Please Rate the Dallas Mavericks Owners (1980-2025)

[mvossman]

I don't go back far enough to properly rate Carter. I've heard the horror stories about Ross Perot, Jr, so I think he should be last. 

Can't put the current owners last, imho, because (so far) they're willing to pay the tax to be competitive, which is much more than can be said about the second half of Cuban's era. I'd still have Cuban #1, however, just because of the way he altered the franchise during his first decade or so.

Yeah, I only go as far back as early Cuban days.  I also agree that there are really two Cuban periods, pre championship and post championship.  

Cuban BC:
  - completely turned around the franchise
  - made some terrible moves but was always willing to spend his way out of mistakes (something you could do back then)
  - won a championship

Cuban AC:
  - broke up championship team
  - Plan powder
  - cheap
  - terrible in house scandal
  - messy divorce from Nelson

Dumont:
  - Signed off on trading away fan favorite super star in the middle of the night
  - then trashed said superstar repeatedly
  - Then raised ticket prices after infuriating the fan base

Seems like ownership has been on a downward spiral since Cuban glory days.  Dumont is a much smaller sample, but he has done so much damage in that small amount of time, with the only win being blind luck.  I'm in wait and see mode regarding how much tax he is willing to spend.  He did himself no favors by signing off on the dumb Grimes trade to add a year to the repeater penalty.