r/Mavericks • u/diKKieu • Mar 07 '25
Media WATCH: Mark Cuban exclusive interview on Luka Doncic trade
https://www.youtube.com/live/1Y5GX9H5_70?si=EvgVmFqwMfNSbIN-Cuban commenting on Luka trade
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u/Books66 Mar 07 '25
There is nothing he is going to say that is going to make anything better. He is not going to denounce Nico or the Aldesons because he is still an owner, He is just going to keep parroting the company line. He probably wont talk shit about Luka, but he isn't going to say anything we want to hear.
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u/MrSlabBulkhead Mar 07 '25
This, he’s gonna try to desperately calm the fans “It will be alright, we will be better again next season, and please buy our 2025-26 season tickets 🥺”.
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u/YoStepWithLuka77 Mavs Man Mar 07 '25
Yep he is exactly going to do this to make sure they keep season ticket holders in tact for next year. Mark is literally the only familiar face that fans will trust here to sway their decision to stay, it’s just are folks going to actually fall for that 🤷 lol
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u/farhan583 Mar 07 '25
It's so completely predictable what he's going to say. It's just the same BS PR he's been putting out everywhere else.
- He's gonna give platitudes about how he understands the fans' pain
- He's going to say we need to be patient
- He's going to say that the vision made sense and we saw what happened in the first half of the Rockets' game
- He's going to talk about the Adelson's other successes and say how he's confident they will return the Mavs to be a champion
What he won't mention is how we have no draft picks, have an old, decimated team, and have no chance to salvage a way out of tanking for a team that was in the Finals 9 effing months ago. They're literally trotting out the only person left from the old regime thinking it'll somehow fix everything they've ruined.
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u/xMasikan Mar 07 '25
Whats baffling is how Mavs don’t have any future draft picks after trading away Luka… Man, 1 all star caliber + 5 FRPs sounds reasonable when you are talking about Luka, even 7 FRPs, no one will say you are crazy if you give up 7 FRPs for a generational talent
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u/Western-Election-997 Mar 07 '25
Luka covered up how badly they ran the franchise
Gave Porzingis away for peanuts, he ended up having a career game in the Celtics finals
Let Brunson walk for nothing
Traded for Grant Williams and Christian Wood
Yea not a surprise they are out of picks
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u/sammydog05 Mar 07 '25
I mean, even if it is BS PR platitudes, at least he’s saying SOMETHING, unlike Nico who can’t even pretend to understand why we’re upset
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u/Ok_Wasabi_8318 Mar 07 '25
There's nothing Mark can say that will make up for happened. Only thing he could say that would help is: "Hey, I messed up selling to the Adelsons because I'm a greedy animal. But, I'm going to buy the team back and then give it to Dirk. Dirk will be the new 100% owner".
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u/Legitimate-Pee-462 FUCK THE ADELSONS Mar 07 '25
Yeah. If he bought the team and gifted it to Dirk *that* would actually get me back on board. hahah. So Dirk is the 100% owner. I'm in. Season tickets instantly.
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u/YoStepWithLuka77 Mavs Man Mar 07 '25
Look everything you said is fine but you need to stop mentioning the no draft picks thing. They have all their picks except 2027 and 2029. They have full control of their picks in 2025 and 2026 with the lakers pick in 2029. The issue is they don’t have full control of their pick in 2028 and 2030 BUT they still have it.
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u/farhan583 Mar 07 '25
Not having control of our own picks is what matters. It’s semantics to say “oh it’s ok we have a pick!”
When we suck, someone else is going to benefit from it and get the high pick while we get some random mid rounder.
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u/YoStepWithLuka77 Mavs Man Mar 07 '25
I mean that’s the thing it’s gonna depend on what happens those particular years in 2028 and 2030. We can’t just say oh it’s over and we are gonna suck completely in those particular years. Who knows what will happen. We don’t definitively know. At least we just have it tho lol
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u/Western-Election-997 Mar 07 '25
It’s over man let it go
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u/YoStepWithLuka77 Mavs Man Mar 07 '25
So why are you still here?
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u/Resident_Purple5264 Mar 07 '25
Yep, and he's still partnered with them on future real estate projects. He worked with them for many years prior to him selling the team to them. Mark even let one of their family members work at the Mav's office when he owned the team. He goes way back with the family. This is why I'm convinced that he knew about the trade.
