Mark Cuban says that the NBA’s pettiness is the rationale he doesn’t attend Dallas’ street video games anymore.
The billionaire proprietor held the bulk stake within the Mavs, till he bought 72.3 p.c of that to the Adelson and Dumont households in December of 2023. He now owns simply 27 p.c.
Cuban has been noticeably absent from the second row behind the bench for away video games and he stated it’s due to the league implementing the principles.
“The NBA acquired actually, actually, actually petty and stated that I can’t sit behind the bench anymore,” Cuban instructed The Stein Line.
When Cuban bought the group, there was some type of expectation he would preserve working basketball operations.
Nevertheless, Mavs GM Nico Harrison was clearly reporting straight to new proprietor Patrick Dumont by the point Dallas reached the NBA Finals final season.
Cuban spoke actually about adjusting to the shift.
“It’s been up and down,” Cuban stated. “I’ve had moments of each — instances the place I used to be like, ‘OK, that is what we have to do, however I’m not the boss.’ After which there have been different instances the place I’m like: ‘I’m glad I’m not the boss.’ ”
He added: “The one time I really feel any remorse is when the NBA pisses me off. Possibly it will be totally different if we have been dropping and issues weren’t going nicely, however issues are going nicely. It’s nothing particular to the Mavs. I can’t go into NBA conferences anymore and provides them sh*t for being petty.”
READ MORE: Steph Curry Opens Up About Adjusting to Life With out Klay