Club 520 - Mark Cuban on buying Dallas Mavericks, trading for Luka Doncic, Kobe Bryant deal
Club 520 Podcast
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.7 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
We’re back with Season 4, Episode 44 of Club 520, where Jeff Teague, DJ Wells, and B Hen are joined by legendary NBA owner, and current minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban! Mark talks about why he bought the Mavericks and when he realized they had a championship team with Dirk Nowitzki. Plus, hear Cuban's incredible stories of almost acquiring both Kobe Bryant and Paul Pierce in two different trades. Mark also discusses what went into the Luka Doncic & Trae Young trade on that NBA Draft night. And don't miss the championship owner talk about why he didn't sign Jeff, missing out on a chance with Uber, becoming a billionaire, and so much more!
Timeline:
0:00 - Welcome to the show, Mark Cuban!
3:00 - Why Mark didn't sign Jeff
6:00 - Going to Indiana University
9:00 - Indiana Football's crazy season
12:00 - College basketball's transfer portal
16:00 - Becoming a billionaire
20:00 - Why Mark bought Dallas Mavericks
27:00 - First impression of Luka Doncic
31:00 - Trading for Luka on draft night
32:00 - Dallas Mavericks 2011 party
34:00 - Losing 2006 NBA Finals to Heat
36:00 - Giannis or Luka debate
38:00 - Mark tried to trade for Kobe & Paul Pierce
41:00 - Shark Tank
45:00 - Indiana football next season
48:00 - Deciding to blow up a team
52:30 - Worst investments
54:30 - Missing out on Uber
56:00 - Final Four picks
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| 1:11.1 | Tell them Club 520 Centru. |
| 1:12.6 | Also, shout out of hard rock bet. |
| 1:14.6 | I got to be hitting over here, Mark. |
| 1:15.9 | He makes the parleyes to get you paid, man. |
| 1:18.1 | Now, I know you're out of game a little bit, |
| 1:19.9 | but have you seen how they treat the players about these prayer props and the parleyes, man? |
| 1:23.9 | What a mess. |
| 1:25.3 | What a mess, man, would end up fulfilling the legs. What a mess, man. I mean, like, when I was going to Board of Governors meetings and we were talking about gambling, never in our wildest dreams do we think, like the prediction markets or even like the prop bets. Yeah. You know, I mean, you're going to shoot the ball at seven seconds or eight seconds from the free throw line. I mean, and then the guys are just starting to get ripped. I mean, it's bad news. Yeah, for sure. Oh, he was a victim of that dude. I got a rebound I wasn't supposed to get it. You ruined my party. I'm not walking them in Milwaukee's. No, and like, even like walking down a tunnel now, like after a game. Yeah. know, you used to be, you know, hey, autograph, autograph. You motherfucker. You know, kids around, nobody cares. Yeah, you sold me. But with that being said, shout out to Hard Rock Band, Big, Piff, Fee, we get these lanes paying, baby. Yes, sir. Shout to Stock X, keeping us fresh as well. |
| 2:18.9 | Last of certainly, shout to Black and Fest's podcast festival, April 25th. We will be there, Atlanta, Georgia, live show. Teague, hometown, man. The real Atlanta Hawke. We know you from that. But you're Atlanta Hawkinsville, man. We're pulled up, man. For sure. They still mad at us, man. We're good anyways, man. |
| 2:33.2 | We got a special guest. |
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