B/R – Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban admitted Wednesday the franchise tried to lose games after being eliminated from contention for the 2017 NBA playoffs.
Dallas finished the regular season with the league’s ninth-worst record after posting a 2-8 record over its final 10 games. It missed the Western Conference playoffs by eight games.
I honestly don’t see what everyone is getting riled up about. Teams have always done this, but Mark Cuban just happens to be the person who will openly admit it because he doesn’t care what Adam Silver or anyone else in the NBA thinks. But then again, Cuban seems like the exact person who would lash out at another owner if they were to say this publicly. Continue reading →