{"id":598899,"date":"2026-02-12T13:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/598899\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:37:21","slug":"mark-cuban-cant-buy-his-way-out-of-his-mavericks-sellers-remorse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/598899\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Cuban can\u2019t buy his way out of his Mavericks seller\u2019s remorse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Cuban apparently has seller\u2019s remorse about handing over his beloved Mavs<\/a> to Las Vegas, and now some of his rich pals reportedly want to help him buy it back<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sure, why not?<\/p>\n

Related<\/p>\n

\"Dallas<\/p>\n

And, if they pull this off, the first thing they should do is call the Lakers and tell them they\u2019d like Luka back, too.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t stop there, either.<\/p>\n

Tell Jalen Brunson they\u2019re sorry they didn\u2019t take him seriously and let him walk for nothing and bring him back, as well.<\/p>\n

Ditto, Steve Nash.<\/p>\n

While they\u2019re at it, notify the NBA they\u2019re officially rescinding their announced pick of \u201cKelly Olynyk\u201d in the 2013 draft and tell them they meant to write \u201cGiannis Antetokounmpo\u201d instead.<\/p>\n

Also, tell Nico Harrison they actually fired him earlier<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Like, a year earlier.<\/p>\n

One of the unfortunate side effects of having a lot of money to play with is that it gives you the idea it can remedy any regret. Don\u2019t get me wrong. The next-best thing to having a lot of money is having friends with a lot of money. Easier on your taxes, too.<\/p>\n

But most of us live in the real world, where actions have consequences and, like it or not, you learn to live with them.<\/p>\n

Like that \u201887 Oldsmobile. Or the \u201885 Volvo.<\/p>\n

Or the \u201872 Vega.<\/p>\n

Straight up: The Adelsons aren\u2019t selling the Mavericks<\/a> to a consortium led by Cuban or anyone else. Not for the $3.5 billion they paid in 2023. Not for $5 billion. Maybe not even for the $10 billion wallop Mark Walter laid on the crazy Buss family last fall to acquire the Lakers.<\/p>\n

Vegas didn\u2019t come to Dallas for the basketball, if that\u2019s what you were thinking. If that\u2019s all it was, Miriam Adelson could have just waited until the league awarded Sin City an expansion franchise. Would have saved them the time and expense of plying Texas politicians with millions in campaign donations in a full-court press to legalize gambling here.<\/p>\n

Even if Cuban\u2019s pals could double the Adelsons\u2019 investment, you should know the Vegas people aren\u2019t out to make a quick buck. According to Forbes, Miriam, the 42nd richest person in the world, was worth $41.6 billion as of December. She\u2019s not hiding it under a bushel, either. Donated $111 million to Donald Trump\u2019s last presidential campaign<\/a>. Told him in December she\u2019d fork over another $250 million if he ran for a third term<\/a>, which, last we checked, was unconstitutional. Not that that seems to bother anyone these days.<\/p>\n

Anyway, does Miriam sound like someone hurting for cash?<\/p>\n

Let this sink in: The Adelsons aren\u2019t some run-of-the-mill house-flippers. They didn\u2019t come here to get out just as quick. They\u2019re in it for the long haul. In the parlance of R. Bowen Loftin, the former Texas A&M chancellor who moved the Aggies from the Big 12 to the SEC, this is a 100-year decision. The Adelsons want to be the first Vegas people on the ground when gambling is legalized in Texas, the next and maybe greatest frontier. They know it\u2019s not happening anytime soon. But, make no mistake, it\u2019ll happen. Too much money behind it not to succeed, and the lieutenant governor can\u2019t live forever.<\/p>\n

Come to think of it, you think Dan Patrick is one of Cuban\u2019s pals?<\/p>\n

Just a thought.<\/p>\n

The fuss started this week when SportsDay alum Marc Stein reported that a group of local and state investors want to back Cuban\u2019s re-purchase of the team. In response, a source close to the family told Stein that the family remains excited about the future of the franchise in general and Cooper Flagg, in particular. I mean, who wouldn\u2019t be excited about a dazzling young MVP candidate and fan favorite?<\/p>\n

Other than Nico, of course.<\/p>\n

Our Brad Townsend dug in on this story<\/a> with the same tenacity that earned him the nickname Bulldog Brad or something like that. Cuban told Brad he wasn\u2019t the source of the story, and he doesn\u2019t think the Adelsons will sell.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll take him at his word on the former, and he\u2019s dead straight about the latter. For that matter, he should probably try to make nice with the family as much as he still can. Because, as Townsend also reports<\/a>, the Adelsons retain the right at any time in the first four years of their ownership to buy out as much as 20% of Cuban\u2019s 27% minority stake at their discretion.<\/p>\n

This could have been what they were referring to in their statement Wednesday to The Dallas Morning News. Besides pledging their commitment to the community at large; building a \u201cchampionship organization for the long term;\u201d and stating flatly that the team is not for sale, they said they \u201clook forward to expanding their ownership stake over time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, I\u2019m no lawyer, but if Cuban is forced to sell 75% of his share anytime soon, it seems like it would cost him and his heirs down the road, when the Mavs will be worth considerably more than they are at present.<\/p>\n

My guess is this will be the last you hear of this, but then I\u2019ve been wrong before. Doesn\u2019t mean it hasn\u2019t been fun to think of wrongs being righted. My third favorite for the Mavs, right after the returns of Luka and Jalen, would be a do-over for the \u201890s. You had to live through it to understand, kids.<\/p>\n

Twitter\/X: @KSherringtonDMN<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Dallas<\/a>Mavericks\u2019 Cooper Flagg to miss Lakers game, Rising Stars challenge due to foot sprain<\/a><\/p>\n

Flagg was the only Mavs player scheduled to represent the franchise during All-Star Weekend.<\/p>\n

\"Dallas<\/a>Mark Cuban buying back the Mavericks? Here\u2019s why that\u2019s not going to happen<\/a><\/p>\n

A statement from the Dumont and Adelson families indicates they\u2019re settling in for a long tenure.<\/p>\n

\"Phoenix<\/a>Mavericks\u2019 new veteran Khris Middleton is focused on basketball, not buyout rumors<\/a><\/p>\n

The Mavs are in the middle of their longest losing streak since 2016, but the 14-year vet could be beneficial for the final two months of the season.<\/p>\n

Find more Mavericks coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Cuban apparently has seller\u2019s remorse about handing over his beloved Mavs to Las Vegas, and now some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3793],"tags":[7,3197,686,149,4057,2087,166,6,7725],"class_list":["post-598899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas-mavericks","tag-basketball","tag-commentary","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dallasmavericks","tag-mark-cuban","tag-mavericks","tag-nba","tag-patrick-dumont"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}