Mark Cuban...enough already.

This blog is going to be on Mark Cuban. I for one am sick of his unprofessional and immature and sometimes even pathetic behavior.

At times Cuban seems like a likable fan friendly owner who you could actually sit down with and shoot the breeze, but then he does something he should be embarrassed about. He's like Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde.

From what I know about Cuban which I admit isn't much, he seems like a very honorable person that just has a mean streak that he needs to control. Last week Cuban walked onto the court at half time to have words with Denver Nuggets guard J.R. Smith after Smith supposedly threw an elbow at a Mavericks forward Antoine Wright. Maybe Cuban was right, but at no time should an owner be allowed onto a court during a game to protest a call or join in a fight or exchange words with an opposing player.

Cuban was fined $25,000 for this incident. The cool thing about Cuban is that every time he is fned by the NBA, which is more frequent than most people, he donates to charity dollar for dollar. In this case he decided to donate the the National Hockey League Players Association Goals and Dreams fund in the names of Todd Bertuzzi and Steve Moore. In my opinion that was a completely classless act. Cuban's goal is to keep agitating David Stern and J.R. Smith. The problem I have with this move is because the reason Cuban donated to this fund. The reason for this in his words was "As a reminder of what could have happened, and that not every retaliation attempt misses. Tragedy can be one swing or one elbow away. There is no place for any action that could end someone’s career or worse, in any sport."

After I read that the first thing I thought is that it was him warning what could possibly happen if someone decided to take revenge, but then he softens his words and says there is no place for action. Exactly, just as there is no reason you should be donating money in someones name to prove a point and gain more exposure.

My opinion of Mark Cuban's future. I think he might thank me for this idea if he ever reads this. But I'm sure eventually David Stern will grow tired of his act, and will attempt to somehow keep him in an owner's box instead of at courtside. They will probably require owners to stay up there unless it's during an official ceremony or some other reason an owner should be down courtside. BUT...Mark Cuban isn't a dummy. He will name himself as an assistant coach, or possibly even the head coach of the team so he's at courtside and allowed to voice his opinion to the officials and yell at opposing players and referees and throw a temper tantrum in front of thousands of people.

Mark Cuban in my opinion needs to act like a professional. Alot of the things he does I actually admire. I admire the way he hates to lose, and I don't have a problem with him saying what he wants to say about the officials or even fans or even me or anyone for that matter after the game. He shouldn't be adding fuel to the fire and trying to get J.R. Smith to get in touch with him about what charity he should be donating to in his name. And then when you don't hear back from him, you shouldn't be blogging saying that he still hasn't heard from him.

I do want to say some more positive about him. He is probably the biggest sports fan in the entire world. Cuban bought a team that he was supporting and kept the same seats as when he was a fan. From the time he bought the Mavericks in 2000 the franchise hasn't been the same. He changed that team for the better and that is something everyone should admire about him. He bought his favorite team and turned them into a competitive team and at the same time was interacting with the fans and listening to their suggestions and made Mavericks games fun to go to. So he really does seem like a guy you could have a drink with, but he really needs to stop with the immature things already. I hope Mark takes this as a suggestion and changes his behavior.