Last week, the Adelson family - who run the Las Vegas Sands casino company - confirmed that it was in talks to buy a majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks from owner Mark Cuban.
That news was surprising enough on the face of it, as Cuban has been one of the NBA's most front-facing and successful owners since buying the franchise in 2000.
But beneath the headlines of the proposed transaction was a far more interesting nugget of information.
'Cuban keeps shares in the team and full control of basketball operations,' The Athletic's Shams Charania reported.