Mark Cuban barbs have ‘rankled’ new Mavericks owner

Perhaps no franchise in modern professional sports history has endured a rougher two month stretch than the Dallas Mavericks, who inexplicably traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in early February and have since been hit with a tidal wave of injuries that have endured their chances of competing this year essentially nonexistent. Much has been made about the relationship between previous Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and the current ownership under the Dumont family.

Recently, NBA insider Marc Stein took to his account on Substack to reveal that “Cuban has said often publicly over the past 15 months that the new owners are not basketball people and don’t know much about the game. Word is such comments have indeed rankled Dumont behind the scenes.”

It was also reported that although the trade was general manager Nico Harrison’s idea, Harrison “couldn’t have made the trade without Dumont’s blessing. He couldn’t have made the trade without Dumont deciding to freeze out Cuban in terms of seeking additional opinions and operating solely at the discretion of his GM.”

A wild ride for the Mavericks