In a conversation with Bill Gates at the Eisemann Center in Richardson on Friday night, Cuban was blunt in his first public response about the trade that sent the international superstar he drafted to Los Angeles. "I've had a rough week," Cuban told Gates to begin the event per Sarah Hepola of The Dallas Morning News.

Former Dallas Mavericks governor Mark Cuban joked about the Luka Dončić trade during a conversation with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates at an event on

The Dallas Mavericks left plenty of people scratching their heads in bewilderment when they opted to trade franchise star Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers by the NBA trade deadline. Doncic is a generational superstar and had given absolutely no indication that he would ever want out of Dallas.

When asked about the trade, Legler, on the All-NBA Podcast, had the following to say, refusing to hold back on the situation: "Not only would Mark Cuban not have done the deal, Mark Cuban would have fired a person who suggested it on the spot... Because he'd be certain that person has to be doing something in terms of narcotics."

In a chat with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Mark Cuban finally shed some light on his feelings about the Mavericks (his former pro team) trading away franchise superstar, Luka Doncic. Cuban compared the act to Steve Ballmer trading Windows 11 for Windows 10.

In FanDuels’ Run It Back NBA show, Chandler Parsons — a former Mavericks player — revealed that he texted Cuban about the trade. And Cuban’s reaction was so appropriate. Chandler Parsons texted Mark Cuban about the trade:

The Mavericks minority owner had a simple but generic response to Doncic being traded to the Lakers over the weekend.

In a live interview with Bill Gates on his new book "Source Code", Mark Cuban opens the live conversation with a few witty remarks on the Luca Doncic trade.

Although he remains a minority owner of the team, Cuban has stepped back from day-to-day basketball operations since the Adelson family acquired majority control in late 2023.

Mark Cuban who was the majority owner at the time the Dallas Mavericks drafted Luka Doncic was kept in the dark about the trade between Dallas and LA.