When it came to building the Mavericks, multi-tasking was mandatory for Norm Sonju

This is the second of a five-part series chronicling the Dallas Mavericks’ 1980-81 season, their first in the NBA. Sunday: Rick Sund.
 
When it came to building the Dallas Mavericks brick by brick from the ground up, one of the team’s co-founders, Norm Sonju, was the ultimate multi-tasker.
Back in the late 1970’s and early in 1980 when the foundation was being laid to help make the Mavs become the NBA’s 23rd franchise, it was as if Sonju was in 10 places at the same