By far the biggest wild card as we head into this uncertain future of bad Mavericks basketball is Mark Cuban.
When Cuban bought the team in 2000, he inherited a great stash of talent. He had a franchise player (Dirk), All-Star level role players (Michael Finely, Steve Nash) and a Hall of Fame coach (Don Nelson). Cuban for his part, didn’t let that talent go to waste and the Mavs rolled off over a decade of more than competent basketball. It’s a stretch no team other than the Spurs has ever matched.
He’s never had a bad team though.