{"id":227885,"date":"2026-03-31T02:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T02:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/227885\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T02:03:09","slug":"mark-cuban-says-he-regrets-decision-to-sell-mavericks-to-miriam-adelson-patrick-dumont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/227885\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Cuban says he regrets decision to sell Mavericks to Miriam Adelson, Patrick Dumont"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been over two years since Mark Cuban<\/a> sold his majority stake of the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> to Miriam Adelson and her son-in-law,\u00a0Patrick Dumont.<\/p>\n

Since then, Cuban has had a change of heart, but not about the sale itself, he said in the latest episode of Intersections, a podcast hosted by former Dallas Mayor Tom\u00a0Leppert and entrepreneur Kyle Waldrep.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t regret selling. I regret who I sold to,\u201d Cuban said in a teaser clip released Monday. \u201cI made a lot of mistakes in the process, and I\u2019ll leave it at that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The franchise has experienced a significant amount of transition over the last two seasons, including an NBA Finals run, former general manager\u00a0Nico Harrison\u2019s decision to trade Luka Doncic<\/a>, his subsequent firing<\/a> and new leadership changes throughout basketball and business operations.<\/p>\n

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Adelson, controlling shareholder of the Las Vegas Sands, paid $3.5 billion for majority control of the Mavericks<\/a> in December 2023 with Dumont serving as the team\u2019s governor and final decision-maker. Cuban told\u00a0Waldrep and\u00a0Leppert\u00a0he sold the team he owned for 23 years because of the \u201cbig emotional commitment\u201d attached to ownership and his reluctance to the thought of his growing children wanting to work for the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want that for them. It can be abusive, a lot,\u201d Cuban said. \u201cIf fans don\u2019t like what you\u2019re doing or if the team\u2019s not doing well, you\u2019re the worst human being on the planet, and they treat you that way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans have voiced their displeasure for the team\u2019s underwhelming performance throughout the season, most notably during the first 11 games of the season before Harrison\u2019s firing. Since then, the home crowd has remained loyal with its support despite another year with more losses than wins.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks were recently eliminated from playoff contention and will spend a second consecutive year in the\u00a0NBA draft lottery, just two years removed from being a championship contender around Doncic.<\/p>\n

The full episode of the podcast will be available Tuesday at 5 a.m. on\u00a0Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube.<\/p>\n

Find more Mavericks coverage from The Dallas Morning News here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been over two years since Mark Cuban sold his majority stake of the Dallas Mavericks to Miriam…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,4281],"class_list":{"0":"post-227885","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-headlines","10":"tag-dallas-news","11":"tag-mavericks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}