Mark Cuban details Wednesday’s events from his perspective

Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban/AP file photo by Carolyn Kaster

 

Here is a message from Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban from his Cyber Dust account as transcribed by The Sporting News. It details what Cuban says transpired from his part on Wednesday as he tried – to no avail – to speak with DeAndre Jordan, who eventually backed out of a verbally agreed to contract with the Mavericks to re-sign with the Clippers. Cuban’s message seemed a response to ESPN reporter Chris Broussard, who Wednesday tweeted that Cuban was driving around Houston on Wednesday, calling people to try to find out where Jordan lived.

 

 

Dear Mavs fans,

After all the nonsense coming from an ESPN employee on twitter, I thought I would provide the events of the day on Tuesday.

Through all of Monday we were texting back and forth discussing players available, the amount of cap room we had left. Who our staff liked. Who he liked. How excited he was.

Then on Tuesday the communications basically stopped and we started hearing rumblings from multiple people that something was up.

So I flew down to Houston and got a room at the galleria, which is just a few minutes from his house I had my driver take me to his house. It’s inside a small gated community but the gate was wide open. So we drove in and I literally walked up to his door.

There was no one home. So I texted him saying that I was there. I know something is up. Let’s talk. He texted me that he was on a date.

I told him to have fun. I wasn’t in a rush, that I was happy to come by there and say hi or if he wanted to make the date fun, take them to Dallas for a night out.

He didn’t respond.

After about 10 mintues I went back to the hotel. I wasn’t going to sit in front of his house. I didn’t think that was right.

When I got back to the hotel I texted him that I wasn’t in front of his house. Have fun on his date and we will talk.

He hit me back immediately saying thanks.

He knew I was in town. He knew I was close by. I knew something was up. I was getting the same reports everyone else was.

I also knew his agents were coming to town. It made sense that he would talk to them and worst case, even if he was having second thoughts the agent would be able to give me updates.

Like any big career move it’s natural to have second thoughts. So while I was concerned, I still wasn’t worried. SO I went to bed.

More to come.

And for those who care. I like this medium because it’s like having a face to face conversation. I can say what I want. No trolls. I can reach any size audience. And respond to people easily.

Broussard on Friday morning apologized for his Wednesday post on his TwitLonger account:

“Regarding my Wednesday report: I should have attempted to contact Mark Cuban before I reported what my sources were telling me. I always try to carry myself with honestly and integrity both personally and professionally. I recognize that I tweeted hastily, I’m sorry for it, and I will learn from my mistake.”