OFFICIAL NBA 2017-2018 Off-Season Thread

[P C H]

Well that Mavs SI piece is wild. Can imagine that they aren't the only NBA team that is going through this.

 

[a-friend]

Well that Mavs SI piece is wild. Can imagine that they aren't the only NBA team that is going through this.

Talks of Cuban being forced to sell.
Surely they won't blow up his spot.
The League is in such a good place, could Silver give him the Sterling treatment? Would he?

We all know Silver makes moves.

 

[Clyde Frog]

No way in H will Cuban ever sell or be forced to sell. He'd have to be guilty of alot more than just maybe kind of being aware.

 

[D StaXX]

Cuban's too outspoken about dumb ****.
Wouldn't be surprised if they tried to get him out the paint but since he nor the players were accused I doubt this makes any real headlines.

 

[xbiker47]

Cuban gotta be freaking out right now with the pr nightmare ahead

 

[flyerthandelta]

I wonder what other teams have a similar case like the Mavs everything just spiraling down from Hollywood to Sports now

 

[flyerthandelta]

It was an hour or so before tip–off. The Dallas Mavericks were hosting a nationally televised game during the 2010–11 NBA season. And, deep inside the American Airlines Center, a recently–hired Mavericks support staff employee was eating dinner in the media dining room. As the woman sat down, the team president and CEO, Terdema Ussery, asked if he could join her. She grew nervous, not because Ussery was her boss’s boss, or because he was one of the most prominent figures in the Dallas sportscape. It was because his reputation as a serial sexual harasser of women preceded him.

At this meal, with ESPN crew members seated nearby, Ussery struck up an unusual conversation. As the woman recalls the exchange, Ussery claimed that he knew what she was going to do over the coming weekend. When the woman asked, confusedly, what Ussery meant, he smiled.

“You’re going to get gang-banged,” he asserted, “aren’t you?”

“No,” the woman responded, caught off-guard. “Actually, I’m going to the movies with friends.”

“No,” Ussery insisted. “You’re definitely getting gang-banged.”

The employee was startled but not entirely surprised. When she first accepted her job with the Mavericks in 2010, she’d shared the news with her local Dallas women’s running group. Instead of congrats, she recalls, she received warnings. “Watch out for the president,” one friend said. “Whatever you do, don’t get trapped in an elevator with him.”

When the woman recounted the dining room exchange to female colleagues at the Mavs, they too were something other than shocked. One shared that Ussery had repeatedly propositioned her for sex, even offering to leave his marriage if the woman relented—an account the second woman confirmed to SPORTS ILLUSTRATED for this story. Another woman shared that Ussery’s inappropriate behavior was one of the reasons she was quitting her sales job after more than a decade. (Reached by SI, that woman declined comment, but records confirm that her employment with the Mavericks ended at a time consistent with the chronology of this account.)

“It was a real life Animal House,” says one former organization employee who left recently after spending roughly five years with the Mavs. “And I only say ‘was’ because I’m not there anymore. I’m sure it’s still going on.”

Ussery, who left the Mavericks in 2015, was hardly alone. Interviews with more than a dozen former and current Mavericks employees in different departments, conducted during a months-long SPORTS ILLUSTRATED investigation, paint a picture of a corporate culture rife with misogyny and predatory sexual behavior: alleged public fondling by the team president; outright domestic assault by a high-profile member of the Mavs.com staff; unsupportive or even intimidating responses from superiors who heard complaints of inappropriate behavior from their employees; even an employee who openly watched pornography at his desk. Most sources did not want their names used for a variety of reasons including fear of retaliation and ostracization and limits imposed by agreements they signed with the team.

A half-dozen female former Mavericks or American Airlines Center employees contacted by SI claim that they left the sports sector because of a work environment and structure that left them feeling vulnerable and devalued while protecting—and continuing to employ—powerful men who misbehaved. “There was built-in protection for a lot of men,” says a former male department head at American Airline Center. “The lack of oversight and compassion within all levels of the business was alarming.”

“You don’t feel safe going to work and it’s not long before you look for another job,” says one of those women, now employed in a different sector. “And then you wonder why there aren’t more women working in sports. Really?”

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.si.c...-misconduct-investigation-mark-cuban-response

 

[sohi 23]

that dude was the CEO for Cuban for 15 years, yet he was out at Under Armour in 2-3 months.

Given how much of a hands on dude Cuban is, there is no way he didn't know about that ****.

Will be interesting what happens. I doubt Cuban will be forced to sell if he distances himself and keeps acting like he never knew what was going on but there's 2 problems with that:

1.) He's too hands on of an owner for that to really be believable (especially considering how quickly dude was out at Under Armour)
2.) if he didn't know, thats a lack of institutional control and he should have to face that.

... let's be real, there's no way Cuban didn't know about this ****.

 

[freakydestroyer]

IDK for some reason Cuban was always suspect to me. Maybe he took part in that kind of stuff too.

 

[sohi 23]

I always thought it was weird that Cuban said this when Sterling got caught up:

Like this thought would never cross your mind if you didn't have something to hide.

I wonder what Silver is gunna do. Do the Mavs just catch a crazy fine? Do they lose a draft pick? Will he possibly be forced to sell the team? Cuban is a shrewd businessman, but how many of us know his name if it's wasn't for the Mavs? This dude is not gunna let the fame that comes with being a NBA owner leave him without a fight.

