Mark Cuban
Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles
The Players' Tribune
5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2022
⏱️ ? minutes
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Summary
It’s big baller status this week, as we are joined by our first-ever billionaire — the owner of the Dallas Mavericks and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban, who sits down with Q and D for this episode of Knuckleheads. Mark dives into how he had people working under him by the age of 16, his purchase of the Dallas Mavericks, and what it was like to party at LIV after beating the Heat in the 2011 NBA Championships. One of the best owners in sports comes through to chop it up. Tune in!
- Mark’s first job: selling trash bags [2:29]
- Why he decided to buy the Mavericks [11:49]
- Dirk’s reaction to his letting Steve Nash go [20:04]
- Beating the Heat for the 2011 NBA Championship [26:48]
- Drafting Luka Doncic [39:26]
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NBA veterans Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles are lifelong friends and bona fide truth-tellers. Listen as they invite special guests, high-profile athletes, musicians and entertainers to get brutally honest about everything from current events to untold stories from the golden era of sports and culture. Named for the on-court celebration they made wildly popular, this unfiltered, hilarious and surprising podcast is like playing NBA 2K with no fouls.
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| 0:00.0 | First of all, thank you for coming on the show. |
| 0:02.5 | You know, this is big blessing, man. |
| 0:04.7 | And we appreciate you being on the show. |
| 0:06.6 | Thanks for having me on, man. |
| 0:07.4 | I keep on waiting. |
| 0:08.3 | Usually our first question to be, |
| 0:09.7 | who was the first person to bust your ass? |
| 0:11.9 | Two questions. |
| 0:12.9 | Two poor questions. |
| 0:13.8 | The first person to bust your ass playing basketball |
| 0:16.6 | and the first business deal that you thought |
| 0:20.4 | was gonna be gold in that bust your ass. |
| 0:23.0 | You know, playing ball when I was a kid, |
| 0:27.4 | I was good because I was taller than most kids |
| 0:31.2 | up until about six great. |
| 0:32.6 | So I was the man quarterback, everything. |
| 0:35.5 | And then all of a sudden everybody shot up by me |
| 0:37.6 | and it was just like, poof. |
| 0:39.0 | And then I ended up getting cut |
| 0:40.0 | from the basketball team in high school. |
| 0:41.8 | Business-wise, ain't nobody busts my ass. |
| 0:45.0 | You know, I've had deals that didn't work out as good |
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