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Coming up next, the Robert Sarver v. Robert Horry lawsuit.
Ummm, yes really
Coming up next, the Robert Sarver v. Robert Horry lawsuit.
Just keep in mind this is Nellie's lawyer talking. He might be right, but an arbitrator will get to the bottom of this.
I feel bad for the Mavs players and AJ ; they deserve much better than Cuban.
Yes, Cuban's money helped to build a contender, but the man is really embarassing his team
Say what you want about Cuban, but he's a smart businessman. I wonder if he is filing this suit in order to get out of paying the 6.5 million Nellie claims he owes him.
No, he's going to lose that suit. I think this is a case of what happens when you sue a rich man and he has the financial means to drag the proceedings out forever.
So when is Cuban going to sue Pat Riley?
Of course, now we have an explanation for Smallball©; Pop didn't want to get sued.
Cuban is just trying to harrass Don Nelson through the lawyers with his extensive wealth. It's common in business, and he is trying to bring the same bs into basketball.
Sad.
This is so stupid. There is no way Cuban wins this. He makes Dallas look bad. I wonder how the players and Avery feel?
This is classic.
TOP SECRET, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY:
Dirk is a choker. Bwahahahahahaha.
I'm sure somewhere Cuban is turning a cartwheel over being able to draw media attention even on the day after the draft. This whole thing is taking on the feel of a messy divorce more than a basketball issue.
Speaking of messy divorces, what's up with the Kidds? I haven't heard much since the first round of stories. I figured that sucker would become a good old fashioned media circus train wreck.
That is totally absurd.
Cuban, we got news for you..
The fact that Dirk is a big choker is NOT confidential information.
If this was the old Jim Rome board you would get major Racks for that.
Unbelievable!
Actually I think this is terrible publicity for Cuban and the Mavs and I honestly can't believe he would want to court attention like this. The only word we have for the claim being true is one party's attorney. If this were true, would you want to coach for Cuban? If you were a player, would you want to come play in Dallas? I have a feeling that this is a very acrimonious arbitration process related to Nellie's claims of deferred compensation, and it's just as likely his camp is spinning this to make Cuban and his franchise look terrible on the eve of the free agency signing period as it is that the story is true.
Unbelievable!
Better still, that's exactly what Cuban wears around the house.
Actually this more like writing the epitaph on the Mavericks franchise. Two years with championship hopes, and you get the entire team parading to the podium to whine about officiating last year vs. the Heat, and now this.
Cuban just solidified his team's rep as the biggest bunch of whiners and sore losers in pro sports.
They're disbanding?Actually this more like writing the epitaph on the Mavericks franchise.
So you're taking Nellie's lawyer at face value on this? It may well turn out to be true, but generally speaking, isn't there an arbitration process to decide which claims are true and which aren't? Considering how asinine and idiotic it makes the Mavericks look, there's not a possibility that Nellie's attorney is simply casting Cuban in the worst possible light in order to make things easier for his client?Cuban just solidified his team's rep as the biggest bunch of whiners and sore losers in pro sports
Too bad the spurs ''class'' does not apply to their fans.
Isn't Cuban kinda young for a hip replacement? Maybe they meant "brain replacement." An "ego reduction" would certainly do the idiot some good.
Cuban-Nellie feud intensifies
Mavs owner sues former coach, claims inside info helped Warriors pull playoff upset
01:31 PM CDT on Friday, June 29, 2007
By EDDIE SEFKO / The Dallas Morning News
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The ever-darkening feud between Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and former coach Don Nelson has reached a new low.
Cuban is suing Nelson for beating his former team in the playoffs.
That's essentially what it boils down to as Cuban has initiated legal action against the Golden State coach for using inside information about his former team in the regular season and in their epic first-round upset of the Mavs.
Nelson said Friday that he was surprised by Cuban's move and figured it was a reaction to the arbitration Nelson has filed against Cuban over about $6.5 million in deferred money that Nelson and former Mavericks owner Ross Perot Jr. have said is owed to Nelson from the Perot era.
"I'm embarrassed by the whole thing," Nelson said.
There is little doubt that Nelson knows the Mavericks better than any other coach in the league, save Avery Johnson. But strategic secrets are hard to come by in the league, given the extensive scouting web every team has. The Warriors beat the Mavericks in six games in the first round, the first time a No. 8 seed has upset a No. 1 seed in a best-of-seven series. They also went 3-0 against the Mavs in the regular season.
It should be noted, however, that the Golden State hex over the Mavericks started in 2005-06, when Mike Montgomery was coaching the Warriors and they won three out of four games over the Mavs despite owning a far inferior record.
Cuban, who is having hip-replacement surgery Friday, could not immediately be reached for comment.
But it's clear that the bottom line is about money. Nelson had resigned his coaching position with the Mavericks in March, 2004. He was paid for one more season at his coaching salary, then was to begin work in a consultant's role at a greatly reduced salary, believed to be $200,000 annually.
Cuban's claim is that taking the Golden State coaching position last summer violated a non-compete clause in Nelson's contract."
According to some Spurs fans, Nellie's lawyer = judge, jury and executioner.
If this is true, Cuban is a giant and is just making things harder on himself and his franchise. But I have a hard time believing he'd be that shortsighted and stupid. You don't become a billionaire and resurrect a dead franchise if you can't see the forest for the trees.
So according to that article, Nellie says Cuban is vindictively suing him for using "trade secrets" and "insider info" to beat the Mavs. According to Cuban, he is making a counter-claim against Nellie for violating a no-compete clause in his consulting contract. Good thing Spurs fans wouldn't be on the jury.
Bingo!
Cuban rewards loyalty, like continuing to pay Del Harris even though he is not coaching this year and he continued to pay Don Nelson for a year and a half after he quit on the team. But once Nellie abandoned his loyalty to the Mavs and signed with the Warriors, even though he had a non compete clause, and still wanted his retirement severance, Cuban did what most wealthy people with power do………sue the B@s !
I agree with him, it's just too bad it gives him the whole organization and the fans a black eye?
Why don't we wait for an arbitrator to rule before just taking Nellie's word for it that this is what Cuban is doing?
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