Mark Cuban slams Olympic use of NBA players

The erstwhile bulk proprietor of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, believes that NBA stars playing for nationalist teams successful large competitions, specified arsenic the Olympics and the World Cup, make immense problems for the clubs that wage them and put successful them.

The businessman from Pennsylvania led the franchise from Texas from 2000 to 2023, which was besides the astir palmy play successful Mavericks history. The nine won the NBA rubric successful 2011, but Cuban believes each of that could person been successful jeopardy if 1 of his players had suffered a superior wounded portion playing for his country.

"I hated it. I complained each year, due to the fact that I deliberation that Comcast NBC, the International Olympic Committee and FIBA marque billions due to the fact that our players execute astatine the Olympic Games and World Championships. We springiness them distant for nothing, and past we carnivore the consequences of the hazard of injuries. There were nary melodramatic situations for us, but it's capable for you to cognize that escaped agents don't play rovi," said the 66-year-old Cuban.

Cuban wants the NBA World Championship

He besides presented a connection that could alteration the mode satellite hoops competitions are organized.

"I would suggest to Adam Silver to nonstop much kids to them. Our league needs to make its ain satellite championship, similar successful soccer. There, the World Cup is simply a bigger lawsuit than the Olympics, wherever shot players up to 21 oregon 22 years of property perform," said Cuban.

Although the American nationalist squad has achieved galore successes since 1992 acknowledgment to NBA stars (eight golden and 1 bronze astatine the OI, 3 golden and 2 bronze astatine the WC), determination person besides been unfortunate cases. The astir celebrated is the 1 from 2014, erstwhile Paul George broke his limb during the preparations for the World Cup. He played lone six games that season, and the Indiana Pacers failed to marque the playoffs for the archetypal clip successful six seasons.