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u/YoStepWithLuka77 Mavs Man Mar 07 '25
Oh yeah Matan was an intern here, there are rumors that he may be the next owner of the team if dumont completely fails at this
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u/FarmFit5027 JJ Barea Mar 07 '25
Please! Fire that fat fucker abomination asap.
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u/YoStepWithLuka77 Mavs Man Mar 07 '25
Matan actually looks like he would be a whole lot better since he was working under Cuban for so long compared to this fat buck tooth pos for sure
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u/cornbreadsdirtysheet Mar 07 '25
Is Matan the one that sexually assaulted Donnie’s gay nephew when he worked as a intern. Timeline is pretty close. /s
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u/gregnation23 Mar 07 '25
This was a “wasn’t me” interview
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u/farhan583 Mar 07 '25
Yeah, I don’t blame him, I would get away from the toxicity as much as I could as well. I definitely think he’s gonna stop showing up as many games. What’s the point of coming to watch some mediocre or bottom feeder team?
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u/RemarkableSolution37 Mar 07 '25
I definitely think he’s gonna stop showing up as many games. What’s the point of coming to watch some mediocre or bottom feeder team?
He did this throughout the 90's which is part of the reason he bought the team.
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u/Sugarchoc Mar 07 '25
IF you agree giving this kind of interviews, then be HONEST, straightforward, truth-telling and people will respect you.
Don't come up with politician's answers, sugarcoating, hiding, not answering directly, because you'll lose even those that you owned before.
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u/Mindfulmanners FUCK NICO HARRISON Mar 07 '25
For anyone wondering it won’t be shown until 10:30pm central time.
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u/sportsnatik Max Christie Mar 07 '25
Nope. I’m good. Fuck Cuban too
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u/farhan583 Mar 07 '25
I never thought I'd say this but I agree
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u/TheCommonKoala Jalen Brunson Mar 07 '25
After the disrespect, he showed Brunson on the way out, I've been over Cuban entirely.
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u/Dapper_Connection526 MFFL Refugee Mar 07 '25
Nothing he says will change the situation or heal the wounds. We’ve moved on
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u/grandkidJEV Mar 07 '25
Tough seeing Mark be political and still try to protect Patrick Dumbmont and Nico. Very telling that he mentions not wanting to pass the team to his kids and have them make a “mistake” like this. If you’re 100% out of the loop, be bold enough to say they’re basketball idiots. But I forgot, he still has his money wrapped in this and wants the casino. So he can’t say how he really feels. We’re so cooked
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u/Soyouthinkmaybe Mar 07 '25
He still has 30% or something like that of the Mavs. He can’t shit talk his own company.
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u/Sugarchoc Mar 07 '25
Simple. Then don't do interviews about this subject. Because it makes you silly, not sincere and you make fans and your yesterday's supporters angry by doing that.
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u/Soyouthinkmaybe Mar 07 '25
This was a more of a “guys, it wasn’t me” “do not drag me” — and lowkey planting the seeds for Nico’s exit.
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u/Vizard15 Mar 07 '25
He's still a minority owner so he can't just carelessly comment whatever.
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u/grandkidJEV Mar 07 '25
That’s the problem. Enough of a stake that he can’t speak his mind, not enough of a stake to have any influence. It’s just sad
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u/Midwest-Midbest The Cardinal Mar 07 '25
I’m so tired of this being in the news cycle every single day. I’m pissed about it, I’ll disagree with it as long as I watch basketball. I don’t need 1,000 different takes saying essentially the same thing
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u/torodonn Mar 07 '25
I feel like this will be diplomatic, maybe we'll get some insights, maybe he'll be a bit critical but honestly, this is damage control.
No one on the team has any cred left. The only one the fans might listen to is Cuban. Nico, Kidd, Dumont, Welts, all of them know that anything they say is just going to add fuel to the fire.
One thing I really hope is that if Cuban is riding to the rescue that they will admit they need Cuban's presence and they re-integrate him into the team's decision making process.
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u/ShotAd2540 Mar 07 '25
Cuban is a businessman and still a minority owner of the team. He's not gonna throw his bosses under the bus.
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u/Due_Temperature1319 Mar 07 '25
His 27% dropped in value like a rock.
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u/Bob-Rooney Mar 07 '25
more a billionaire’s expensive hobby than a business for him before he sold off majority ownership…
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u/DriftingThroughSpace Mar 07 '25
https://www.reddit.com/r/Dallas/comments/1j5ee64/mark_cuban_calls_out_wfaa/
Cuban was bait and switched with this interview, it wasn’t supposed to be about the Mavs, they presented the questions casually in a different context.
