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During the celebrity game that took place on Friday — Chris Tucker robbed Mark Cuban of buckets by sending this weak offering from the Mavs owner back like it was cold food at a restaurant..

Next Mike Epps will be in charge of swatting Cuban.

On Allen Iverson night, Mark Cuban hosted WWE RAW and some dude named Sheamus (aka The Celtic Warrior) with a fantastic lemmy beard who I assume was still pissed off about France’s handball victory. Took exception to a peacock chested Mark Cuban and did what the SEC would like to do — send Cuban through a table.

Best NBA owner, EVER!

Mark Cuban hosting WWE Monday Night RAW next week is hardly a side show, because practically everything this dude does is a side show. Him getting in the squared circle with Cody Rhodes on the other hand, would be the Zenith of cool as far as NBA owners go.

Last year, Mark Cuban feuded with Kenyon Martin’s mom. Next up: Dusty Rhodes’ son? The Mavericks’ owner, who will host World Wrestling Entertainment’s RAW on Monday at American Airlines center, shrugged off a challenge by up-and-coming WWE star Cody Rhodes on Thursday. Rhodes is the son of Austin-born Virgil Runnels, better known as WWE Hall of Fame wrestler Dusty “The American Dream” Rhodes.

All I know is If somehow Dusty “”The Bull of the Woods”" Rhodes makes an appearance and drops a Bionic elbow on Cuban. I’ll be in wrastlin’ heaven.

via Dallas Morning News

Never one to shy away from giving his opinion on controversial subjects, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said steroids could be used to help athletes recover from injuries as long as they are prescribed by doctors and that it could be proved there would be no long-term damage.

“I’ll get killed for saying this,” Cuban replied, “but I’m not so against steroids if they’re administered under proper supervision and there is no long-term damage.”He said that steroids, which are banned by all the major sports and are also illegal to possess without a doctor’s prescription, may benefit those recovering from surgery.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Twitter is a juggernaut and it’s become the choice social media tool used by all. It trumps Facebook and Myspace because it’s easy to use, provides you direct access to people and it’s super addictive. Plus, those with multiple personality disorder now finally have somebody to talk to, although nobody will answer back, but on Twitter that’s completely fine and they’re already use to that.

The NBA has been front and center of the twitternology line and every team and nearly every player now has a Twitter account spitting out randomness 24/7 and I love it! With that said, there are five players that do it the best and they have been named to the Hooped Up All-Twitter First Team.

To make this team you have to have an active account, it has to be certified and you have to be a Twitter ninja.

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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has apologized to the mother of Denver Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin.

Cuban made a crack after a Mavs loss in Dallas on Saturday in their NBA playoff series. According to Cuban, a fan called the Nuggets “thugs.” Cuban looked at Martin’s mother, Lydia Moore of Dallas, and said, “That includes your son.” Martin’s agent told the Denver Post that Cuban said to Martin’s mother that her son is a “punk.”

In a Tuesday post on Cuban’s blog titled “An Apology to Kenyan Martin’s Mom,” Cuban wrote that he shouldn’t have said anything. He added that this matter has gotten out of hand.

The Mavs trail the series 3-1 after Monday’s 119-177 Dallas win.

Press Release

Mark Cuban will ruin mothers day if he thinks it will get the Mavericks a win.

“Cuban said Sunday by e-mail that when he walked off the court, a fan was screaming about the Nuggets being “thugs,” so Cuban said to Martin’s mother: “That includes your son.”

According to Martin’s agent, Brian Dyke, Cuban spotted Moore amid numerous Nuggets fans and said, unprovoked, “Your son is a punk.” Regardless of what insult was stated, NBA spokesman Tim Frank said, “The situation on the floor postgame is being reviewed.”

K-Mart already plays ball pissed off on a good day so, any Maverick players that end up in traction due to hard fouls in game 4 can thank Mark Cuban for the pain. 

Via Denver Post

Marc Cuban has definitely seen Chris Paul own the Dallas Mavericks over the year and Mark Cuban has finally figured out that, if you can’t beat’em, trade for’em in the summer.

Picture Chris Paul in a Mavericks uniform. The thought has apparently crossed Mark Cuban’s mind. Rumor has it the Mavs brass let the powers that be in the Big Easy know before the trade deadline that they’d take the Hornets’ two worst contracts off their hands in a package with Paul. I’d wager the value of Paul’s four-year, max contract extension that kicks in next season that the Mavericks will put on the full-court press with that proposal this summer. Acquiring Paul, a perennial MVP candidate who hasn’t even hit his prime yet, and a couple of his overpaid pals would be a no-brainer basketball deal for the Mavs. For the Hornets, such a deal would make sense only because of the dollars. The Hornets are a prime example of a team that might have to make a desperate, cost-cutting deal due to the economy.

Unless Mark Cuban has used his billions to create a clone of Michael Jordan secretly frozen somewhere. The Hornets will be getting straight hood winked if they trade away the goodness that is Chris Paul.

Via Dallas Morning News

The NBA has officially gone bananas with Twitter and I’ll try my best to help you keep up. Below is a list of every NBA basketball player with a Twitter page I could find and as new players join Twitter Nation, I’ll update this list. If I missed somebody, send me a tweet over @hoopedup to let me know who and I’ll update the list.

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