OMG!!’ As a Dallas resident, this is exactly what Cuban did when the Mavs lost to the Heat in the championship series!!! I will post the story after I find it in a few minutes. He has singlehandedly ruined the Mavs the last few years. They didn’t see it coming at all,” he says of the arrogant Clinton camp. “I remember right before the election, they invited me to the party in Brooklyn. I’m like, are you kidding me? You do not plan the parade before you win the championship.
Parade plans
The Mavericks were up 2-0 when they left Dallas for Miami on June 12, 2006.
Somehow, plans for the parade should they go on to win the NBA championship leaked out to media members.
That was an unfortunate bit of fate for the Mavericks.
The information found its way into the Heat’s locker room, of course, and the resulting indignation might or might not have played a role in Miami coming off the mat to barge its way back into the series.
But anybody who thinks they didn’t get a severe shot of motivation from that is fooling themselves.
https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/dallas-mavericks/mavericksheadlines/2011/05/28/mavericks-gave-away_game-3-then-the-2006-nba-finals
Cuban also thought that bringing in Lamar “Kardashian” Odom would be a good idea.