Should Mark Cuban Sell the Mavericks? - Dallas-Mavs.com Forums

92bDad · 03-12-2008, 08:01 AM

It's clearn and obvious that as long as Cuban owns the Mavericks that David Stern will stop and nothing to keep the Mavericks down.

Now for all the good that Cuban has done in building this franchise to one of the best in the NBA, the final hurdle is too great for Cuban to buy his way through...perhaps it's time to make peace and pass the baton to someone who can fit in with Stern and possibly get Stern to approve of letting the Mavs carry a title or two?

MavsX · 03-12-2008, 08:39 AM

why is this one not a public poll?

jacktruth · 03-12-2008, 09:06 AM

I honestly think Cuban realized this after the Heat championship series and has been a much friendlier owner. I think we can stop blaming Cuban and Stern.

left texas · 03-12-2008, 09:26 AM

Absolutely not! What was this franchise before him nothing, what could it be after him nothing. The team wins or loses, not Stern, or anybody else. To me you can't ask for anymore in an owner. He is a fan and he is willing to open his pocketbook. Let's just hope that the last spending will lead to a championship.

mqywaaah · 03-12-2008, 09:55 AM

Yes and No for some reasons

ShaggyDirk · 03-12-2008, 10:08 AM

Well, we went a whole day w/o a BigD thread, so maybe this is a filler.

u2sarajevo · 03-12-2008, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by 92bDad

It's clearn and obvious that as long as Cuban owns the Mavericks that David Stern will stop and nothing to keep the Mavericks down.

Now for all the good that Cuban has done in building this franchise to one of the best in the NBA, the final hurdle is too great for Cuban to buy his way through...perhaps it's time to make peace and pass the baton to someone who can fit in with Stern and possibly get Stern to approve of letting the Mavs carry a title or two?

David Stern will stop at nothing? By instructing the Heat and the Warriors to do their darndest to eliminate us? By telling Stackhouse to open his fat mouth and George to claim bird rights? By making us play a bunch of elite teams after the Kidd trade so that we will fall in the standings?

I'm convinced! It was beautifully orchestrated EVIL!

Robillion · 03-12-2008, 10:26 AM

Is Donald Trump or Bill Gates interested in owning the most expensive team in the NBA and still big enough of a fan to be willing to even increase that amount in the future?.. nope. So no.

Kidd Karma · 03-12-2008, 10:29 AM

No way. Through the Mavs history, they've seen family oriented owner in Carter, a business only mogul in Perot, now an owner that put winning before any thing else. I'll take Cuban.

uberfan · 03-12-2008, 10:31 AM

No, Cuban should not sell the team. How many other owners would have made the Kidd trade at the financial hit he took? You can debate the talent going each way all you want, but real money out of pocket--that is not going to happen with 99.9999% of the other owners in the NBA.

Dirkadirkastan · 03-12-2008, 10:48 AM

Golly, what an interesting thread.

Underdog · 03-12-2008, 10:52 AM

Mark Cuban is the best owner in the NBA...

Lor20 · 03-12-2008, 11:01 AM

most owners dont have 2 billion $ so they look at it more from a business perspective than a hobby perspective.

Quetzalcoatl · 03-12-2008, 11:07 AM

No. I love Cuban. For me he's also the best owner ot the NBA. He has made incredible trades and have given us great moments. And we hope the ring soon!

Tokey41 · 03-12-2008, 11:18 AM

He's one of the best parts of the being a Mavs fan... and he helped put the team on the map. I think anyone suggesting that Cuban should sell the Mavericks is pretty damn ungrateful.

foglemann · 03-12-2008, 11:27 AM

No.

We like our owner...

This conspiracy theory crap has got to stop. I'm not sure that any player in the NBA could have stopped Wade in those last 3 1/4 games. Everything else is OUR fault, the Maverick's fault. Its whinney baby crap to be accusing the league of stopping the Mavericks. Get over it. Unless you also believe we never made it to the moon or there was a second shooter, then I'll just call 92bDad a crazy loon.

Underdog · 03-12-2008, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by foglemann

This conspiracy theory crap has got to stop.

I believe in the "conspiracy theory" (well, to an extent...)

Regardless, I think Stern sent his message & Cuban received it - notice how Cubes has been a lot quieter since then... I don't think it would happen again if we made it to the Finals (because "conspiracy theory" would quickly be regarded as "conspiracy fact"), so I believe we have as fair a chance as any other team in the NBA, even with Mark Cuban at the helm...

rabbitproof · 03-12-2008, 11:48 AM

Just because our enemy's evil is great and resourceful does not mean our will should dissolve and allow us to abandon and betray our Cuban brother.

Flacolaco · 03-12-2008, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by foglemann

This conspiracy theory crap has got to stop. I'm not sure that any player in the NBA could have stopped Wade in those last 3 1/4 games. Everything else is OUR fault, the Maverick's fault. Its whinney baby crap to be accusing the league of stopping the Mavericks. Get over it.

I want to stress exactly how much I agree with this sentiment.

It's a lot.

MavsX · 03-12-2008, 11:57 AM

Mark Cuban is the best owner in the NBA..

Dirkadirkastan · 03-12-2008, 12:34 PM

Bad Dirk! Bad Dirk! Your assist to Dampier and impossible jumper over Shaq mean nothing when you foul Wade's arm with your stomach! You choker! IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT! YOU BLEW IT!!!!!

horse900703 · 03-12-2008, 12:38 PM

R u kidding me??????

