That's exactly right. If you react to Cuban you give him the satisfaction of thinking (a) he has taken heat off of his team; and (b) that you give a crap about what he says. There is a celebrity fetish in Cuban's makeup -- he likes the attention he gets for saying brash or even stupid things. The more he says them and the more people react to him, the more he's inclined to continue.Quote:
Originally Posted by picnroll
I got pissed off at something Cuban said a few years ago and spent the better part of an afternoon exchanging e-mails with him. In the end, it was clear that nothing I said -- no matter how rational or logical -- was going to change his mind. That was true, I think, because he didn't really hold the opinion he offered; he just said it and relished the fact that I (and I'm sure others) took the time to write to him and tell him that I had heard what he said.
It's rather clear that Mark Cuban is still learning basketball. There's no doubt that his money and his drive have significantly improved the Dallas Mavericks' franchise and that they'll remain a vital organization for most of the time that he's at the helm. I think it's also clear that someone has finally convinced Cuban that he has little to no clue about how to construct a team that can win -- when he finally let the basketball people start pulling the strings, that team got drastically better over night. They might even be good enough to win this series and enhance the rivalry that exists. Whether they do or they don't, Cuban will continue saying asinine things because it gets people to talk about him or to him.
Timmy had it exactly right last night. I wonder how Cuban would react on Monday if nobody said a word to him
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