What could have been for your little Dallas Mavericks if the upstart “We Believe” Golden State Warriors had never made it into the 2006-07 NBA playoffs?
In a recent podcast interview, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban took listeners inside one of the lesser-heralded moments when disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy may have rested a thumb on the scales of NBA justice. And it may have had pretty far-reaching effects on the Western Conference playoff picture that year.
We all know about Donaghy’s claims that the Mavericks were “screwed out of a championship” due to NBA officiating policy during the 2006 NBA Finals.