DALLAS (July 25, 2006) — The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have promoted Rolando Blackman to director of basketball development.
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“We are excited to promote Rolando to director of basketball development,” said Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban. “Ro’s coaching, mentoring and community skills make him uniquely qualified to help lead the Mavericks into the future.”
Blackman spent last season as an assistant coach on Avery Johnson’s staff after serving five seasons as a player development coach and two seasons as the program’s director.
Blackman is one of just two Mavericks to have his number retired. He played 13 years in the NBA – 11 with Dallas and two with the New York Knicks. He was originally drafted by the Mavericks in the first round (9th overall) of the 1981 NBA Draft.
The four-time All-Star played with the Mavericks from 1981-92 and is the team’s all-time leading scorer with 16,643 points. Overall, he appears in the top 10 in 18 different statistical categories in Mavericks history. He holds Mavericks records in field goals (6,487) and field goals attempts (13,061), free throws made and attempted (3,501-4,166) and starts (781). He owns a total of 27 Dallas regular season, playoff and rookie records.
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