Biofile with Mark Cuban
Published by Scoop Malinowski on May 31, 2011 filed under BioFiles · Comments (2)
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Status: Owner of Dallas Mavericks and 2929 Entertainment. Also owner and chairman of HDNet – the world’s only all high-definition national television network.
DOB: July 31, 1958 In: Pittsburgh, PA
Childhood Heroes: ”My dad, Julius Erving, Willie Stargell, John Brisker.”
Hobbies/Interests: “Anything technology driven, keeping up with technology, play basketball, workout, play with my daughter, hang out with my family.”
Favorite Movies: ”Bubble, Enron, The Smartest Guys In The Room, One Last Thing and World’s Fastest Indian.”
Favorite TV Shows: ”Law & Order, Get Out, and HDNet World Report – plug [laughs].”
Musical Tastes: ”Hip-hop, I’d say classic rock, Ludacris to Jay-Z to John Mellencamp to Charlie Daniels Band [smiles].”
First Job: ”Selling garbage bags door-to-door (age 12).”
First Car: ”1966 Buick LeSabre. (Color?) Red.”
Favorite Meal: ”Tuna fish sandwiches at 7-11.”
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: “What’s the name of that?…Raspberry sorbet.”
Early Mavericks Memory: “Playing Dirk (Nowitzki) one-on-one when I first bought the team (in 2000) and going up 2-0 and being smart enough to quit [laughs].”
Pre-Game Feeling: “Calm. Depends on if it’s a home game or away game. If it’s a home game I’m paying attention to the arena presentation. And everything that’s going on and how the fans are responding. And the game obviously. And if it’s an away game, just looking at our preparation, curiosity at what the coaches have prepared. And then curiosity over which officials that we’ve got assigned.”
Greatest Career Moment: ”In basketball, making the NBA Finals.”
Most Painful Moment: ”The most painful moment is the last game we lost [laughs]. That’s it. Because they’re all painful.”
Funny Basketball Memory: ”With the team? Oh my goodness. Me and Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki singing onstage and playing guitar during the All-Star break [smiles].”
Childhood Dream: ”Baseball player and basketball player, yeah.”
Favorite Vacation Spot: ”That’s a good question. Hmm. I don’t know if I have one favorite.”
Toughest Competitors Encountered: “In the NBA? First I’d say the competitors in business are far fiercer than in the NBA. Because there’s more at stake than any given game or season. Bill Gates. Rob Glaser. The Google guys. Those are the fiercest competitors. Put that in there and see how they respond [smiles].”
Favorite Players To Watch: “Shawn Livingston. (Why?) He’s just fun to watch. I like to watch the young kids and how they develop, the early flashes of brilliance – see if they can develop on it. All of our guys obviously. But on other teams…guys like Dirk. Just watching Dirk is a dream and a pleasure. Dwyane Wade I like to watch. I guess Carter. Tracy McGrady. I could go on for days.”
People Qualities Most Admired: ”Intensity. Compassion. Sense of humor. Focus. And just someone who cares about people.”
College: Indiana University.
[Note: This Biofile was done spontaneously at courtside at Madison Square Garden in New York before a recent Mavs-Knicks game. We would like to thank Mr. Cuban for doing this interview without any pre-arranged scheduling.]
Topics: Buick Lesabre, Career Moment, Charlie Daniels Band, Childhood Heroes, Dallas Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki, Enron The Smartest Guys, Enron The Smartest Guys In The Room, Fish Sandwiches, Garbage Bags, John Mellencamp, National Television Network, Oh My Goodness, Owner Of Dallas Mavericks, Painful Moment, Raspberry Sorbet, Smartest Guys In The Room, Steve Nash, Tuna Fish, Willie Stargell
Hi Mr. Cuba, we were sure that your team would have the title, we followed all the way. I knew it does not take one man to win, the all team or forget, we remember your team comming close last, this time they did not desappoint you. way to go… we wish we could have a small help from you Mark, right now we are hurting, we hang in there. if you have time please contact us we will tell you our story. thanks gene/lisa – you might be able to right 2 books on us. we appreciate your team who did not give up….. have a great day Mr. Cuba. thanks for reading.
Hi Mark,
Shirley Cuban sold me my first house in
Mt. Lebanon. This was in 1970 on a private road, around the corner from the Rooney’s.”owners of the pgh. Steelers”.My son used to play racquet ball with Jack
Ham,mean Joe green,and others. I was good friends with Rocky Bleir.
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