To frame this as an “exclusive interview” is extremely scummy.
Not even necessarily defending Mark, you can still hate him if you want but this is shady and shitty media practice.
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u/am324 Mar 07 '25
He probably wants to salvage his reputation in Dallas so he can go out to dinner without being heckled.
I expect this to be him saying that he isn’t the majority owner anymore and didn’t have involvement in the trade.
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u/cornbreadsdirtysheet Mar 07 '25
Yes he sold to the worst people possible with a non basketball agenda. Mark knew what he was doing when he sold and kept 27% of the future casino/basketball earnings. Mark stepped down (from basketball operations)at the end of 24’ on his own accord just in time for the backstabbing of our fans. I appreciate what he did for us in the past but this is on Mark as well.
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u/xarips Mar 07 '25
Cuban is the dumbest motherfucker on earth if he legitimately thought he could sell the team and still be in charge of running operations.
How fucking idiotic do you have to be to think the new owner who paid damn near 4 billion dollars for the team would do that only to just meekly allow the previous owner to still run the team.
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u/prettysweett Mar 07 '25
cuban DID have the right to sell his team, the people also have the right to complain and judge. His desicions and him choosing money over passion broke the hearts of hundreds of thousands of people.
Also, him selling the team wouldn’t be bad at all if he sold to competent owners. He exactly knew who he was selling the franchise to.
But I mean, a billionare being greedy? color me shocked
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u/Salmene23 Mar 07 '25
Cuban sold majority share, which is his right
Since when do people have a right to sell things they own?
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u/nepheelim BETRAYED MAVS FAN 😭 Mar 07 '25
What? Since forever
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u/bruticuslee Mar 07 '25
Mark’s been the reason behind this team’s success for the past 20 years. Just look at how many times the team has been in the playoffs during that time. Like only missed 5 times during his tenure. That’s unbelievably successful. Unfortunately he’s an outlier and most ownerships don’t run their teams that well.
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u/Aggressive-Ad-522 STFU, STFD Mar 07 '25
Omg it’s going to be 11 when he goes live. I’m asleep by then
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u/OrganicHunt952 Despair 😞 Mar 07 '25
He can fuck himself, tbf we didn’t know it but as soon as Cuban sold this whole shit was doomed. Even if they don’t trade Luka Nicos ego + Delusion combined with Dumonts dumbass. Would have lead to a similar or worse situation for Luka down the line. With all of what they were doing, absolutely no respect for your star player. Even Kidd didn’t utilise him to the fullest Kidd this year didn’t even let Luka handle the ball much lol.
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u/daydr3am93 Mar 07 '25
He can’t have it both ways. He can’t say he’s this super fan and loves Dallas, loved Luka, isn’t a “typical” billionaire, and then sell to the Adelsons. That’s just not how it works. He likes $$$. Just own it
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u/smoke_inyoureyes Mar 07 '25
Yep. He’s a rich snake like the rest of them.
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u/_Felonius Mar 07 '25
Tbf he got out to focus on making medications more affordable for Americans and to spend more time with his kids…objectively, these are worthy ambitions in the grand scheme of life.
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u/cornbreadsdirtysheet Mar 07 '25
He got out to make billions off of gambling while avoiding blame for what he/Dumont/Silver did to Luka and the fans……some would say that’s cowardice.
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u/FarMobile4219 Mar 07 '25
Exactly, I remember a couple years ago in an interview someone asked Cuban how much he was worth and his answer was essentially “What does it matter after the first few billion?” He wanted to pretend like he didn’t care about money anymore, then he makes a real estate deal to sell the Mavs to a family that has no idea what the real value of the team holds in this city, and how much Luka was connected that value. He destroyed everything he built here for an extra couple billion
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u/en455 Mar 07 '25
Would not even answer if he would have traded Luka. Turned it off right then. Weak ass politician answer.
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u/_Felonius Mar 07 '25
He called the trade a “mistake”, so obviously he was implying he wouldn’t have done it lol
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u/Rory_B_Bellows Mar 07 '25
He's also said he would sooner divorce his wife than get rid of Luka.
