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☆ Luka Doncic Authors the NBA’s Gaudiest Triple-Double: 60-21-10
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Robert O'Connell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The big question, for the Dallas Mavericks, is a rhetorical one: What more can Luka Doncic do? The implied answer is “nothing.” The puzzle of the Mavericks’ season is that they tread water even while their 23-year-old point-forward and MVP candidate ascends. Tuesday night, though, Doncic seemed to take the question seriously, and in doing so authored a basketball masterpiece. In a 126-121 overtime win over the New York Knicks, Doncic scored 60 points, grabbed 21 rebounds and passed out 10 assists. The performance marked the first 60-20-10 game in NBA history, and just the second 60-point triple-double.

☆ The NBA’s Plan to Stop Runaway Offenses Is a Crackdown on Walking
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Robert O'Connell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

With 10 seconds left in a late-November game against the Dallas Mavericks and his Golden State Warriors trailing by two, Stephen Curry faked a 3-pointer. Curry was called for traveling—and the Warriors lost. “I didn’t think it was a travel,” Curry said after the game. But so far this season, the protests of even the NBA’s superstars are going unheeded. After years in which it seemed that players could walk around the court unencumbered by dribbling, NBA referees are blowing the whistle much more often on traveling violations.

☆ Luka Doncic Is Playing With His Back to the Basket and His Eye on the MVP
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Robert O'Connell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Just over a minute into an early-December game against the Phoenix Suns, Luka Doncic dribbled behind a teammate’s screen. This routine action becomes, in the hands of the Dallas Mavericks’ 23-year-old dynamo, a drastic and multifaceted threat. Doncic might sling a pass across the span of an overanxious defense, to an unmarked teammate in the distant corner. That evening, Doncic went with another option, sticking his rump into Devin Booker and scooting him backward into the lane. By the time Doncic raised up for a 8-foot push shot, Booker could only smack his arm, tacking a free-throw onto the bucket.

The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company negotiates directly with drugmakers. So far, that's been the strategy for the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company. In October, Cost Plus Drug Company announced a partnership with Capital Blue Cross. Cuban said he wanted Cost Plus Drug Company to be as transparent as possible on pricing. Cost Plus Drug Company is considering a test program for insulin that would offer a 90-day supply of insulin, or a total of 12 vials, for $170.

☆ Mark Cuban says last year's crypto boom was '99% noise' – and Sam Bankman-Fried's arrest could pop the bubble
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Mark Cuban said there's still some underlying value in crypto despite the ongoing sell-off. "99% of it was noise but there's real value there," he told 'The Problem with Jon Stewart' Monday. Cuban added that Sam Bankman-Fried's arrest on fraud charges will force crypto to "get its act together". "There's the signal and the noise," Cuban told Apple TV+'s "The Problem with Jon Stewart". Stablecoin issuer Terra and hedge fund Three Arrows Capital collapsed earlier in 2022 as the crypto selloff brought to light potential instabilities in the digital asset sector.

☆ Ex-NBA player Amar’e Stoudemire arrested after allegedly punching, slapping daughter
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Former NBA player Amar’e Stoudemire was arrested early Sunday morning in a domestic violence incident involving his daughter, according to documents obtained by NBC News. The daughter allegedly told Stoudemire she didn't have an attitude, and he allegedly responded with "you're talking back again" before allegedly punching her in the jaw and slapping her on her face and body, allegedly causing a bloody nose, the document states. Police who responded to the scene allegedly "observed blood stains" on the victims' sweater and pants and the daughter's mother allegedly showed police a picture she had received of the daughter allegedly crying with blood running down her face. The mother allegedly told police that Stoudemire "told her to come pick up the victim because she was being disrespectful." The University of Miami also featured Stoudemire in a post on its feed on Friday congratulating graduates.

