Editor's note: This article was originally published June 24. SportsDay is periodically bringing old stories back during the Mavericks' offseason.

Sports fans across the country can tell you the pain of having a team owner who is only somewhat interested in his franchise. Luckily, Dallas has two of the most interactive owners in all of sports -- the Cowboys' Jerry Jones and the Mavericks' Mark Cuban.

During the first weekend of August, Jones will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Cuban, speaking with reporters at first-round pick Dennis Smith Jr.'s introductory press conference, expressed that he is happy to see Jones achieve that honor.

"I'm excited for him and the whole family because I know he's not going in just for himself, he's going in for the whole Jones family," Cuban said. "Jerry and Stephen and Charlotte and everybody. So yeah, I'm excited for him."

Cuban and Jones share a similar style, conducting interviews either before or after their teams' games and doing a lot to promote their teams, including acting at times. They've also seen those teams take championship parades through the streets of Dallas.

"Hopefully I emulate all this, Jerry had two goals: One, to be successful in business and he knew he had to sell, and two, to win. And when you're trying to be successful usually someone's not going to take kindly to the way you do it," Cuban explained. "Jerry's always been a great salesperson and he set the example if you want to be successful it doesn't hurt to eat, sleep and breathe your company. He's done that and he does that to this day.

"When you go to the pope and you're presenting a jersey?" Cuban added. "I don't know if I'd present a Dirk (Nowitzki) jersey to the pope. That's Jerry."

So if Cuban himself Hall of Fame material?

"If there's a corner of the Hall of Fame that says 'fines', then they're going to have my checkbook there," Cuban cracked.