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Cuban Calls $100k Fine Nostalgia for Stern

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Updated4 hours ago on April 19, 2024

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In his first interview since the NBA fined him $100,000 Saturday, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said he just wanted to have some fun before commissioner David Stern retired.

Stern fined Cuban a whopping $100,000 for confronting the referees at the end of Wednesday’s 129-127 loss in Los Angeles to the Clippers and for directing inappropriate language to the referees.

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/01/20/5500074/mavericks-owner-ready-for-new.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/01/20/5500074/mavericks-owner-ready-for-new.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy(David) Stern fined (Mark) Cuban a whopping $100,000 for confronting the referees at the end of Wednesday’s 129-127 loss in Los Angeles to the Clippers and for directing inappropriate language to the referees.

Since Stern will retire on Feb. 1, Cuban said he wanted to get in one last fine as a lasting memory to the commissioner.

“I was just a little nostalgic for the commissioner,” Cuban said.

via Dwain Price of the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram