(03-27-2025, 08:37 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: I got this off Reddit.

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I'm not exactly sure what Gavin Mulloy's roll was with the Mavs, but he a Cuban had a heated exchange on Facebook.

It starts out with Gavin making a post "Cuban should be run out of Dallas." . Here's what followed. Some of these quotes were not directly at each other specifically.

Gavin Mulloy - "the Cuban cucklords are wild. Guy has always been a dork trying to buy his way into being cool."

Cuban - "yeah. F him. He’s always been a dork trying to buy his way into being cool. "

Gavin - "Go dig up his quotes on the responsibility of an owner of a franchise and being a Shepard of a franchise, to sell to the Adelsons flies in the face of that. He did this to get casino $$."

Gavin - "who hired Nico....Cuban. he has blood on his hands here, he's just doing better damage control than Mavs"

Cuban - "did I miss your complaints when we went to the finals last year ? How upset were you then ?"

Gavin - "bro, this is so "do you like those super bowls, I hope you did very much"."

Gavin - "Better question is why did he tell us he'd remain in control of Basketball Ops and not get that in writing?"

Gavin - "man, he has repeatedly stated that owning a local sports team comes with obligations and you are a sheppard who just steers it. To sell to these folks is a complete rebuke of that ideal, which he understood. Culture > Business. It's why fandom is required. He also lied that he would maintain basketball ops. He would get that in writing, as any business person knows. His office was emptied day of sale. I was there."

Cuban - "Thanks for all the laughs!"

Cuban - "Hey Gavin Mulloy how much of a bonus did you get when I sold ?"

Gavin - "not enough to make up for the Luka trade. I'd give your dirty $$ back for Luka to be here, how about you?"

Cuban - "Gavin you didn’t say a word when it showed up in your account. Did you ? Sure looked good when we made it to the finals didn’t it ?I did every damn thing I could for 23 years. Kept prices lower than not only any nba team , but lower than college teams too. I had $2 tickets for multiple years. When I sold there were always 4k tickets under $29I made money 2 out of 23 years I was the majority owner. Lost hundreds of millions of dollars. And you kept on collecting your salary. So my $dirty dollars didn’t get a peep out of you those 23 years. Or when you got your check every two weeks. Or when you got your bonus Go back to what I said when I sold the team. I didnt want my kids and family to have to deal with people like you. I honestly got tired of the growing number of fans who became pricks on social media. People exactly like you. I paid your salary. I paid you a bonus I didn’t have to give you. The Nico and the new owners do something none of us liked and you decide to try to fuck with me. Thank you for confirming I made the right decision."

Gavin - "Mark if Money was my goal, I'd never take a paycut like I did to work at the Mavs silly. Everyone warns you of how underpaid you will be there. Your staff warns people. You don't get to dodge blame for selling it to the people you did. You hired Nico. Did you lie when you said you were going to maintain basketball ops control, or did you make a terrible business deal by not getting that in writing? People in Dallas see you at fault here and that wont go away. Your PR tour won't change that."

Cuban - "Gavin actually I fully expected to run basketball. The nba wouldn’t let me put it in the contract. They took it out. Just like they won’t let the Celtics put it in. I thought they would stick to their word because they didn’t know the first thing about running a team. Someone obviously changed their mind But that’s in the past. Life is too short to deal with thousands of people like you. It used to be fun engaging with the fans , win or lose, we wanted what was best for the Mavs. We shared in the good and bad. There was always some level of optimism. Even after disappointment Then the whole “get Luka some help “ nonsense started. Non stop online. Then it seemed like it turned into more fun for people to complain than to enjoy the Mavs or the nba Between dealing with the nba and their idiocy and fans like you, it wasn’t worth the non stop shit. Why would I want to keep on losing that much money so I could take shit from people like you , and then my kids could take over and get shit. Why would I do that to them ?I mean I literally left 40m plus on the table so that I could reward the people who worked for the Mavs. Never really thought I would get shit for it. Live and learn. I love the game and the Mavs. But It’s a lot more fun to just be a fan. I was a fan when Perot owned the team. I can be a fan now. MFFL"

Gavin - "so you admit you sold to someone who knows nothing about running a basketball team, with a checkered past and expected them to stay true to their words. Would you call that a good business decision? Or did the money make you not care if the fans got f'ed?"

