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Evilmav2 · 06-22-2004, 04:14 PM

Cuban offers services as caddie to The Donald

Monday, June 21, 2004
Associated Press

DALLAS -- Mark Cuban wants to give Donald Trump the chance to fire him.

The catch is, Trump has to hire him first.

Cuban on Monday challenged Trump to buy his services as a caddie for the celebrity-amateur round of an upcoming celebrity golf tournament. Trump already has agreed to play the event, which benefits the Fallen Patriot Fund charity started by Cuban.

"Donald, if you're looking for a new apprentice, I might not be that guy, but I'll be the caddie," Cuban said at a news conference hyping the tournament. "Hopefully you'll accept the challenge."

It would be an interesting pairing of the billionaire businessmen-turned-reality TV hosts, considering their recent spat.

They began taunting each other after Cuban announced his upcoming show, "The Benefactor." It came during the peak of Trump's show, "The Apprentice," prompting Trump to call it a knockoff.

Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, fired back by vowing his show will be radically different, adding that he's tried being the anti-Trump ever since they met a few years ago. Trump responded by saying he didn't remember meeting Cuban. Cuban then tweaked Trump by offering a job to the runner-up from Trump's show.

The duo will go face-to-face one way or another during the American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe, Nev., from July 15-18. Trump is among 82 celebrities ranging from actors to Olympians who have agreed to play.

Cuban's bag-toting skills will be auctioned July 14, the night before the celebrity-am event. He went for $25,000 last year, part of the $325,000 the event raised. This year's goal is $375,000. Cuban matched the total raised last year and will again this year.

"I'll challenge you, Donald Trump, to go out there and bid on me to be your caddie," Cuban said. "Hopefully I'll have to write a big check."

The Fallen Patriot Fund has donated more than $660,000 to 34 families of U.S. military personnel who were killed or seriously wounded in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Fund recipient Mark Graunke Jr. -- a Marine staff sergeant from nearby Lewisville who lost his left eye, left hand, hearing in his left ear and parts of his right leg and right hand to a bomb explosion -- joined Cuban at the news conference and will be at the golf tournament, too.

"I'm honored to be playing a role in raising funds for the Fallen Patriot Fund so other military families can benefit the way I did," Graunke said.

sike · 06-23-2004, 12:30 AM

gotta love our boy Cubes

EricaLubarsky · 06-23-2004, 10:18 AM

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Originally posted by: sike
gotta love our boy Cubes

He's making it hard to recently

Murphy3 · 06-23-2004, 11:47 AM

You're exactly right, EL.
Cuban is so freaking annoying...it's almost intolerable.

Drbio · 06-23-2004, 11:51 AM

*sigh*

I think it's great. A little banter between Cubes and the Donald for charity is greatness.

Cuban is da' man!

Murphy3 · 06-23-2004, 12:18 PM

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Originally posted by: Drbio
*sigh*

I think it's great. A little banter between Cubes and the Donald for charity is greatness.

Cuban is da' man!

Then just give money to charity without us having to hear his freaking name in the press.

Send a million dollar money order.

sike · 06-23-2004, 01:23 PM

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Originally posted by: Murphy3

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Originally posted by: Drbio
*sigh*
I think it's great. A little banter between Cubes and the Donald for charity is greatness.
Cuban is da' man!

Then just give money to charity without us having to hear his freaking name in the press.

Send a million dollar money order.

why should he have to be quiet?? just because we have a preconcieved notion of how an owner should act??? I love the fact that my favorites team's owner has the personality of a blue collar guy....he is the guy who paints up and freaks out at the game...I love it. Be flamboyant, challenge stuffed shirts and old money....I dont mind at all.....what is not to love about that....

now I cant stant the complainning about fouls...but banter with Trump....please...that is great!

Drbio · 06-23-2004, 01:49 PM

Cuban is greatness. Without him we would be in yet another year of suckdom.

Viva la Cubes!

Murphy3 · 06-23-2004, 02:33 PM

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Originally posted by: sike

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Originally posted by: Murphy3

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Originally posted by: Drbio
*sigh*
I think it's great. A little banter between Cubes and the Donald for charity is greatness.
Cuban is da' man!

Then just give money to charity without us having to hear his freaking name in the press.

Send a million dollar money order.

why should he have to be quiet?? just because we have a preconcieved notion of how an owner should act??? I love the fact that my favorites team's owner has the personality of a blue collar guy....he is the guy who paints up and freaks out at the game...I love it. Be flamboyant, challenge stuffed shirts and old money....I dont mind at all.....what is not to love about that....

now I cant stant the complainning about fouls...but banter with Trump....please...that is great!

Cuban has no personality. He tries hard to have one, but he doesn't. He is an annoying wannabe with money and nothing more. That is why he should just shut the hell up.

He is an f'ing dildo head. He's such an f'ing dildo head that he might as well just run around with a dildo strapped to his head. It wouldn't make him look any worse than he already does.

Cuban is a dildo head with money. I suppose he thinks that entitles him to being an annoying dildo head in the public spotlight. I suppose someone will always be sucked in to his dildo-headedness. But, at the end of the day, he's still an f'ing dildo-head.

sike · 06-23-2004, 02:39 PM

i have never heard the words "dildo" and "head" used together so many times in one setting......gold medal to murph in the category of "why mommy wont let me use the internet" [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

Murphy3 · 06-23-2004, 03:19 PM

I had to substitute the word dildo-head for other words that we're not allowed to use.

kingrex · 06-23-2004, 03:52 PM

Cuban's personality is annoying as hell. He was at his most annoying in his now defunct (thank Jesus) talk show.

However, as an owner I think he has been great for the Mavericks and the NBA.

So, as long as he stays away from being on TV, I think he is greatness.

EricaLubarsky · 06-23-2004, 06:41 PM

Is dildo an acceptable word now?

Murphy3 · 06-23-2004, 06:45 PM

I don't think that it was ever unacceptable.
If it's ok for network television, it's ok for this site.

kingrex · 06-24-2004, 12:53 PM

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Originally posted by: Murphy3
I don't think that it was ever unacceptable.
If it's ok for network television, it's ok for this site.

Network television - the barometer of decency.

Drbio · 06-24-2004, 05:53 PM

Those network guys are dildos.

Murphy3 · 06-25-2004, 06:31 AM

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Originally posted by: kingrex

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Originally posted by: Murphy3
I don't think that it was ever unacceptable.
If it's ok for network television, it's ok for this site.

Network television - the barometer of decency.

Exactly.

EricaLubarsky · 06-25-2004, 03:43 PM

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Originally posted by: kingrex

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Originally posted by: Murphy3
I don't think that it was ever unacceptable.
If it's ok for network television, it's ok for this site.

Network television - the barometer of decency.

Sorry miss Jackson, but that is for real.