Tim MacMahon

Well, Cuban's claim at this point is that they had a gentleman's agreement that wasn't followed through on. Listen, with Cuban, you always have to like you can't. Well, one of my favorite Jerry Jones sayings. I call him Jerry Isms, just because I say it doesn't make it so. Well, just because Cuban says it doesn't make it so. So you never know if what he's telling you is the truth.

Well, Cuban's claim at this point is that they had a gentleman's agreement that wasn't followed through on. Listen, with Cuban, you always have to like you can't. Well, one of my favorite Jerry Jones sayings. I call him Jerry Isms, just because I say it doesn't make it so. Well, just because Cuban says it doesn't make it so. So you never know if what he's telling you is the truth.

Well, Cuban's claim at this point is that they had a gentleman's agreement that wasn't followed through on. Listen, with Cuban, you always have to like you can't. Well, one of my favorite Jerry Jones sayings. I call him Jerry Isms, just because I say it doesn't make it so. Well, just because Cuban says it doesn't make it so. So you never know if what he's telling you is the truth.

So I don't know if there was a gentleman's agreement that they just kind of backed out on. I don't know if Cuban was completely full of crap when he was telling everybody, hey, they're real estate people. I'm a basketball person. I'm running basketball. Or he was trying to speak something into existence.

So I don't know if there was a gentleman's agreement that they just kind of backed out on. I don't know if Cuban was completely full of crap when he was telling everybody, hey, they're real estate people. I'm a basketball person. I'm running basketball. Or he was trying to speak something into existence.

So I don't know if there was a gentleman's agreement that they just kind of backed out on. I don't know if Cuban was completely full of crap when he was telling everybody, hey, they're real estate people. I'm a basketball person. I'm running basketball. Or he was trying to speak something into existence.

But what I do know is that as the ink dried on that deal, Cuban was done calling shots for basketball. Cuban did not call shots going into the trade deadline. And frankly, at this point, Cuban has no more influence on personnel decisions than any other rich dude who escorts side season tickets. He got a five-minute heads up via text from Nico that this trade's going down.

But what I do know is that as the ink dried on that deal, Cuban was done calling shots for basketball. Cuban did not call shots going into the trade deadline. And frankly, at this point, Cuban has no more influence on personnel decisions than any other rich dude who escorts side season tickets. He got a five-minute heads up via text from Nico that this trade's going down.

But what I do know is that as the ink dried on that deal, Cuban was done calling shots for basketball. Cuban did not call shots going into the trade deadline. And frankly, at this point, Cuban has no more influence on personnel decisions than any other rich dude who escorts side season tickets. He got a five-minute heads up via text from Nico that this trade's going down.

Try to talk him out of it too late. He got a phone call from DuMont after, like after it was over. And I was told that was about a two minute phone call, you know, like great. So thanks for touching base. Like the hell do you want to talk about? Um, so, um, This never happens if Cuban doesn't give up the majority share of the franchise.

Try to talk him out of it too late. He got a phone call from DuMont after, like after it was over. And I was told that was about a two minute phone call, you know, like great. So thanks for touching base. Like the hell do you want to talk about? Um, so, um, This never happens if Cuban doesn't give up the majority share of the franchise.

Try to talk him out of it too late. He got a phone call from DuMont after, like after it was over. And I was told that was about a two minute phone call, you know, like great. So thanks for touching base. Like the hell do you want to talk about? Um, so, um, This never happens if Cuban doesn't give up the majority share of the franchise.

I mean, honestly, if Nico would have gone to Cuban when he was running the show and said, hey, I'm negotiating a trade for Luca, I think it would have been a fireball offense. The first five and a half years of Luka's career that Cuban was calling shots, Cuban's top priority was doing everything in his power to make Luka as happy as possible. And I would say rightfully so.

I mean, honestly, if Nico would have gone to Cuban when he was running the show and said, hey, I'm negotiating a trade for Luca, I think it would have been a fireball offense. The first five and a half years of Luka's career that Cuban was calling shots, Cuban's top priority was doing everything in his power to make Luka as happy as possible. And I would say rightfully so.

I mean, honestly, if Nico would have gone to Cuban when he was running the show and said, hey, I'm negotiating a trade for Luca, I think it would have been a fireball offense. The first five and a half years of Luka's career that Cuban was calling shots, Cuban's top priority was doing everything in his power to make Luka as happy as possible. And I would say rightfully so.

I don't think the execution was always the smoothest, but I think... when you get that kind of a franchise player, when you get that kind of a prodigy, like, yes, they've got to be the priority. Everything does revolve around them. That's just reality in the NBA. And that took a sudden shift this summer.

I don't think the execution was always the smoothest, but I think... when you get that kind of a franchise player, when you get that kind of a prodigy, like, yes, they've got to be the priority. Everything does revolve around them. That's just reality in the NBA. And that took a sudden shift this summer.

I don't think the execution was always the smoothest, but I think... when you get that kind of a franchise player, when you get that kind of a prodigy, like, yes, they've got to be the priority. Everything does revolve around them. That's just reality in the NBA. And that took a sudden shift this summer.

I think it was just a text exchange. And I don't know the specifics of it. It's just Cuban basically saying, you can't do this. And Niko saying, it's done. I don't think there was a whole lot of back and forth there.

I think it was just a text exchange. And I don't know the specifics of it. It's just Cuban basically saying, you can't do this. And Niko saying, it's done. I don't think there was a whole lot of back and forth there.