Mark Cuban has all the time been one of many NBA’s most outspoken and hands-on homeowners, however even he admits not the whole lot has gone the way in which he anticipated in the case of the Dallas Mavericks.
Cuban offered 73 % of the crew to the Adelson household in 2023, a transfer that shifted management of the franchise after greater than 20 years below his watch.
Whereas he nonetheless maintains a job within the group, the longtime proprietor admitted that he would have dealt with the method in another way.
“I don’t remorse promoting the crew, I remorse how I did it,” Cuban not too long ago revealed on the DLLS Podcast. “Would I nonetheless promote the crew? Sure, for all the explanations that I’ve stated 100 instances. Would I do it the identical method? Completely not. I might’ve put it out to bid, however I didn’t so it doesn’t matter. I received alongside nice with them, they gave me their man of the 12 months award.”
Although 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 prove the way in which, 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 total 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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