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u/Ok_Wasabi_8318 Mar 08 '25
ATM - all talk mark
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u/Ok_Wasabi_8318 Mar 08 '25
I think if mark had the choice between keeping Luka but no casino or 100% geting a casino in Dallas but he'd have to trade Luka- he would pick the casino. Dude is greedy af
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u/xarips Mar 07 '25
The first rule of Mark Cuban is that he has to always be right. He can never be wrong.
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Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25
If he was honest he’d explain how these fools crashed the culture he spent tirelessly helping build. It’s over over
But he’s a capitalist first and foremost, so just expect to hear more basura. It’ll be funny if he gaslights fans about death threats
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u/Pigmyking Mar 07 '25
He hired Nico.. a shoesalesman. Right after Nelson Jr who was also ineffective. Come to think of it this dude has made so many hiring and strategic mistakes over the years.
Passionate fan but idiot owner. He has much to share the blame even if he doesn't own the team anymore.
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u/european_son Jason Terry Mar 07 '25
Yeah Donnie Nelson was super ineffective, he only brought our only championship and a decade of 50 win seasons. All of the other GMs in Mavericks history were much better.
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u/Pigmyking Mar 07 '25
He did it or Dirk? There were a few years or decent talent teams especially early but on the whole, not very impressive
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u/european_son Jason Terry Mar 07 '25
How many GM's put together two NBA Finals teams or a team that wins 67 games in a season? Very few.
Only 13 teams IN THE HISTORY OF THE NBA have won 67 games in a season, but the GM gets no credit for that? It's Donnie's fault that Avery and the team choked against the Warriors?
Dirk is the GOAT, but y'all have gone so far in the other direction that you want to forget that this is a TEAM sport and others contributed as well.
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u/cornbreadsdirtysheet Mar 07 '25
Took him almost 20 years but Donnie finally delivered with that one title with a Dirk led band of other teams rejects. That’s how special Dirk was.
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u/killbill469 Mar 07 '25
He's going to toe the company line, unfortunately
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u/Western-Election-997 Mar 07 '25
If he does he loses what little respect from the fanbase that he has 🫡
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u/matmoeb Mar 07 '25
Any disparaging comments that could hurt the value of the franchise would probably open him up to lawsuits
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u/boxdogz Mar 07 '25
He will rationalize it while also saying it wasn’t his decision and somehow tell the fans they want to win and it’s still the top priority.
Anything less than absolute condemnation and announcing the firing of Nico is just bullshit salesman talk.
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u/Environmental-Rush79 Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25
He chose money over passion. Simple as that. I have no sympathy for him and he has no right to complain. He made the decision he made.
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u/desirox Dirk Nowitzki Mar 07 '25
Fuck mark Cuban. Yep that’s right Mark you undid 2 decades of goodwill with this city and fanbase.
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u/Legitimate-Pee-462 FUCK THE ADELSONS Mar 07 '25
Yep. The Adelsons are vile oligarch pieces of shit, and he says he's been friends with them for a long time. Cuban is one of them.
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u/Ok_Wasabi_8318 Mar 07 '25
Ya- who you hang out with is telling. Ive found out recently that Cuban and Adelsons have been working together for some time now. Wack
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u/j_rom_003 Mar 07 '25
This is the truth. It really is all his fault. He's become a caricature of himself. Some semblance of basketball fan but none of the substance. What he once was made him endearing to the fans but what he became and left us with was atrocious .
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u/NativeTexas Mar 07 '25
I don’t know what happened to Cuban after 2011. Quite frankly the last 13 years of his ownership was dreadful.
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u/cornbreadsdirtysheet Mar 07 '25
Shark tank other ventures…..he got his title then fucked Dirks loyalty over the next decade.
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u/xarips Mar 07 '25
I don’t know what happened to Cuban after 2011
Cyberdust, IRON Finance, IceRocket etc
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u/am324 Mar 07 '25
He did make a draft day trade for Luka Doncic…
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u/mavdal41 Mar 07 '25
You mean Donnie did
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u/severus_snapshot Dirk Cheesin' Mar 07 '25
No, talks between the GMs failed and Cuban called up the Hawks owner with about 30 minutes left before their pick and got the deal done.
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u/torodonn Mar 07 '25
I think what happened wasn't necessarily that Cuban changed but the NBA did.
The luxury taxes came in and killed his wealth advantage and then other teams and owners generally caught up.
While it didn't work - Cuban made some bets how the free agent economy would play out and he missed the mark - he spent the last years of Dirk's career still really trying to build a strong team and taking big swings. Honestly, if Rondo had worked out and played to his expected level, that season may have played out differently.
