Post by CelticsLoyalist on Aug 10, 2003 0:44:22 GMT -5
Mark the mouth
Poor Mark Cuban.
First, the Mavericks owner was shut out in this summer's free agent market - at least as far as the big ticket players were concerned.
And then he got overzealous in a recent interview with the television show ``Access Hollywood,'' and, in reference to the impending Bryant trial, said, ``from a business perspective, it's great for the NBA.''
It's not unusual for the outspoken Cuban to trip over his own wagging tongue, but it's clearly his most tasteless quip to date. One Dallas columnist called for commissioner David Stern to suspend Cuban for the start of the season.
Stern called Cuban's words ``misinformed and unseemly.''
Cuban, instead of just offering a straight apology, said the sound bite was taken out of context.
``As part of a single sentence, rather than as part of a bigger conversation, it certainly didn't convey the bigger message I was hoping to,'' he said via e-mail to the Dallas Morning News.
A bigger message? The proof is on tape. This is sort of like Yankees pitcher David Wells saying that he was misinterpreted in his own autobiography, or Charles Barkley somehow managing to ``misquote'' himself in his autobiography.
The solution is simple. Say you're sorry and shut up.
Poor Mark Cuban.
First, the Mavericks owner was shut out in this summer's free agent market - at least as far as the big ticket players were concerned.
And then he got overzealous in a recent interview with the television show ``Access Hollywood,'' and, in reference to the impending Bryant trial, said, ``from a business perspective, it's great for the NBA.''
It's not unusual for the outspoken Cuban to trip over his own wagging tongue, but it's clearly his most tasteless quip to date. One Dallas columnist called for commissioner David Stern to suspend Cuban for the start of the season.
Stern called Cuban's words ``misinformed and unseemly.''
Cuban, instead of just offering a straight apology, said the sound bite was taken out of context.
``As part of a single sentence, rather than as part of a bigger conversation, it certainly didn't convey the bigger message I was hoping to,'' he said via e-mail to the Dallas Morning News.
A bigger message? The proof is on tape. This is sort of like Yankees pitcher David Wells saying that he was misinterpreted in his own autobiography, or Charles Barkley somehow managing to ``misquote'' himself in his autobiography.
The solution is simple. Say you're sorry and shut up.
