Even if he still has 27% of the shares of the Mavericks, Mark Cuban no longer has any decision -making role in the franchise. The proof? The new owners did not consult him when they planned to transfer Luka Doncic, and when he discovered their intentions, the GM, Nico Harrison, had already concluded the exchange.
“When Cuban learned of the existence of Luka-Ad exchange, it was too late”,, Writes Marc Stein. “Patrick Dumont never asked for advice. Sources say that Cuban has urged Harrison not to go to the end of the exchange … to finally discover that the agreement had already been sealed with the Lakers by a verbal handshake. »»
A “complicated” week
Friday evening, Mark Cuban was on stage to evoke the new book of Bill Gates, “Source Code”, and necessarily, the transfer of Doncic was invited in the discussion. “I must tell you, I lived a complicated week …” recognized Cuban to the former boss of Microsoft. Then the former owner of the Mavericks took advantage of the presence of Bill Gates to embark on a comparison, in the form of a question.
“If after your departure from Microsoft, you find out that Steve Ballmer exchanges Windows 11, the latest operating system, against Windows 10, a very good operating system, but old, what would you do? »»
Response from Bill Gates? “I would have to hide the media …” To which Cuban retorts: “I think there are a few people who are in this situation …”
