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).

  • AffectionateMix5948BEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Cuban/Adelson want to parlay this new cooperative into new arena/casino/hotel/development, but the project is dependent on the State of Texas approving gambling. How realistic is that? And, when it doesn’t happen, how does this merger proceed?

  • Tuffwith2FsBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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.

  • StefonDiggsHSBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I dont think anything changes for him and the team. its just less meetings to go to and less potential return on his shares. Thats not gonna matter when Gambling gets legalized cubans gonna make a fuck ton of money.

    This move i dont think will impact anything Mavs related in the near future

  • brehawBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    yeah, he’s the reason I chose the Mavs as my basketball team (legitimately lol)

    I went on tour with my friends’ band as their merch girl one summer, and in every hotel room we checked into, no matter what day, what time, or what state, there were 2 shows that were guaranteed to ALWAYS be on TV: Shark Tank and Forensic Files

    I had always been strictly a football gal, and one year I was really bummed when the season ended, so I decided to give basketball a shot to fill the sports void in my heart. I had no ties to any basketball teams, and really wasn’t drawn to either of the LA teams (where I was born and currently still live), so I decided to go with Cubes / the Mavs ‘cuz he was always my favorite shark lol

  • RangerBowBoyBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m sad it’s being sold to such a wing nut bunch of bigoted kooks. Really makes it hard to want to give them my money. I’m also sad that Mark shirked his principles to get that casino money. I thought he was more principled. I had been lucky that the owners of my favorite teams were decent people who I didn’t mind giving my money to (no I’m not a Cowboys fan). Those days are gone. Might be time to pick a new NBA team.

  • bunny-foofooBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Theoretically no, but, he still owns them but needed a partner to get casinos in NBA stadiums.

  • juscallmechrisBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    His antics early on sort of gave the Mavs an identity that no other team had, watching Dirk was awesome but Mark was also definitely a part of what attracted me to being a Mavs fan.

  • TinFoilRobotProphetBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Cuban is 65 (believe it or not). He’s really investing in the long term strategy for his family. Gambling will eventually be legal in Texas and he just wants a front seat.

  • wo_otBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve been a Mavs fan since I was little kid in the mid 1980s… that ended last night.

    I cannot support a team owned by such heinous human beings. Fuck Mark for selling out to complete shitbags just because of his lame ass casino fantasy.