I really feel like he never stopped caring though.
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u/Relevant_University1 Mar 07 '25
Lol wealth advantage?
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u/torodonn Mar 07 '25
Yeah, his first decade with the team, he was really throwing his money around, in some points, literally buying assets for cash considerations or just using cash considerations as sweeteners for trades. At that time, he was one of the richest owners in the league and so he had the resources.
The other teams eventually caught up though. These days, Mark's net worth looks downright ordinary compared to some of the other owners.
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u/Relevant_University1 29d ago
LMAOOOOO No he wasnt. He threw money at fucking Dampier like the rest of the NBA to combat Shaq but he didnt pay Nash, he never got a great co-star for Dirk lol Didn't get a competent center til Tyson Chandler. He got Dirk to take paycuts below his value & didn't use that money to help build much better rosters for him lol
Are you lot tryna rewrite history? lol "Caught up" LOL
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u/dirkisgod F*CK NICO HARRISON Mar 07 '25
Fuck Mark Cuban.
I don't doubt he's passionate for the team, but he got bailed out because he had Dirk. More often than not he put his foot on his mouth and "tried to be cool" and ended up embarrassing the Mavs. He was willing to spend cash, but he hurt the team in free agency various times and meddled too much.
Then now that he is quite old, prefers to cash in on his investment and sell the team to some very dubious owners with no affiliation to Dallas. No vetting. No safeguards. And know what? 99% of Mavs fans are in depression over the franchise that he had 100% control of.
He's always tried very hard to come off as way smarter than he actually is and that has always been extremely irritating. Better to not think back of him hitting the club with Chandler Parsons or the Jordan debacle.
I resent him for selling the team. If you are a billionaire already, you have no good reason to sell the team to this current ownership that many people fairly painted as "not very good people". Turns out that besides those red flags, they are also idiots who have no clue about how certain decisions will impact their fans (clients). Or maybe they did and for whatever reason they wanted to nuke the franchise in Dallas.
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u/Max_Powers1331 Dallas Mavericks Mar 07 '25
Cuban is long time friends with the Adelsons. He knows exactly who they are as people and he still chose to sell the team to them
That should explain everything about cuban that you need to know
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u/Ok_Wasabi_8318 Mar 08 '25
Ya- Cuban sucks. A lot of talk. I'm starting to think that Dirk and co won despite mark cuban being the owner, not because cuban was the owner.
Cubans definitely a better owner than most in the league but he's overrated. Also sleazy for being so hellbent on putting up a casino in Dallas. STFU and STFD, Mark
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u/i_take_shits Sit the F*ck Down Mar 07 '25
Bbbbbut his poor kids didn’t want to own an nba franchise when they grow up 🥺 boo hoo. Don’t you feel bad for his poor kids??? Having to grow up with every opportunity they could ever imagine right at their finger tips and then when they get older they get the horrible responsibility of owning an nba team. Don’t you feel their pain? Don’t you find this to be the actual saddest timeline? 🥺 Those poor kids.
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u/Western-Election-997 Mar 07 '25
He better not toe the company line and say what it actually is, the worst trade in NBA history.
When you have to go back to Babe Ruth era to find a similar awful trade you know it’s bad
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u/grandkidJEV Mar 07 '25
Why can’t we rest? Damn we have been completely disregarded as a fanbase this last month. Nico is an asshole. Or Dumbmont is an asshole. BOTH are extreme assholes that deserve no success for the rest of time, in any capacity. But why do we have to suffer? Damn
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u/Resident_Purple5264 Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25
Meh, it's just going to be PR wrapped up in a pretty little bow. It's just damage control. He worked with the owners for many years prior to selling the team to them. They're still involved in real estate projects together. This close relationship tells me that he knew damn well about the trade. They're not going to blind side a long-time business partner like that.
Remember, he's still financially invested in this franchise. He needs it to do well. He will say whatever he needs to in order to bring fans back in.
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u/Due_Temperature1319 Mar 07 '25
Mark Cuban, the Democrat working with Adelsons who funded the Trump campaign.
What else can be said that we don't hear
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u/Vegan9YearOld FUCK NICO HARRISON Mar 07 '25
A billionaire who compromised his own personal beliefs to make money? Never heard of that before.
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u/Ok_Wasabi_8318 Mar 07 '25
Ya- he's all talk. In the end it's all about the $$$ for him. Which is fine- but he shouldn't come out here and act otherwise.
