(07-29-2026, 10:29 AM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: “I have spoken on the phone once with Masai [Ujiri] for about 120 seconds,” Cuban continued, in response to emailed questions from The News. “Same with Patrick [Dumont]; day of [Ujiri’s] hiring. “I’ve had two texts with Masai, both I think maybe 2- or 3-word responses, a couple with no response. Which is fine. His choice. I absolutely expected it when they hired Masai. That’s why they hired him. To run basketball. “Fans are excited to see what happens, and as a Mavs fan, so am I.” Cuban is pivoting away from his beloved Mavericks, the NBA franchise he owned from 2000 to 2023 and in which he still has a 27% stake, but from which he’s become increasingly estranged. “The pivot away from the Mavs was not my choice,” Cuban told The Dallas Morning News on Friday, a day after Harbinger Sports Partners, of which he is general partner and president, bought an undisclosed percentage of the A’s.
Dallas Morning News
Not a real fan if he is pivoting away. Real fans had to endure his dumbassery that wasted the twilight of Dirk's prime and led us down the road of trading away a generational talent under the "watchful" eye of a casino conglomerate and yet, are still here. Hopefully he buys another professional sports team not in Dallas and annoys the hell out of that fanbase.
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