Dallas 4th and the Dallas Mavericks!

Many do not know this (Mary Kay Tanner would), but for a brief while, the Dallas 4th Ward and the Dallas Mavericks shared some history.
When the franchise first started, Dick Motta (the new head coach) and his wife Jan and son moved into our ward. We were all so excited. We did not see him much but his wife Jan was very active and served in the Relief Society with Mary Kay and also in the Primary with me. (She also made the BEST Italian Cream Cake ever!!)
The team was terrible and the games hardly attended and so Jan would make sure any one who wanted tickets could have some free ones to many of the home games - of course NOT on Sunday!
During the time the Mottas were in our ward boundaries, we were "annexed" into what would become the Richardson First Ward.
Here it is, 31 years later, and the Dallas Mavericks - are CHAMPIONS. Of course, we were "annexed" back into the Dallas 4th Ward so we have been CHAMPIONS for MUCH longer!!