I started watching the Mavericks in 2008 and even though Mark bought the team in 2000, I was so used to the idea that he would be there for the long run.
It felt good to have guy like Mark there to fight for the team.
He had a great relationship with our star player Dirk and it led to 2 Finals appearances and our lone championship in 2011. We had a few down years under his watch, but I knew it wouldn’t last long. He was a natural competitor.
I’ll miss the fines and the blunt quotes, but what I’ll miss the most is the security he brought of running a competent franchise (at times).
People give Cuban a lot.of flak, some deserved, some not so much. But it’s 100% undeniable he changed the course of this franchise for the better when he bought the team. The Mavericks were going nowhere. They were the very definition of irrelevant. Once he bought the team he made it relevant, modernized it, and improved it in every way. We don’t have a championship if he hadn’t bought the Mavericks. That’s a hill I’ll die on.