 47 | 17 | 15.4 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 1.4 | .453 | 1.2 | 0.5 | .386 | 1.2 | 0.9 | .724 |
| Shawn Bradley | C | 29 | 53 | 16 | 14.3 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 1.5 | .479 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.2 | 1.1 | .922 |
| Danny Manning | PF | 35 | 41 | 10 | 13.5 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 1.7 | .477 | 0.2 | 0.0 | .143 | 0.8 | 0.5 | .667 |
| Evan Eschmeyer | C | 26 | 31 | 6 | 9.6 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.7 | .420 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 2.0 | 1.1 | .606 |
| Donnell Harvey | PF | 21 | 18 | 0 | 9.0 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.8 | .538 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.2 | 0.6 | .455 |
| Avery Johnson | PG | 36 | 17 | 0 | 8.9 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 1.2 | .429 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.7 | .706 |
| Darrick Martin | PG | 30 | 3 | 0 | 7.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.7 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.7 | 0.3 | .500 |
| Tariq Abdul-Wahad | SG | 27 | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | .000 |
| Charlie Bell | SG | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.0 | .000 |
| Team Totals | 82 | 82 | 242.4 | 105.2 | 42.5 | 22.1 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 12.1 | 20.1 | 7.6 | .462 | 20.1 | 7.6 | .378 | 24.3 | 19.6 | .806 |
Playoff Per Game
| PLR | POS | AGE | GP | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | FGA | FGM | FG% | 3PA | 3PM | 3P% | FTA | FTM | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirk Nowitzki | C | 23 | 8 | 8 | 44.6 | 28.4 | 13.1 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 20.5 | 9.1 | .445 | 3.5 | 2.0 | .571 | 9.3 | 8.1 | .878 |
| Michael Finley | SF | 28 | 8 | 8 | 46.6 | 24.6 | 6.3 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 18.5 | 8.6 | .466 | 4.6 | 1.8 | .378 | 6.3 | 5.6 | .900 |
| Steve Nash | PG | 27 | 8 | 8 | 40.4 | 19.5 | 4.0 | 8.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 14.8 | 6.4 | .432 | 5.6 | 2.5 | .444 | 4.4 | 4.3 | .971 |
| Raef LaFrentz | C | 25 | 8 | 8 | 30.6 | 11.3 | 7.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 9.8 | 4.9 | .500 | 2.3 | 0.8 | .333 | 1.4 | 0.8 | .545 |
| Nick Van Exel | SG | 30 | 8 | 1 | 33.0 | 11.1 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 12.6 | 4.6 | .366 | 4.3 | 0.9 | .206 | 1.5 | 1.0 | .667 |
| Adrian Griffin | SG | 27 | 4 | 1 | 14.3 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 2.5 | .588 | 0.5 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.0 | .000 |
| Eduardo Nájera | PF | 25 | 8 | 4 | 15.3 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 2.0 | .696 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.6 | .625 |
| Wang Zhizhi | C | 24 | 8 | 0 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.9 | .438 | 0.8 | 0.4 | .500 | 0.8 | 0.4 | .500 |
| Greg Buckner | SG | 25 | 7 | 0 | 15.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 1.7 | .480 | 0.1 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.6 | 0.4 | .750 |
| Johnny Newman | SF | 38 | 3 | 2 | 7.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.3 | .143 | 2.0 | 0.3 | .167 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 |
| Shawn Bradley | C | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 |
| Evan Eschmeyer | C | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.7 | 0.0 | .000 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 8 | 243.1 | 109.0 | 41.9 | 19.6 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 12.5 | 22.1 | 8.4 | .452 | 22.1 | 8.4 | .379 | 25.3 | 21.1 | .837 |
Regular Season Team Impact Spotlight
| Player Name | Role Tier | MPG | Usage Tier | PPG | RPG | APG | STK (SPG+BPG) | Impact Index* | Notes | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirk Nowitzki | Primary Creator/Scorer | 38.0 | Primary | 23.4 | 9.9 | 2.4 | 2.1 (1.1+1.0) | 19.9 | Team’s leading scorer & rebounder, capable 3‑point shooting for a big; All‑NBA caliber offense anchored Dallas’ attack. | NBA Third Team |
| Steve Nash | Primary Facilitator | 34.6 | Primary | 17.9 | 3.1 | 7.7 | 0.6 | 14.7 | Engine of the offense; orchestrated pace & spacing, improved scoring and playmaking. | AS |
| Michael Finley | Secondary Scorer / Swiss‑Army Wing | 39.9 | High | 20.6 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 14.7 | All‑Star wing who could create, defend and facilitate; offered veteran scoring punch. | AS |
| Juwan Howard | High‑Usage Big | 31.3 | Secondary | 12.9 | 7.4 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 11.5 | Perimeter capable big with solid rebounding and midrange offense; valuable after trade. | — |
| Raef LaFrentz | Stretch Big / Defensive Asset | 29.1 | Moderate | 10.8 | 7.4 | 1.1 | 3.1 (0.9+2.2) | 11.2 | Floor‑spacing center who affected shots with rim protection and rebounding. | — |
