While appearing on the “DLLS Mavs Podcast,” Mark Cuban expressed regret over how he sold the team. He clarified there’s no regret over actually selling the team.
When asked what he’d change, Cuban explained he would have put the team up for bidding. He sold his majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks to the Adelson and Dumont families for $3.5 billion. Cuban has repeatedly expressed he sold the team to prioritize his family and other ventures.
“I had a great relationship with them, still have a great relationship with them,” Cuban said. “It’s just the contractual terms didn’t turn out the way — the contract didn’t lead toward what I expected to have happen.”
This is pure speculation, but one can’t help but believe events over the past year have brought about the regret Cuban now feels. The Luka Doncic trade was a seismic event that turned fans against general manager Nico Harrison and ownership.
Cuban has also previously publicly stated he would not have allowed that trade to happen.
Cuban’s Relationship With Harrison Has Soured
In a wide-ranging interview, Cuban was brief and to the point in certain moments while expansive and gracious with his answers during others.
His briefest answer came when asked about Harrison and the relationship that exists between them now.
“No,” Cuban said when asked if he has the same level of communication with Harrison that he does with Patrick Dumont.
Cuban Not Keen On Mavs’ Direction
There was another instance in which podcast host Tim Cato noted the Mavs’ philosophical shift to a more traditional one with double-big lineups, compared to their more modern, 3-point-savvy style under Cuban.
In response, Cuban appeared to take a shot at both Harrison’s roster construction and preferred playing style.
“I’ve had a lot of conversations with Patrick [Dumont] about analytics,” Cuban said. “I’ll leave it at that.”
Cuban even went as far as to say the team’s season will be determined by how well Dereck Lively II and Anthony Davis can shoot threes. Lively has attempted exactly two 3-pointers in his first two seasons. Davis is a sub-30 percent 3-point shooter for his career.
cuban: “i literally think our season as well as AD and Lively shooting 3s (goes).”
me and mark disagreed a bit, but acknowledged that the mavericks won’t exactly be playing progressive hoops next season. pic.twitter.com/3yvVGl3QXC
— tim cato (@tim_cato) August 27, 2025
