http://espn.go.com/talent/danpatrick/s/2001/0404/1167204.html Dan Patrick's interview with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban appears in the April 16 edition of ESPN The Magazine. Dan Patrick: How much tax did you pay last year? Mark Cuban: I paid nine figures -- so what's that, over $100 million. DP: Hold on, I'm having a hard time taking that in. MC: It's the right thing to do. DP: And how about those fines, totaling $400,000? Do you make out the checks to the NBA or to David Stern, or what? MC: I deliver pennies in an armored truck to the league, and they can split them up however they want. DP: No, you don't. MC: I'll never tell. DP: What's the strangest way you've earned money? MC: If I got in trouble for the Penthouse interview, I'd get crushed for this one. DP: Were you a pimp? MC: Not quite, no. Anyway... DP: A drug dealer? MC: Hell no! I'll say chain letter. DP: Gee, that's not sexy. MC: I'm not going anywhere close to sexy. DP: Ideal dinner party. You get five people, past or present. MC: Oh boy. Ayn Rand, Bobby Knight, the pope. I'd probably have to have David Stern there. And Anna Nicole Smith. DP: I don't think you make enough money for her to date you. MC: No, it's true. You know what? Take out David Stern, Bobby Knight and Ayn Rand, and put in Elizabeth Hurley, Cindy Crawford, Denise Richards and Magic Johnson. DP: What's your take on the XFL? MC: I absolutely, positively love it. It's great how the XFL shoves it up the butt of all these people who think sports impacts world peace. This nonsense about not putting it in the sports pages because it's contrived for self-promotion is ridiculous. All sports are contrived. DP: Sounds like you'd like to have a franchise. MC: I tell you what, if I ever decided to buy another team, I'd get an XFL franchise. DP: Is Steve Nash still dating Ginger Spice? MC: They never really were dating. But Nash has got some honeys who chase after him. DP: Yeah, go figure. Is it the accent? MC: It's the stand-up-and-be-yourself attitude. DP: So he is the team stud, stallion, heartthrob? MC: He and Dirk Nowitzki are the two heartthrobs. DP: Do you think you'll get fined for this interview? MC: I hope not. Did I say anything you think I might get fined for? DP: God, I hope so. ------------------ president of the sleepy floyd to hall of fame club. http://www.it-is-truth.org
I love Mark Cuban. How can you not like an owner like that? ------------------ There are no stupid questions, only stupid people who ask questions.
'Cause he's a Maverick. ...but yeah, I like the guy, too ------------------ "So you say you want some intelligent responses? I say give me something intelligent to respond to." -- Dimwits beware, B-Ball freak tells it like it is. Sing it bro!
