Now, ESPN’s Tim McMahon is pulling again the curtain on the severely diminished affect that Cuban now has within the Mavericks group, per The Hoop Collective podcast. “Luka’s happiness was Mark Cuban’s prime precedence when Cuban was operating that franchise,” stated McMahon. “From the time they drafted Luka till the time Cuban offered the franchise, Luka’s happiness was Cuban’s prime precedence. Cuban had zero power, the heads up it was literally a matter of minutes this trade was happening. There’s a 0% likelihood that it will’ve ever occurred beneath Cuban’s watch however I name him the World’s Richest Mascot for a motive as a result of he doesn’t have any juice within the group anymore, he gave that up hoping to cling on to it.” -via Clutch Points / February 13, 2025
