Mark Cuban says he regrets selling Mavericks to Adelson, Dumont families - ESPN

The divide continues to deepen between Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks' controlling owners.

Cuban, who sold the majority share of the franchise to the Adelson and Dumont families in December 2023, has privately grumbled for more than a year about the business partners he chose.

He took those complaints public during an appearance on an episode of the "Intersections" podcast that published Tuesday morning. "I don't regret selling," Cuban said. "I regret who I sold to. I made a lot of mistakes in the process, and I'll leave it at that.

" After the sale closed at a $3. 5 billion valuation, Cuban was adamant that he would continue to have control of the Mavs' basketball operations despite Patrick Dumont taking over as the franchise's governor.

Cuban, who maintains a 27% stake in the franchise, boasted at the time that "nothing really changes except my bank account. " At the time of the sale, Cuban cited the financial pressure of funding an NBA contender as his primary motivation for the transaction.

He said it had been too much of a financial burden for a "middle-class billionaire" like himself. In his podcast appearance this week, Cuban cited the "emotional commitment" of being a majority owner for driving his decision to sell the team.

"You hear the passion and everything," Cuban said. "Now imagine going up and down like that every single game. That's hard. "My kids, they were coming of age where they would have the mindset that they want to work at the Mavs. I didn't want them to.

If fans don't like what you're doing or the team's not doing well, you're the worst human being on the planet.