While speaking on the Intersections podcast, former Mavericks majority owner Mark Cuban said he has no regrets about selling the team in December 2023, but he does question his choice of buyers, according to Mike Curtis of The Dallas Morning News.
“I don’t regret selling. I regret who I sold to,” Cuban said in a preview clip released Monday. “I made a lot of mistakes in the process, and I’ll leave it at that.”
Cuban transferred his majority stake to Miriam Adelson and her son-in-law Patrick Dumont, CEO of Las Vegas Sands, with Dumont taking over as the team’s governor after the deal.
Although Cuban kept a 27% share and initially suggested he would remain in charge of basketball decisions, that role was never formally secured in his agreement.
As Christian Clark of The Athletic points out, Cuban’s reduced influence became clear in February 2025 when Dumont approved the trade of Luka Doncic.
The deal was reportedly handled by former GM Nico Harrison, who had been hired by Cuban but later fired by Dumont in November.
Cuban still shows up to most home games, Clark notes, but the Mavericks currently sit at 24-50, among the worst records in the league.
Speaking with hosts Tom Leppert and Kyle Waldrep, Cuban explained that stepping away was partly due to the emotional toll of owning a team and his desire to keep his children out of that environment.
“You hear the passion and everything,” Cuban said. “Now imagine going up and down like that every single game. That’s hard. … My kids, they were coming of age where they would be of the mindset (that) maybe they want to work at the Mavs, and I didn’t want that for them. … If fans don’t like what you’re doing or the team’s not doing well, you’re the worst human being on the planet, and they treat you that way.”
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