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Mark Cuban, former majority owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. (GeekWire File Photo)
Mark Cuban tapped Bill Gates for some perspective on a recent business decision that reshaped the Dallas Mavericks, the NBA team he used to own, and he used a Microsoft analogy to help make his point.
Gates was in Dallas last Friday for a stop on his book tour for “Source Code: My Beginnings.” During their conversation, Cuban brought up the surprise trade that sent Mavericks superstar Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis.
“You’ve been in unique situations and maybe you can help,” Cuban said, before asking Gates if he could imagine a hypothetical situation in which, after Gates left Microsoft, he found out that former CEO Steve Ballmer traded Windows 11 (“the new hot operating system”) for Windows 10 (“the hall of fame but older operating system”).
“What would you do?” Cuban asked.
“I might have to hide from the press,” Gates said to audience laughter.
Cuban, the billionaire former majority owner of the Mavericks, now holds a 27% stake in the team. He was not involved in the Feb. 2 trade of Dončić, a five-time NBA All-Star who took the Mavericks to the NBA Finals last season.
Bleacher Report noted that Cuban once joked in 2020 that he would divorce his wife before trading Dončić.
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