☆ Mark Cuban has 4 rules for making money—No. 4 is: 'Know your s--t better than anyone else in the room'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Mark Cuban says anyone can become a millionaire by following his four rules of success. "Selling isn't about convincing, it's about helping," Cuban told the School of Hard Knocks in a TikTok. "When you walk into a room, you [need to] know your s--t better than anyone else in the room," he said. That lesson may be why Cuban seems confident enough in his four rules to stake his own livelihood on it. "I would get a job as a bartender at night, and a sales job during the day, and I would start working," Cuban said.

☆ Send Sam Bankman-Fried to prison, Elon Musk suggests, while Binance's boss calls him a 'master manipulator'. 8 top figures weigh in on the disgraced FTX founder.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Zahra Tayeb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is racking up critics after the implosion of his crypto exchange. Here's what top voices like Elon Musk, Bill Ackman and Binance boss CZ have said, in 8 top quotes. Now the crypto CEO is under fire from all sides, from Elon Musk and Bill Ackman to "Shark Tank" investor Mark Cuban. Given that, the crypto exchange boss said he feels like the mainstream media has given Bankman-Fried softball interviews. The crypto bull believes Bankman-Fried will probably end up in jail, but doesn't think he was acting alone.

☆ Mark Cuban Has a New Job: Working at an Online Discount Pharmacy
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Joseph Walker | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

DALLAS—When Mark Cuban got an email in 2018 from a stranger asking if he wanted to invest in a company dedicated to bringing down the cost of prescription drugs, he replied: “Tell me more.”Today, the Dallas Mavericks owner and entrepreneur is helping steer the fledgling startup as it takes aim at high prescription drug prices and the industry middlemen who he says keeps them that way.

☆ Mark Cuban cold-called the Dallas Mavericks' CEO to get her to take the job
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Finally returning his messages eventually led to her appointment as CEO of the Dallas Mavericks, Cuban's NBA team. "I honestly didn't know who Mark Cuban was," Marshall told the Dallas Observer in 2018. Marshall told Fortune in October of her thinking at the time. Since the two were initially strangers, their first phone call simply involved "getting to know a little about each other," Marshall told Yahoo Finance. Cuban laid out the issues facing the Mavericks' workplace on the phone, Marshall said.

☆ Luka Doncić racks up 41-point triple-double to help the Dallas Mavericks beat the Golden State Warriors, 116-113
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Alasdair Howorth | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Luka Doncić racked up an incredible 41-point triple-double as his Dallas Mavericks beat Steph Curry’s Golden State Warriors 116-113. Doncić finished with 41 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists – his fifth triple-double of the season – and for good measure, added four steals and a block. Curry has excelled this season and is averaging 31.4 points per game but is struggling to carry the Warriors. Ron Jenkins/Getty ImagesFor all of Doncić’s brilliance, it was another night where Curry was let down by his teammates. After the game, Warriors coach Steve Kerr addressed the team’s poor start to the season, “We have to expect that teams are going to make shots against us.

☆ Mark Cuban still believes in crypto's fundamental value but thinks FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried is headed for jail
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban isn't giving up on cryptocurrencies despite the collapse of FTX. He told TMZ on Saturday that crypto still has underlying value, urging people to "separate the signal from the noise." As for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, Cuban said "I don't know all the details, but if I were him, I'd be afraid of going to jail for a long time." The billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team and "Shark Tank" investor told TMZ on Saturday that faith in fundamentals outweigh the short-term turbulence. Cuban also touched on Bankman-Fried, and said that the former FTX chief executive should be worried about potential jail time.

☆ The world's largest cannabis companies are gobbling up beer brands and striking deals with top athletes to hawk energy drinks because they're struggling to profit off pot
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Jeremy Berke | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

It's hard to make money in cannabis, so the world's largest cannabis companies are pivoting. The Canadian cannabis company Tilray in early November acquired Montauk Brewing Company, a New York craft-beer brewer. In a November 11 note, analysts at the investment bank Jefferies called Canopy's core Canadian cannabis business "a sideshow." Tilray's cannabis business slumps, while beer boomsLike Canopy, Tilray's core cannabis business is also declining while its beverage unit and other businesses are growing. Beyond cutting costs, it was, therefore, only a matter of time before the world's largest cannabis companies, with investors and shareholders breathing down their necks, looked elsewhere to boost their margins.

