Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban joined The Musers on KTCK-AM 1310 The Ticket recently to talk basketball, politics and some other topics. Here are some highlights:

Question: Donald Trump is making headlines in his quest to become the Republican nominee. Do you think he can actually become the nominee?

Mark Cuban: "It's still too early to tell because so much can happen over the next however many months. I don't even know when the convention is, August or July or whatever. So it's too early to tell. Is there a chance? Yes. Is it better than a 50-50 chance? Yes."

Question: What kind of president do you think he would make?

Mark Cuban: "Completely unlike anything you see and hear right now. That's my sense. I think it's the whole, 'Don't hate the player, hate the game' and he's playing the game. I don't necessarily think he believes everything he says. I think if you look at his business history he's been far more pragmatic than he's showing. Now every Republican candidate, Democratic too, talks in absolutes. 'We'll build a wall. We won't let anybody in. We'll do A, B and C.' You almost have to, right? If you don't conform to what a conservative Republican is, you don't have a chance in the primaries. Now will he govern like that? I don't think so."

Question: You think he's playing the game now, but you also think he's qualified and he'd do a decent job running the country?

Mark Cuban: "I think he'd be pragmatic. Who knows, right? Do I think he's as qualified as any of the other Republican candidates? Yes. I'm not one to believe that if you're a one or two-term Senator that really makes you any more qualified or if you're a two-term governor that makes you any more qualified. Running this country is not easy no matter what and you just hope somebody has enough brain power to figure it out. I think that's why [Barack] Obama, for all of his mistakes, has done a lot of good things because the guy is smart. I think Trump is smart. I think a couple of the other candidates, I don't think any of them are dumb. Some of them are so dogmatic. I think that's the one thing you can't be. As President of the Unites States, you don't know where the next problem is coming from. You don't know what all the facts are going to be. You have to be smart. You have to be able to process information. You have to have some leadership skills. The one thing you can not be is dogmatic. And I think that's what's haunting both sides [during] this primary season. Everybody is trying to show that they're more dogmatic than the next guy, except for Trump. Even he has his moments with the wall and immigration. But with everything else, him and maybe [John] Kasich are the least dogmatic."

Question: Seeing what he's gone through, does it make it more or less likely that you'd pursue something political?

Mark Cuban: "It would seem like it would be more fun. But as long as I have young kids, that's the difference. My wife, she gets asked all the time too and she's like, 'Don't even think about it. Don't even think about it.' And when the boss of the household says no, you gotta listen."

Question: But this is something that interests you, right?

Mark Cuban: "It's interesting to me. It really, really is. Just not now. Just not this time around. But it's certainly crossed my mind. How would I react, what would I say, what would I do, how would I approach things? I think everybody thinks like that too, right? 'These guys are idiots.' 'I'd do it a different way.' 'I would say this.' 'My ideas are better.' But I truly believe my ideas are better."

Question: So if he picked up the phone and asked you to be his vice president, would you do it?

Mark Cuban: "As long as he said he's listen to me in everything I said we'd be okay."

Question: What's your relationship with him been like?

Mark Cuban: "Over the years we've been back and forth. We've talked on the phone and we always respect each other. 'You're a killer, Mark. You get it.' And this and that. He knows that I can pick on him and I'm not going to back down. And I know he'd pick on me and it won't have any effect on me at all. It's all fun. ... He's very competitive, like I am. He doesn't mind banging heads. And then you go onto the next thing. It's like in the NBA or NFL after the game they'll shake hands after they just killed each other. I think there's a lot of that to him. He's just very competitive. You can see it. You saw it in the last debate, that competitive side took over. 'You're a liar' and this and that. Now I happen to believe that about Ted Cruz, but that's a different issue."

Question: What's the story about the first time you met him?

Mark Cuban: "We were in a Super Bowl party at Mar-a-Lago, his estate in Florida, and I was there with Jerry Yang...and the guy who was CEO of Bank of America at the time. We were at a party and he came down doing the meet and greet thing just walking around. We were down by the pool. There was a veranda up at Mar-a-Lago where there were tables and a there was a club-type thing going on. He said, 'Some day you'll be up there with the rich people.' And he denies that. After he found out that maybe that wasn't quite true, he invited me to his office. We sat and talked. But the best part about that, walking there the first time, every inch of every wall is covered with pictures of him. Which is great."

Question: You think he'll do that on the wall that he builds?

Mark Cuban: You know what? That is the best idea yet. That'll keep people in Mexico for sure.