Mark Cuban’s once-famous StairMaster routine – where he sweated up and down the cardio machine while allowing reporters to ask him wide-ranging questions – disappeared when the Dallas Mavericks renovated their locker room two seasons ago. Instead, you can usually find Cuban on the American Airlines Center floor, several hours before basketball is played, shooting until actual basketball players – you know, the ones paid to play – kick him off.



After Jake Kemp and I discussed the Mavericks’ free agency plans this week, I figured it was worth asking Cuban himself about that topic. While highly accessible, Cuban can be short about future plans, as is his right in an impossibly competitive league, and he won’t always be honest. That’s why he’s an infrequent voice in my coverage at The Athletic. Still, you can glean certain things from his answers, and I’ll add my own thoughts about what he says...