☆ When Mark Cuban bought the Dallas Mavericks, he refused an office or big desk—here's why
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

But when Mark Cuban bought the Dallas Mavericks for $285 million in January 2000, he didn't get his own floor-to-ceiling windows or a mahogany desk. "I wanted everybody that worked with me to see that if I asked them to do it, I'll do it," Cuban told GQ. He bought the team because he thought he could make it better and sell more tickets, he said. When he bought the team that January, Cuban said he put his desk in the center of the bullpen. Cuban's method appears to have worked, as the Dallas Mavericks' team value has steadily increased over the years.

☆ Luka Doncic: NBA superstar prefers chess to Twitter
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

“I just play chess on my phone,” said the Dallas Mavericks star. After his game-winning performance against the Boston Celtics in February 2021, Doncic was asked how he chooses how to dissect a defense. “It’s like playing chess: you’ve got to take your time and see the moves,” he told TNT after his 31-point performance. A quick scroll through Doncic’s blue tick verified Twitter account sees him celebrating the first basketball court built in Europe by an NBA team – his Mavericks team built a court in his homeland of Slovenia. The 26-year-old looks to be devoted sneakerhead, as he thanks on Twitter many of the shoemakers and sponsors he’s had in recent weeks.

☆ Luka Doncić sinks clutch three-pointer to help Mavericks beat the Clippers 103-101 in dramatic fashion
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Alasdair Howorth | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Luka Doncić scored 35 points, including a clutch three-pointer with less than 30 seconds remaining, to give the Dallas Mavericks a 103-101 win over the LA Clippers despite blowing a 25-point lead. “Luka Magic” also had 11 rebounds, five assists and three steals, making every one of his 11 free throws along the way. Up against an injury-hit Clippers team – including Kawhi Leonard who is managing a knock to his knee – the Mavericks took a 15 point first-quarter lead. Mavs fans will be relieved as they narrowly avoided losing their second game of the season after leading by 22 or more. “We’re giving up a lot of big leads, just like we drew it up,” Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said after the game.

☆ Luka Doncic becomes only third player in NBA history to record seven 30-plus points to begin season
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Luka Doncic continued his scorching start to the 2022-23 NBA season and matched a record which only two NBA Hall of Famers have recorded. Doncic scored 33 points in the Dallas Mavericks’ 103-100 win against the Utah Jazz, meaning he’s now scored over 30 points in all seven of his games this season. Previously, four-time NBA MVP Chamberlain had been the last to reach the mark, doing so in 1962-63. “I always hear Wilt Chamberlain. A 23-year-old kid that is playing at this level is really, really kind of special and cool to see.

☆ NBA: Two players ejected in scuffle between Miami Heat and the Toronto Raptors
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The Miami Heat’s 112-109 victory over the Toronto Raptors was almost the secondary story from a game that was stopped for several minutes after a scuffle between Miami’s Caleb Martin and Toronto’s Christian Koloko. Both were ejected from the game after it was stopped for several minutes while referees made their decision. Overall, I’ve got to be more professional in the way I handle those type of situations.”Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat looks on against the Toronto Raptors. Megan Briggs/Getty ImagesKoloko, meanwhile, said per ESPN, “I just stood up for myself and I get ejected. That’s what happened.”Losing 81-59 at the time, the scuffle seemed to rejuvenize the Raptors who embarked on a 17-2 run to make the game competitive again.

☆ Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall said the first time Mark Cuban called to offer her the job, she thought it was her kids asking for money and handed the phone to her husband
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Cynt Marshall said when Mark Cuban called to offer her the job of Mavericks CEO, she thought it was one of her kids asking for money. Marshall has been CEO of the Mavericks since 2018 and is the first black female CEO in the NBA. Marshall has been CEO of the Dallas Mavericks, which is owned by Mark Cuban, since 2018. She is the first black female CEO in NBA history. "First of all, when Mark Cuban called me - okay, don't judge me - I didn't know Mark Cuban," she said.

