"Cuban" Rule In Effect Tuesday

We are huge fans of Dallas Mavericks' owner Mark Cuban. He's sometimes more entertaining than the teams that are on the floor when he's there. He also sure as hell knows how to run an NBA franchise. But what has made him so well known in the NBA could be no more, starting on Tuesday.

The NBA has implemented a new rule that will attempt to keep owners mouths' shut about criticizing the league too harshly. Mark Cuban feels that he was kept in mind when the rule was approved last week.

Cuban has been fined by the league numerous times, with known fines totaling approximately $1.6 million since he bought the team in January 2000. He was fined $200,000 last May after Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinal series against San Antonio for going onto the court and for criticizing the league's selection process for playoff officials.

David Stern seems to be denying the existance of this rule and criticized other owners who he feels are out to get him:

"Some owners don't like the way I do my business," Cuban said, "except, of course, when their organizations ask me to come speak to their customers and season-ticket holders to help them sell tickets and suites."

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