Gavin - " I don't think it's SCENE yet, me & my folks don't cower."

There was a lot of comments by other people but these are the quotes from Gavin and Cuban.
Link to full post - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/12EGeskc4aD/


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(03-27-2025, 08:31 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: AD, Martin and Williams are questionable tonight.  I assume AD and Williams go.  Martin is just a silly tease

PJ Washington is out.  This team can't catch a break.  He hurt his ankle against the Nets and continued to play.  He just can't string games together.    This season is cursed.

(03-27-2025, 11:33 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: So AD has played two games.   PJ has sprained his ankle in both games that has caused him to miss multiple games.  Cursed season

(03-27-2025, 12:29 PM)DallasMaverick Wrote: I think it’s all the training staff’s fault.

(03-27-2025, 03:50 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: Stop with the cutesy sarcasm, because there's a fair chance the training staff does have something to do with it.

(03-28-2025, 10:36 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Stole this from my post in another thread around a week ago.  First time I saw Anthony Black last night.  He was pretty good.  He has gotten bigger though and I am not really a fan of that.  He is probably going to be tough to get anyway.  The more I think about it, I think either Poole or Sexton will be the targets.    IMO the Mavs are desperate for guard play.  I think Kyrie typically takes longer to return from injury so you have to probably expect he misses most of next year.  The Mavs can't be very good with their current guard play.    Before the trade deadline there was a fake trade of Sexton to Dallas for our first and Gafford.  I wasn't crazy about that because I really like Gafford and didn't think adding another small guard next to Kyrie was the best way to uses our assets.  That has changed.  Our pick is higher, so I would try to give a role player instead of Gafford.  Still not sure he would be worth the lottery pick.  Although he would add guard play we desperately need.  Then be a 6th man or trade piece when Kyrie is healthy.  Poole is more of a gamble, but will cost less than Sexton. 

Jrue Holiday ?- Probably too expensive but will be available
Lonzo Ball ?  big injury concerns
Ben Simmons?  Not a serious player
DLo?  Probably doesn't fit the architect we are looking for
Tyus Jones?  Probably similar to what we have and is a backup
Anthony Black?  REally young and have not seen him but he would intrigue me.  Would take our first probably.    Not sure if he is ready for that role though
Jordan Poole?  Probably not the fit we are looking for
Jordan Clarkson?  Probably not the role we would be looking for
Collin Sexton?  Will require a good package being sent to Utah.  Do we really want a small guard?
Malcolm Brogdon?  Always been a fan, but he is older now.  Could be a decent stop gap.  Not sure how much time he would get over the current teammates though.



I will need to think more.  Ideally this player is a bigger player who can play with Kyrie and also lead the team when Kyrie is out.

(03-29-2025, 04:51 AM)FireNicoHarrison Wrote: Lonzo (healthy) is our man

(03-28-2025, 11:08 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: @NationMffl

Dereck Lively II (right ankle stress fracture) and Daniel Gafford (right knee sprain) have been listed at DOUBTFUL for tomorrow night’s game against the Chicago Bulls.

(03-29-2025, 07:32 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: I would have Interest, I think.  Only makes 10 million next year.  He is hurt again though.

What makes it tricky is the bulls.  They very rarely make player trades, although they have made a few lately.  Second they are playing really well now so they are unlikely to move a guy like White.  Third, I am not sure what Dallas can offer that makes it worthwhile for the bulls.  Dallas has good players on good contracts.  It is tricky though.  Most of these players lack the tricky upside.  It also makes it trouble for guys making over 30 million.  As it will take at least two good role players and pick(s).  That player needs to be really good and not have a huge salary and where the team is looking to move that player.  Tricky offseason but this team is dead in the water next year if they can’t upgrade their backcourt.