☆ There’s a New Menace Stalking Suburbia. Meet the McBasement.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( E.B. Solomont | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

When Sterling McDavid’s parents bought a roughly 9,000-square-foot home on Aspen’s Red Mountain, the 33-year-old interior designer directed the architect and contractors to start digging. Limited by zoning above ground, Ms. McDavid, who led the renovation, envisioned an expansive basement with a world-class gym, guest suites and hotel-caliber spa for her parents, former college track star Stacie McDavid, and David McDavid, a former owner of the Dallas Mavericks and car-dealership mogul.

☆ Mark Cuban credits his first tech job to this interview strategy: I answered a trick question honestly
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Then, he landed his first job in tech as a PC software salesperson at a company called Your Business Software. But in an old blog post, which Cuban recently shared on Twitter, the billionaire revealed he almost didn't land the consequential role. The interviewers weren't impressed, Cuban wrote, until he answered one question: "What do you do if a customer has a question about a software package and you don't know the answer?" "Ding ding ding… [the interviewer] just loved the answer." Cuban didn't know it was a trick question, so he answered it honestly, stumbling into the correct answer.

☆ Mark Cuban says there is only ever room for '1 knucklehead' on any type of team
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Billionaire Mark Cuban said there's only ever room for "one knucklehead" in any type of team. He told Adam Grant's podcast he believes culture and chemistry are critical to success. One knucklehead adapts, two, hang out together," the Dallas Mavericks owner told the "Re:Thinking with Adam Grant" podcast. He also discussed the importance of team culture and said he liked to fire poor leaders who prompt their subordinates to leave and join competitors. "Sometimes you've just got to turn it all upside down and get rid of the people that are part of the toxic side of it," Cuban told Adam Grant.

☆ Mark Cuban says Gen Z will go down in history as the 'greatest' generation
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Billionaire Mark Cuban said Gen Z understands the importance of mental health. That's why he thinks they will go down as the greatest generation, he told Adam Grant's podcast. Cuban previously told Justin Kan's "The Quest" podcast that zoomers valued digital goods more than any other generation anyone else. Gen Z has also embraced a new way of working, called "quiet quitting," or putting in the minimum amount of effort in a job to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Gen Xers might have called it "slacking off" or "coasting," while millennials might have said it was "having boundaries."

☆ Mark Cuban’s pharmacy startup is actually making drugs less expensive. It's still working on solving the real problem
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-28 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Imatinib, a leukemia medication with a retail price of more than $2,500, is just $14.40 at Cost Plus Drugs. But experts say that Cost Plus Drugs' impact is limited, at least for now, because it hasn't broken into the market driving those exorbitant prices: brand-name drugs. Instead of negotiating prices through those pharmacy benefit managers, Cost Plus Drugs directly negotiates with manufacturers to get generic drugs at wholesale prices. The trade-off: Cost Plus Drugs doesn't accept insurance claims, since insurers don't typically work with pharmacies that avoid pharmacy benefit managers. That gives drugmakers little-to-no incentive to offer rebates to Cost Plus Drugs, Hernandez notes.

☆ Mark Cuban says this was his worst 'Shark Tank' investment ever: 'Next thing you know, all of the money’s gone'
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-22 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Over more than a decade on ABC's "Shark Tank," billionaire Mark Cuban has seen his share of good investments — and bad ones. Last week, Cuban told the "Full Send" podcast that after investing nearly $20 million in 85 startups on "Shark Tank," he's taken a net loss across all of those deals combined. In 2013, an entrepreneur named Charles Michael Yim went on "Shark Tank" to pitch his product, the Breathometer, as "the world's first smartphone breathalyzer." Charles Michael Yim pitches the Breathometer on ABC's "Shark Tank" in 2013. "It was a great product," Cuban said last week.

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