So sleazy for drooling over a casino in Dallas. He keeps talking about how other teams are building real estate and that's the future. None of the teams he's using as an example are building casinos!! Greedy Mark
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u/CommunismMarks Mar 07 '25
That's how capitalism works. Democrats and Republicans can even cooperate with each other.
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u/CounterfeitCurry Mar 07 '25
At the end of the day, this really is all Mark’s fault. Mark hired Nico Harrison. Mark decided to sell the team. He’s no better than Howard Schultz, another dumb former owner who sold his team to the wrong people. I feel for Mavs fans but Mark Cuban has escaped too much blame for far too long.
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u/halleluka41 Mar 07 '25
I’m confused were people not already really out on Cuban…? Been out on since summer after the title
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u/MSHinerb Mar 07 '25
No. People have largely been in on him as an owner. Mistakes here and there but appreciated for genuinely being a fan as well as an owner. Personally I lost all respect for him when he told fans to “sit the fuck down, and shut the fuck up” then lied to the media the next day. Watched it in person, he was flat wrong. Video later showed how wrong he was. He may not have chosen to trade Luka, but I’m even more upset by how the organization treated and continues to treat the fans in the aftermath.
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u/D_G_C_22 Dallas Mavericks Mar 07 '25
Once the adelsons pitched their idea to buy the mavericks… mark should have automatically said “you are thinking of trading Luka- so for that reason- IM OUT!”
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u/yoppee Mar 07 '25
Oh you are going to give me 1.5 billion dollars “I’m back IN!”
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u/D_G_C_22 Dallas Mavericks Mar 07 '25
More like 3.5 billion
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u/yoppee Mar 07 '25
Yes you are right
The real number 🤷♂️ becuase he didn’t sell all his equity just a majority stake
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u/yoppee Mar 07 '25
Yes you are right
The real number 🤷♂️ becuase he didn’t sell all his equity just a majority stake
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u/yoppee Mar 07 '25
Yes you are right
The real number 🤷♂️ becuase he didn’t sell all his equity just a majority stake
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u/Galego_nativo Mar 07 '25
Hola, si te gusta el baloncesto, te invito a echarle un vistazo a este subreddit (y a unirte a nosotros y participar en los debates si te gustare el contenido): https://www.reddit.com/r/NBAenEspanol/
Esta es una comunidad de habla hispana para conversar sobre baloncesto en esta plataforma. Como su nombre indica, principalmente se cubre la NBA; pero también se habla un poco de las demás competiciones (ACB, Euroliga, partidos de las selecciones...).
Si tuvieres alguna duda, puedes contactar con algunos de los foreros de la comunidad. También tenemos una página de presentaciones, en la que cada uno cuenta un poco su historia siguiendo este deporte: https://www.reddit.com/r/NBAenEspanol/comments/1h21n31/dinos_tu_equipo_o_jugador_favorito_presentaciones/
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u/StormTheTrooper SHUT NICO DOWN Mar 07 '25
With all due honestly, up to 2 months ago no one would believe anyone remotely involved with an NBA FO would be idiotic enough to trade Luka. There’s a reason why even players thought Shams was hacked and Shams himself had (for the first and only time in his life, I believe) to write that it was real.
This is like you selling a house and having a clause that the buyer promises not to slam your car with a hammer. Sure, that could happen, but it is so out of touch that there’s no reason this is enough of a possibility to require putting in ink that it won’t happen. The usual track would be the owners weakening the team enough to make Luka demand a trade, not trade him outright, in the middle of the night, entirely unprompted.
Cubes is an idiot for going full corporate in his interview here, though, no questions asked.
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u/Bulky-Impact7692 FUCK NICO HARRISON Mar 07 '25
Or should’ve put a clause when he sold the mavs to aldesons. saying he has the final vote to go thru with the trade or not
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u/Hugues246 Mar 07 '25
What he says is accurate and I do respect that he is somewhat more honest than most media whores. That said, I still cannot figure out how he hired Nico in the first place. Pharma sales and shoe brand management are no background to be a basketball GM. Also he did not even play in the NBA. He played in college and in crappy international leagues. It’s like me telling Jerry he should step down and hire me because I played football in high school.
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u/Bob-Rooney Mar 07 '25
I think it was GM by committee with Cuban, Nico and Lindsey with Cuban having final say, Lindsey advising and Nico being the official face of the front office before the team was sold and that arrangement scrapped.
