Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is not rooting the conference-rival Los Angeles Lakers. Cuban told Mark Medina of the Orange County Register that he hopes Magic Johnson and Rob Pelinka are a disaster:
“I hope they fail miserably. I hope they fail horrifically,” Cuban said. “I hope Magic Johnson and Rob Pelinka go down as the worst GM/President combination in the history of GM/President combinations. But I hope they live wonderful lives.”
Cuban wants every team (aside from the Mavs, of course) to be awful:
“The worse it is, the better for me,” Cuban said before the Lakers-Mavericks game on Tuesday at American Airlines Center. “There’s no NBA thing involved. We survived the other franchise going through some hell that didn’t begin to rival what may be going on. The more turmoil with 29 other teams, the happier I am.”
Cuban did have nice things to say about Lakers part-owner and president Jeanie Buss, though:
“Jeanie’s just special,” Cuban said. “She’s smart, she’s driven, she’s even-handed, open-minded. I have nothing but great things to say about Jeanie.”
Cuban’s comments aren’t remotely surprising. Every NBA team wants every other team to fail, and Mark Cuban is not the type of man who keeps his thoughts to himself.
