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| Mark Cuban is an extremely smart NBA owner. |
It is no secret that Mark Cuban breathes winning. It runs through his veins.
Which makes it no surprise that Cuban wanted LeBron James to join his Dallas Mavericks during the "2010 Summer NBA Free Agent Gala."
"Before he made his decision, what I told [James] ... and what I told Maverick was no team had ever blown up their team to ground zero -- well, I shouldn't use those words -- blown their team up of all of their core, and then added a couple of free agents and won a championship," Cuban said before the Mavs beat the Heat 106-95 on Saturday at American Airlines Center. "It's always taken someone to come into a good team, make it better, and put it over the top. That's what I told him, and that's what I told Maverick."
Is Cuban right?
As the Miami Heat struggle to start the season, now with a 9-8 record after their loss to Cuban's Mavericks, is LeBron beginning to think maybe he made the wrong decision?
Of course not....
"This is definitely one of the teams I looked at, being a veteran ball club, they got a lot of winners on their team," James said of the Mavericks. "But you guys know where I ended up at."
Yes LeBron, we do. We know where you ended up. We also think that Cuban is right. Did you really look hard enough? Or was your vision of what a winning team looks like once again blurred?
Your selfish, ego driving decision making both on and off the court once again has gotten in the way of winning.
I'm not saying that the Miami Heat won't figure it out, as I obviously think that at some point they will.
But playing with the likes of Jason Kidd, Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Terry, Caron Butler, Tyson Chandler, and Shawn Marion, who seem to have great chemistry and defined roles, just seems a tad bit more appetizing than the pound the rock, awkwardness that we have seen thus far between James, Dwayne Wade, and the invisible Chris Bosh.
LeBron James and the Heat need to turn it around quickly or "The Decision" really could become the biggest marketing disaster in the history of professional sports.
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