Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban Has To Be Reigned In

Now, with that being said … Cuban was dead wrong for confronting Denver Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin’s mom during his post-game tirade (after the Mavericks, in some ways, might have been screwed by the referees). You never go after someone’s mother. If he thought that Kenyon Martin as being a thug then he should have said that right to Martin’s face and not walk around the court throwing a tantrum, shoving hard-working cameramen and then verbally going after the mom of an opposing player. With that kind of conduct, how can Cuban refer to Martin as a thug or a punk (or whatever it was he actually said to Martin’s mother) … and do it with a straight face?
I am not exactly the biggest fan of columnist Jason Whitlock, but he makes a lot of sense (I don’t think of everything he said in this column, but I agree with a lot of it). Here is Whitlock’s take on the Cuban-Martin flare up.

Here is a small excerpt from Whitlock’s column:

(NBA Commissioner) David Stern’s refusal to take action against Cuban following Game 3 is indefensible.
Does Stern not understand the culture of the league he oversees? Does he fail to comprehend the position Kenyon Martin is in if he fails to publicly (and perhaps physically) defend his mama?

Stern needs to step his game up and bring a little more structure to ownership etiquette for Mark Cuban. Does he want confrontations to escalate? I truly can appreciate Cuban’s passion and energy, but he was completely out of line and, as Whitlock said, Cuban’s actions after Game 3 were indeed “indefensible.” Honestly, the NBA needs more passionate and dedicated owners like Mark Cuban, but tempered with a little more self control and more respect for the sport, players, coaches, family, media and the opposition’s players, coaches, family and media. Cuban’s online blog apology was OK (the link to it is below), but it would be better if made directly to Martin and directly to his mother.
Does Stern want a repeat of the brawl that happened at the Palace of Auburn Hills between the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers? If he allows this to slide then what else will he allow to slide in the future?

Mark Cuban’s apology:
http://blogmaverick.com/2009/05/12/an-apology-to-kenyon-martins-mom-2/