{"id":228862,"date":"2026-03-31T17:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/228862\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:30:08","slug":"mark-cuban-has-one-major-regret-after-selling-dallas-mavericks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/228862\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Cuban has one major regret after selling Dallas Mavericks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Cuban says he has one big regret<\/a> after cashing out of the Dallas Mavericks \u2014 and it\u2019s not the sale itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t regret selling, I regret who I sold to. Yeah, yeah, I made a lot of mistakes in the process and I\u2019ll leave it at that,\u201d the billionaire entrepreneur said on an episode of the Intersections podcast<\/a> published Tuesday.<\/p>\n

He agreed in late 2023 to sell a controlling stake in the franchise to casino magnate Miriam Adelson and her family.<\/a><\/p>\n

Cuban, who spent nearly 20 years as one of the \u201cshark\u201d investors on \u201cShark Tank,\u201d said the grind of owning an NBA franchise ultimately pushed him toward the exit, describing it as an all-consuming emotional rollercoaster that wore him down over time. <\/p>\n

Former Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said he regrets who he sold the team to \u2014 and blasted the franchise\u2019s decision to trade Luka Don\u010di\u0107 without his input. Intersections Podcast\/YouTube<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a big emotional commitment, right? You hear the passion and everything \u2014 now imagine going up and down like that every single game. That\u2019s hard,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The intensity of fan reactions \u2014 especially when the team struggled \u2014 made him wary of his children working in that environment and being subjected to what he described as abusive treatment, Cuban added.<\/p>\n

But while the celeb money-man defended the decision to sell, he drew a line at how things unfolded after the deal \u2014 particularly a blockbuster trade involving franchise cornerstone Luka Don\u010di\u0107.<\/a><\/p>\n

Cuban said he was blindsided when the Mavericks moved the star player, describing a chaotic late-night phone call that left him stunned.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI got a text from a then-general manager and he said \u2018Call.\u2019 And I did and I thought he was asking me what I thought about a potential trade for Luka<\/a> he was like, \u2018No, Mark, it\u2019s done,\u2019\u201d Cuban recounted.<\/p>\n

Casino magnate Miriam Adelson leads the ownership group that bought a controlling stake in the Mavericks, a deal Cuban now says he regrets. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, \u2018What did we trade him for?\u2019 And he told me \u2014 and no disrespect to Anthony Davis \u2014 but I\u2019m like, \u2018He\u2019s hurt a lot.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The former owner said he immediately viewed the deal as a catastrophic mistake \u2014 one he had no power to stop.<\/p>\n

\u201cI called the new owner and he started telling me stuff that wasn\u2019t true that he had been told as the reason why he approved it and I\u2019m like, that\u2019s not true \u2014 um, this is a mistake but nothing I can do,\u201d Cuban said.<\/p>\n

Cuban framed Don\u010di\u0107 as a once-in-a-generation talent who should have been untouchable under any circumstances. he added.<\/p>\n

Beyond basketball logic, Cuban suggested the decision was influenced by internal tensions and personal dynamics within the Mavericks organization.<\/p>\n

Dallas Mavericks star Luka Don\u010di\u0107 was traded in a stunning move that Mark Cuban called a \u201cmistake,\u201d saying generational players like him are untouchable. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Cuban also pointed to former general manager Nico Harrison as a key figure in the decision-making process, arguing that personal relationships may have skewed the front office\u2019s judgment.<\/p>\n

He noted Harrison had been close with Anthony Davis, the former Lakers star who went to the Mavs in the Don\u010di\u0107 swap, since Davis was about 13 years old, while head coach Jason Kidd also previously coached him.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou talk about confirmation bias, that there\u2019s there was some of that, as well,\u201d Cuban said, suggesting those ties contributed to the decision to trade away Don\u010di\u0107.<\/p>\n

The comments highlight a growing rift between Cuban and the new ownership group led by Adelson, whose family acquired about 73% of the franchise<\/a> in a deal valued at around $3.5 billion.<\/p>\n

Cuban retained a minority stake but has increasingly signaled he no longer holds meaningful influence over basketball operations.<\/p>\n

The Post has sought comment from Cuban and Adelson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Cuban says he has one big regret after cashing out of the Dallas Mavericks \u2014 and it\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[910,102,104,2582,103,4975,88516,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-228862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-headlines","11":"tag-dallas-mavericks","12":"tag-dallas-news","13":"tag-mark-cuban","14":"tag-sheldon-adelson","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228862","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=228862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}