Mark Cuban is not the bulk proprietor of the Dallas Mavericks, however he desires to remain concerned with the group.
In truth, he want to do extra for the Mavericks, however is being held again, in accordance with him.
A brand new quote from Cuban casts a transparent image of Cuban’s needs and his dissatisfaction along with his function in Dallas.
“I absolutely anticipated to run basketball. The NBA wouldn’t let me put it within the contract. They took it out, I assumed the Adelsons would follow their phrase as a result of they didn’t know the very first thing about working a group. Somebody clearly modified their thoughts,” Cuban mentioned, through Legion Hoops.
Mark Cuban:
“I absolutely anticipated to run basketball. The NBA would not let me put it within the contract. They took it out, I assumed the Adelsons would follow their phrase as a result of they did not know the very first thing about working a group. Somebody clearly modified their thoughts.”
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— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) March 28, 2025
Numerous NBA followers had been shocked when Cuban bought his stake within the group to the Adelson household.
After being a hands-on proprietor for years, individuals anticipated Cuban to nonetheless stay very near the group and provide his steerage and experience.
As a substitute, it sounds just like the Adelsons have moved additional away from him and he’s extra of a fan than an advisor.
It could have made sense for the brand new house owners to show to Cuban as a result of he created a robust relationship with the fanbase and the gamers and oversaw them obtain nice issues.
Since his departure, the Mavericks have radically reworked.
He has publicly mentioned he was towards the Luka Doncic commerce however had no strategy to cease it from taking place.
As a substitute, he was pressured to observe all of it unfold, identical to tens of millions of different followers.
If Mavericks followers didn’t miss Cuban earlier than, they absolutely do now that they know he would have gotten in the way in which of that historic commerce.
