Mark Cuban vs. Dwyane Wade

[Oz]

Mark Cuban -- The Most Overrated Man In American Sports.
Part The XXIV

Nevermind that he's turned a lousy franchise when he bought it into one of the most respected in the league.

As did a number of other people without being public jackasses.

He can be a public jackass all he wants. But being a jackass doesn't make him "The Most Overrated Man In American Sports." Guy's done some great things since he bought the Mavs.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Sure it does.
He's a great quote and 90 percent of what he says is a) loud and b) worthless because it's either about him, his team, or the fact that the entire world is in conspiracy against him. Lose the shirt and stay off the floor, foof.
Plus, his great team hasn't ever won ****.

 

[hondo]

Personally I loved the shot about the 5 with Barkley.

Championships won by Barkley?

Didn't think so.

 

[heyabbott]

Mark Cuban -- The Most Overrated Man In American Sports.
Part The XXIV

Cuban is Charles Barkley, except Cuban made billions by using his brain and Chucky made millions by workng for folks like Cuban. Cuban's just keepin it real.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Cuban may be the most media-friendly owner in professional sports (at least the big four) but he's completely overreacting to this one...

Wade may be the classiest player in the NBA. He was asked a question and he answered it honestly. Of course ESPN made it sound like he called James and Dirk child molesters with the way they covered it...

 

[Chuck~Taylor]

Cuban may be the most media-friendly owner in professional sports (at least the big four) but he's completely overreacting to this one...

Wade may be the classiest player in the NBA. He was asked a question and he answered it honestly. Of course ESPN made it sound like he called James and Dirk child molesters with the way they covered it...

I met DWade once and he came off as a real cockdiwaffle.

 

[RAMBO]

The more Dirk and the Mavs say they handed Miami the title and lost to an inferior team, the more they sound like whiny arses.

Cuban's a great owner, but there's no way he could stay out of a war of words. He'd probably die trying.

Right to the point.

 

[Yawn]

Sure it does.
He's a great quote and 90 percent of what he says is a) loud and b) worthless because it's either about him, his team, or the fact that the entire world is in conspiracy against him. Lose the shirt and stay off the floor, foof.
Plus, his great team hasn't ever won ****.

See, in Fenian's mind, individuality is trumped by political correctness...thus, you put a muzzle on those people and hide them away.

Unless you're a leftist or leftist pawn seeking certain whacko individual rights from the Supreme Court's revisionist judges. Then it's out in front and center of spotlight.

 

[Yawn]

If Cuban was a gay jackass, he'd be a hero in Fenian's book no matter what came out of his mouth.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Gubba, gubba, gubba.
Lookit my toes. They speak to me.
Gubba gubba.

 

[Yawn]

God, that was intelligent Fen. You're outdoing yourself.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Gubba wha?

 

[writing irish]

As a Mavs fanboy, I have mixed feelings about Cuban. The team may not have won the Finals, yet, but they've come a long way from the single-digit-win days. I appreciate what he's done for the win column. On-court results are more my concern than off-court irrelevancies.

As for the off-court irrelevancies, I tend to prefer my owners classy and old-school. Mark Cuban, you're no Lamar Hunt. Sometimes he comes up with something perceptive and timely, but more often, he makes an ass of himself.

But I still can't really be down on the guy too much. Even if his demeanor is somewhat adolescent, he's created a climate of fun in a league that isn't much fun and in a metro area where the local teams aren't much fun, either. The Mavs are fun, and that's a nice reminder that it is, after all, a game.

But I wish he could bring the fun without being such a spoiled brat.

Like I said, mixed feelings.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Dallas fans should love Cuban. He's the biggest reason why that team has been completely turned around and the biggest thing about Cuban is that the players across the league love him because he has a reputation for treating guys right.

Can he be a whiny brat? Of course, but the good definitely outweighs the bad with Cuban...

 

[Yawn]

Hey Irish, who would you rather have owning your team, Cuban or Jerry Jones?

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

As a Mavs fanboy, I have mixed feelings about Cuban. The team may not have won the Finals, yet, but they've come a long way from the single-digit-win days. I appreciate what he's done for the win column. On-court results are more my concern than off-court irrelevancies.

As for the off-court irrelevancies, I tend to prefer my owners classy and old-school. Mark Cuban, you're no Lamar Hunt. Sometimes he comes up with something perceptive and timely, but more often, he makes an ass of himself.

But I still can't really be down on the guy too much. Even if his demeanor is somewhat adolescent, he's created a climate of fun in a league that isn't much fun and in a metro area where the local teams aren't much fun, either. The Mavs are fun, and that's a nice reminder that it is, after all, a game.

But I wish he could bring the fun without being such a spoiled brat.

Like I said, mixed feelings.

Bingo, although I'm plainly less enamored of the guy than you are, but I didn't live through the eight-win seasons, either.

 

[writing irish]

Hey Irish, who would you rather have owning your team, Cuban or Jerry Jones?

Would there be a doubt in my mind or the mind of any other sentient being? Just because I'm ambivalent about Cuban doesn't mean he's even comparable to Smiley. Smiley's in a class of extreme assclowns that, fortunately for the rest of humanity, is a very limited number.

 

[Alma]

Let me get this straight: We're defending somebody for being a poor loser?

Cuban's considerable financial success shouldn't blind an objective observer to his verbal cheap shots and lack of grace.

And he is overrated in this sense: Because he's so blunt in a world of chicken-**** mealy-mouth sports owners, we mistake his honesty for truth. Just because Cuban says what he thinks doesn't mean he's more virtuous. Or more truthful. In general journalists - and America as a whole - value personas like Cuban far too much. He's not even close to the best owner in the game.

 

[writing irish]

Because he's so blunt in a world of chicken-**** mealy-mouth sports owners, we mistake his honesty for truth. Just because Cuban says what he thinks doesn't mean he's more virtuous. Or more truthful. In general journalists - and America as a whole - value personas like Cuban far too much.

Ding ding ding. We have a winner.