 

[noblekane]

worse thing about the whole fergie thing is it took away the attention on that **** show involving kevin hart rapping jaime fox and washed luda and queen latifah

they need to never do something like that again

 

[carver]

worse thing about the whole fergie thing is it took away the attention on that **** show involving kevin hart rapping jaime fox and washed luda and queen latifah

they need to never do something like that again

Nah. When you have the worst National Anthem of all time you need all the bad attention and memes on you b



Broad learned a new trick and couldn't stop. But even this wasn't as bad as the horrible national anthem.

 

[antidope]

Mark Cuban having to sell the Mavs would be nuts

 

[equality]

Don't see Cuban getting into much trouble for this. Chances are he will continue to speak out against this very publicly and like all news, it will pass. I mean school shootings last about two weeks in the news cycle so slim chances anything more comes of this.

 

[art vandelay]

They were wildin inside the MACS huh, people openly watching pron at work is crazy, that, and how you tell someone they're going to get g-banged for the weekend, yikes.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

This is as serious as the Sterling thing tbh

 

[LebronHasMoreFinalsMVPs]

Mark Cuban ****** up

 

[equality]

They were wildin inside the MACS huh, people openly watching pron at work is crazy, that, and how you tell someone they're going to get g-banged for the weekend, yikes.

This is nuts. The psychopathic nature to say that to someone in a work setting is creepy as ****. I dislike social justice warriors as much as anyone else but who the **** even thinks taht's ok to say ?

 

[krazy88s]

Cuban conveniently started making it known he's more on the bball side of operations lately with talks of tanking and such. He aint slick he knew this was coming down

 

[equality]

Cuban conveniently started making it known he's more on the bball side of operations lately with talks of tanking and such. He aint slick he knew this was coming down

This + him speakingn about the slippery slope that when Sterling was forced to sell + him being widely known to be very involved in operations

 

[bballkid11]

Mavs wilding man......wow!!!

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Playoff bound...Pelicans fa life ya herdme

Lottery bound for the next 5 though

Ya herd me

Damn Freddy

 

[keko jones]

Cuban knew and if he didn't he still knew ....

Every spots team that has been accused of inappropriate behaviours not dealing with the head coach, the head coach has gone down for it.

In this case is not someone under the head coach but rather the boss. To think this is the first time that this has came up and/or that Cuban didn't ot let know, IMHO is absurd.

And for people to think is not that serious, with that movement of "Me Too" ... this could very well get ugly not just for the Mavs but for the NBA. Sometime people make fraudulent claims just because of a grudge and sometime real stuff come out to light.

Let's see what happens....

 

[equality]

Even if he didn't know, he needs to take responsibility for it regardless of backlash. Comes with being the boss. At least a boss who inspires.

 

[coldcity]

It was an hour or so before tip–off. The Dallas Mavericks were hosting a nationally televised game during the 2010–11 NBA season. And, deep inside the American Airlines Center, a recently–hired Mavericks support staff employee was eating dinner in the media dining room. As the woman sat down, the team president and CEO, Terdema Ussery, asked if he could join her. She grew nervous, not because Ussery was her boss’s boss, or because he was one of the most prominent figures in the Dallas sportscape. It was because his reputation as a serial sexual harasser of women preceded him.

At this meal, with ESPN crew members seated nearby, Ussery struck up an unusual conversation. As the woman recalls the exchange, Ussery claimed that he knew what she was going to do over the coming weekend. When the woman asked, confusedly, what Ussery meant, he smiled.

“You’re going to get gang-banged,” he asserted, “aren’t you?”

“No,” the woman responded, caught off-guard. “Actually, I’m going to the movies with friends.”

“No,” Ussery insisted. “You’re definitely getting gang-banged.”

The employee was startled but not entirely surprised. When she first accepted her job with the Mavericks in 2010, she’d shared the news with her local Dallas women’s running group. Instead of congrats, she recalls, she received warnings. “Watch out for the president,” one friend said. “Whatever you do, don’t get trapped in an elevator with him.”

When the woman recounted the dining room exchange to female colleagues at the Mavs, they too were something other than shocked. One shared that Ussery had repeatedly propositioned her for sex, even offering to leave his marriage if the woman relented—an account the second woman confirmed to SPORTS ILLUSTRATED for this story. Another woman shared that Ussery’s inappropriate behavior was one of the reasons she was quitting her sales job after more than a decade. (Reached by SI, that woman declined comment, but records confirm that her employment with the Mavericks ended at a time consistent with the chronology of this account.)

“It was a real life Animal House,” says one former organization employee who left recently after spending roughly five years with the Mavs. “And I only say ‘was’ because I’m not there anymore. I’m sure it’s still going on.”

Ussery, who left the Mavericks in 2015, was hardly alone. Interviews with more than a dozen former and current Mavericks employees in different departments, conducted during a months-long SPORTS ILLUSTRATED investigation, paint a picture of a corporate culture rife with misogyny and predatory sexual behavior: alleged public fondling by the team president; outright domestic assault by a high-profile member of the Mavs.com staff; unsupportive or even intimidating responses from superiors who heard complaints of inappropriate behavior from their employees; even an employee who openly watched pornography at his desk. Most sources did not want their names used for a variety of reasons including fear of retaliation and ostracization and limits imposed by agreements they signed with the team.

A half-dozen female former Mavericks or American Airlines Center employees contacted by SI claim that they left the sports sector because of a work environment and structure that left them feeling vulnerable and devalued while protecting—and continuing to employ—powerful men who misbehaved. “There was built-in protection for a lot of men,” says a former male department head at American Airline Center. “The lack of oversight and compassion within all levels of the business was alarming.”

“You don’t feel safe going to work and it’s not long before you look for another job,” says one of those women, now employed in a different sector. “And then you wonder why there aren’t more women working in sports. Really?”

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.si.c...-misconduct-investigation-mark-cuban-response

Holy ****