In a conversation with Bill Gates at the Eisemann Center in Richardson on Friday night, Cuban was blunt in his first public response about the trade that sent the international superstar he drafted to Los Angeles. "I've had a rough week," Cuban told Gates to begin the event per Sarah Hepola of The Dallas Morning News.

Former Dallas Mavericks governor Mark Cuban joked about the Luka Dončić trade during a conversation with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates at an event on

Mark Cuban sold off his majority share in the Mavericks and is now a minority owner. He no longer has full control of day-to-day operations as he once had.

The Dallas Mavericks made a big trade and it has received an array of reactions. Mark Cuban broke his silence with a Microsoft joke.

Former Dallas Mavericks majority owner Mark Cuban saw the franchise trade Luka Doncic to the LA Lakers for Anthony Davis on Saturday. Since selling his controlling stake in the organization in 2023, his son Jake Cuban has had to deal with social media trolls who questioned his decision,

Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban had nothing to do with the stunning decision to trade Luka Doncic to the Lakers.

Even if Cuban’s no longer calling the shots — or hearing about them ahead of time — the Mavs remain close to his heart.

Although he remains a minority owner of the team, Cuban has stepped back from day-to-day basketball operations since the Adelson family acquired majority control in late 2023.

Here's what we know about the Dallas Mavericks owners and general manager's reasons for trading away their 25-year-old franchise player.

A former Dallas Mavericks player revealed how Mark Cuban felt after Luka Doncic was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Cuban, who was the franchise's controlling owner for two decades, sold his majority stake to the families of Miriam Adelson and Patrick Dumont in 2023.