| Adrian Griffin | 3&D Wing | 23.8 | Role | 7.2 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 7.2 | A gritty defender with solid activity and positional versatility. | — |
| Tim Hardaway | Scoring Hand / Spot Playmaker | 23.6 | Role | 9.6 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 7.0 | Veteran playmaker bringing scoring bursts and penetration. | — |
| Greg Buckner | Defensive Role Guard | 20.1 | Role | 5.8 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 6.0 | Reliable off‑ball defender and glue scoring. | — |
| Eduardo Nájera | Energy Forward | 21.9 | Role | 6.5 | 5.5 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 6.0 | Hustle rebounder & defender providing physical play. | — |
| Nick Van Exel | Scoring Spark | 28.0 | Moderate | 13.2 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 10.6 | Provided offensive punch in limited appearances. | — |
| Wang Zhizhi | Stretch Big Reserve | 10.9 | Limited | 5.6 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 4.2 | Floor spacing from the center position. | — |
| Shawn Bradley | Rim‑Protecting Big | 14.3 | Limited | 4.1 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 4.4 | Shot‑altering presence with blocks and rebounds. | — |
| Danny Manning | Veteran Glue | 13.5 | Limited | 4.0 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 4.2 | Experience and spacing off bench. | — |
| Evan Eschmeyer | Defensive Center Backup | 9.6 | Limited | 2.0 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 3.0 | Big body on defense with rebounding focus. | — |
| Donnell Harvey | Young Forward Reserve | 9.0 | Limited | 2.1 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.7 | Spot minutes as developmental forward. | — |
| Avery Johnson | Veteran Play Distribution | 8.9 | Limited | 3.2 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 2.8 | Floor leadership and control. | — |
| Darrick Martin | Minimal Role | 7.3 | Minimal | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | Brief appearances, limited impact. | — |
| Tariq Abdul‑Wahad | Minimal Role | 6.0 | Minimal | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | Very limited minutes. | — |
| Charlie Bell | Minimal/Spot | 1.0 | Minimal | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | Token early‑season minutes. | — |
Playoff Team Impact Spotlight
| Player Name | Role Tier | MPG | Usage Tier | PPG | RPG | APG | STK (SPG+BPG) | Impact Index* | Notes | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirk Nowitzki | Primary Scoring Big / Go‑To | 44.6 | Primary | 28.4 | 13.1 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 23.3 | Team’s leading playoff scorer & rebounder, elevated production under postseason pressure; All‑around big man with inside/outside scoring and boards. Playoff stats show surge from regular season usage with elite rebounding. | — |
| Michael Finley | Secondary Scorer / Wing Leader | 46.6 | Primary | 24.6 | 6.3 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 17.6 | Veteran wing scoring with efficiency and activity; key role in the Mavs’ historic first playoff series win since the ’80s. Notable clutch performances vs Utah. | — |
| Steve Nash | Primary Facilitator | 40.4 | Primary | 19.5 | 4.0 | 8.8 | 0.5 | 16.4 | Floor general who led the team’s offense, creating for others at elite assist rates; critical catalyst for Dallas’ tempo and spacing. | — |
| Nick Van Exel | Secondary Shot Creator | 33.0 | Secondary | 11.1 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 9.5 | Scoring punchguard off the bench providing aggression and instant offense in limited role. | — |
| Raef LaFrentz | Defensive Stretch Big | 30.6 | Secondary | 11.3 | 7.6 | 0.6 | 3.1 (0.3+2.8) | 11.3 | Added size, rebounding and rim protection in the playoffs; floor spacing from big man with defensive activity. | — |
| Adrian Griffin | 3&D Wing Reserves | 14.3 | Role | 5.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 4.6 | Role player with opportunistic scoring and transition defense on limited minutes. | — |
| Greg Buckner | Defensive/Utility Guard | 15.0 | Role | 3.9 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 4.3 | Energetic on the defensive end with spot scoring bursts. | — |
| Eduardo Nájera | Energy Forward Reserve | 15.3 | Role | 4.6 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.4 | Provided depth minutes with hustle rebounding and defensive activity. | — |
| Wang Zhizhi | Floor Spacing Big Reserve | 5.5 | Role | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.0 | Limited playoff role offering some spacing in small minutes. | — |
| Johnny Newman | Veteran Spot Minutes | 7.3 | Minimal | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.8 | Occasional veteran scoring in brief appearances. | — |
| Shawn Bradley | Rim‑Protecting Big (Tiny Role) | 3.6 | Minimal | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | Defensive presence in very limited time. | — |
| Evan Eschmeyer | Center Reserve | 2.7 | Minimal | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | Little impact due to brief stint. | — |