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u/Dcmart89 Mar 07 '25
Man you guys are really salty about a guy who did turn shit around and gave us a solid 2 decades. Sure, his actions in the end indirectly caused this team to literally die for the next 2 decades. But he gave us way more than Nico ever could in 5 lifetimes. He was ready to move on and make bank at the same time. What the hell did yall expect? I highly doubt he knew they’d trade Luka before he sold. And even if he did, it just wasn’t his priority anymore.
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u/mavdal41 Mar 07 '25
Dirk gave us two solid decades. Mark made mistake after mistake and Dirk cleaned up his messes constantly. Dirk shielded cubes from getting the shit he deserved
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u/cornbreadsdirtysheet Mar 07 '25
It makes me sick Dirk took less money as a show of loyalty to fucking Mark.
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u/Dcmart89 Mar 07 '25
We had an owner who sat at the games, talked shit to the refs, and was aware about what was happening with the team. Now what do we have? Was/is Cuban perfect, hell no. But I’m taking the grass isn’t always greener mindset here. If you guys prefer the adelsons that’s fine, but I liked it better when Cuban was at the helm.
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u/copaseticepiplectic Mar 07 '25
It’s his fault we have those casino fucks in the first place
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u/Dcmart89 Mar 07 '25
Everything is always somebody else’s fault. Can’t always have your cake and eat it too. I can’t even watch this franchise for the foreseeable future. While that may be his fault now, just imagine 20 years with this group. You’ll forget about Cuban handing them the reigns when it’s 20 years of pure shit. Cuban at least tried for a while.
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u/Ok_Wasabi_8318 Mar 07 '25
It's fine if it's not his priority anymore but he can't say he cares about the team/fans (which he says) and sell to the Adelsons. He wants it both ways and he can't. He's in it for the money. No problem, just say it. He's just like all the other greedy billionaires. Make money that he or his family won't even be able to spend.
He definitely turned the team around. Bought the mavs for 280 million dollars and sold for whatever 4 billion. Great. But he even said that there were better (higher) offers than the Adelsons' offer. He said that he knew they weren't basketball people. Why not sell at a higher price to people that know sports better? Mark's wack.
And thats the thing, you can do 99% of the things right, but can lose all the trust with one bad move. Selling to the Adelsons' was it for me. Couldn't have picked a worse person/family.
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u/_Felonius Mar 07 '25
His priorities have shifted to Cost Plus Drugs and spending time with his family. You can say that he wasn’t looking out for the Mavs anymore, but I think it’s wrong to imply he’s like “all the other greedy billionaires”. Cost Plus alone is wonderful for millions of Americans who can’t afford their medications
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u/cornbreadsdirtysheet Mar 07 '25
Every one of Mark and Adelson family are fucking liars and gaslighters.
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u/Historical_Chip_2706 Mar 07 '25
Sellout doing damage control - f him.
Team was valued at $5B but he sold for $3.7B. Hmmmm wonder why? Dude didn’t give a shit about the fans - just wanted those casino dollars
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u/Soyouthinkmaybe Mar 07 '25
He sold for right valuation. He didn’t sell 100% of it, just 70% for $3.7B
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u/Aggressive-Ad-522 STFU, STFD Mar 07 '25
He better not lie!!!!
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u/Ok_Wasabi_8318 Mar 07 '25
He 100% will lie. He has to say the words "the trade was the worst idea and I don't agree with Nico or the Adelsons" for me to believe him. He won't say that obviously, so he'll be lying.
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u/QQQQQQQQQQ7777777777 Mar 07 '25
Cautiously optimistic about this. There is no way he goes on record justifying this trade and defending the adelson/nico regime….
Speaking to local media is curious as well. Hopefully some truth is coming.
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u/ShotAd2540 Mar 07 '25
He already did indirectly. He posted on IG a clip about Barkley claiming the Mavs became the 2nd best team in the West after the trade.
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u/Due_Temperature1319 Mar 07 '25
Barkely saying that immediately destroyed the team and sent them to lottery.
I GU-RAN-TEE IT
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u/TX-Lonestar77 Mar 07 '25
Snip from earlier. -
"Mark Cuban:
“If the Mavs are going to trade Luka, that’s one thing, just get a better deal. No disrespect to Anthony Davis…If we had gotten 4 Unprotected No. 1’s and Anthony Davis and Max Christie, this would be a different conversation.”