Kidd Karma · 03-12-2008, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by uberfan

No, Cuban should not sell the team. How many other owners would have made the Kidd trade at the financial hit he took? You can debate the talent going each way all you want, but real money out of pocket--that is not going to happen with 99.9999% of the other owners in the NBA.

Geez tell me about that, following Kidd through NJ was frustrating because there was always talk of the lux tax, hindering the pick up of a player that could put them over the top. Being in Warriorland, that's always the talk, even to the point of not spending a 10 million dollar exception by the draft deadline, the Warriors are sitting really good in terms of the lux tax, but nope won't blow it.

Without Kidd the first go around, there may not even be a Cuban with the Mavs. He bought season tix because of Kidd. Watch the Perot group use the team as the centerpiece of building a new town......many business moguls are now using this blueprint to subsidize costs of building arenas/ballparks.

sike · 03-12-2008, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Underdog

Mark Cuban is the best owner in the NBA...

word.

horse900703 · 03-12-2008, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MavsX

Mark Cuban is the best owner in the NBA..

I agree!! I Love Cuban!

fluid.forty.one · 03-12-2008, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Dirkadirkastan

Bad Dirk! Bad Dirk! Your assist to Dampier and impossible jumper over Shaq mean nothing when you foul Wade's arm with your stomach! You choker! IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT! YOU BLEW IT!!!!!

Man, I don't believing in conspiracies or blaming refs... but reading this just makes me so angry because of the flashbacks it causes. ughhhhhhh

oh, and of course cuban shouldn't sell.

ShaggyDirk · 03-12-2008, 01:33 PM

anybody see the Laker's next 4 games? Let's se how they feel for awhile.

V2M · 03-12-2008, 02:35 PM

No... unless it's to me for a dollar.

vashjan · 03-12-2008, 03:02 PM

Have you read Bill Simmon's article on What If's on ESPN? Read it... here's the link.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...simmons/080310

muzak · 03-12-2008, 03:55 PM

god no. Tom Hicks would just buy it.

TripleDipping · 03-12-2008, 04:05 PM

Cuban sells the team to a group who demands the city to build them a new arena. The city refuses and the team gets moved to Alabama and becomes the Alabama Mavericks.

bernardos70 · 03-12-2008, 04:09 PM

This is true.

Although I almost wish he did at one point, since people were bitching and moaning about how much of a tight ass he is, and how it's all about the money for him. But not anymore.

SeriousSummer · 03-12-2008, 04:37 PM

Yes. Mark Cuban should sell the Mavericks. To me. For a dollar.

I would then be the best owner in the NBA.

I would make Avery put me in his Fave Five and call him at all hours with strange questions:

Have you ever considered running the pick and roll with Dampier and Magloire?
Shouldn't you spend the summer scouting Paraguay for NBA talent?
Do think eating chicken is lessening the heart of our players?

DirkFTW · 03-12-2008, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SeriousSummer

Yes. Mark Cuban should sell the Mavericks. To me. For a dollar.

I would then be the best owner in the NBA.

I would make Avery put me in his Fave Five and call him at all hours with strange questions:

Have you ever considered running the pick and roll with Dampier and Magloire?
Shouldn't you spend the summer scouting Paraguay for NBA talent?
Do think eating chicken is lessening the heart of our players?

I may be mistaken, but can't you just add Avery to your Fave Five and get unlimited calls to him?

quiet riot act · 03-12-2008, 06:41 PM

not only no but HELL NO

cuban is the best thing that ever happened to this franchise
and avery is the worst

f avery

#1MavsFan · 03-13-2008, 12:21 AM

Two words, "Hell No". Best owner in sports, hands down. Look at what he's done for this franchise and how much he is willing to spend. How many owners are willing to spend over 100mil on payroll for a season? Just one, the great Mr.Cuban.

92bDad · 03-13-2008, 09:51 AM

Okay...this took a bit of a wrong turn.

Look, I believe Cuban is one of the best owners in all of sports. What he has done as an owner is amazing, in building perhaps the worst organization into one of the best.

My issue, and what spurred this on, is all the Anti-Avery chatter taking place. Avery is by far one of the best coaches in Mavs history, if not the best all-time. Now his only handicap, is Stern's dislike of Cuban and thus their is a hurdle that Avery can not overcome until Cuban has gracefully stepped away.

I am content with knowing that under Cuban's ownership, we should be similar to the Jazz...always winning, always contending, but never a real shot at a Championship.

The best shot we have at winning a Championship...at taking that next step to becoming one of the NBA elite teams according to David Stern, would be to do so without Cuban.

It's not anti anyone from the Mavs, but simply a vision of reality in the world that is David Stern.

Knickfan · 03-13-2008, 09:55 AM

I don't want to offend anyone, but this is SILLY to even want this. I for one don't really like Cuban but you canNOT discount that he's definately brought some excitement to the city of Dallas.

For all those who continue to believe there's this "conspiracy" theory against Cuban by the NBA, knock it off, they need to simply put together a group of good games for three straight series and they'll win a championship. They were on the doorstep a few years ago and LET IT slip away. Not the refs, not Cuban, the players and coach.....The Mavericks will be FINE.