Mark Cuban has all the time been one of many NBA’s most outspoken and hands-on house owners, however even he admits not every little thing has gone the best way he anticipated in terms of the Dallas Mavericks.
Cuban bought 73 % of the staff to the Adelson household in 2023, a transfer that shifted management of the franchise after greater than twenty years below his watch.
Whereas he nonetheless maintains a task within the group, the longtime proprietor admitted that he would have dealt with the method in a different way.
“I don’t remorse promoting the staff, I remorse how I did it,” Cuban not too long ago revealed on the DLLS Podcast. “Would I nonetheless promote the staff? Sure, for all the explanations that I’ve stated 100 instances. Would I do it the identical means? Completely not. I’d’ve put it out to bid, however I didn’t so it doesn’t matter. I obtained alongside nice with them, they gave me their man of the yr award.”
Regardless that Cuban nonetheless has a seat on the desk, he admitted the phrases of the deal restricted his skill to stay immediately concerned with the gamers and day-to-day operations.
“The contractual phrases didn’t end up the best way, the contract didn’t result in what I anticipated to occur,” Cuban stated.
That admission alerts simply how a lot issues have modified in Dallas. The Mavericks now enter their first full season with out Luka Doncic, who was traded for Anthony Davis.
New primary general choose Cooper Flagg joins Davis in main a franchise that appears very completely different from the one Cuban constructed his fame on.
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