While rumors circulated this week that there was an investor group interested in attempting to buy the Mavericks with the help of Mark Cuban, it appears that any such interest will be short-lived.
Marc Stein of The Stein Line reports (via Twitter) that owner Patrick Dumont has no intentions of selling the team.
“The Dumont and Adelson families remain fully committed to the Dallas Mavericks’ franchise and to the Dallas community,” Stein’s source close to the Dumont family says (Twitter link). “They remain focused on building a championship organization for the long term.”
Stein also notes that in an interview today, Cuban expressed skepticism that the current owners would be interested in selling the Mavs after buying the team in 2023. However, he did confirm that there were interested parties, according to Brad Townsend of the Dallas Morning News.
“I have been contacted by multiple groups and individuals who have interest in buying the Mavs,” Cuban said. “[But] I don’t know who the report was talking about.”
Townsend confirms Stein’s reporting and notes that the team has until December of 2027 to buy out all but 7% of Cuban’s stake in the team, and they plan to at least buy back some part of Cuban’s 27% stake. He believes that Dumont is planning to be with the Mavericks for the long term.
Driving up that sale price! These new owners have no business owning the Mavs.
As a mavs fan, Cuban shouldn’t have sold majority stock
If he didn’t sell then Luka stays there, but then probably no Cooper Flagg
Mavs owners are trash
Bring back Dirk (in some front-office or media/advisory facility) and Luka (in his prime) and all is forgiven! 🔥
Cuban wouldn’t be doing this if they didn’t have one of the budding stars in Flagg
From a business perspective, the current owners shouldn’t sell now. It would make the Mavericks even worse. I do see the thinking from Cuban though. Give Dumont a chance first
why would he Wana buy it back he just sold it and would have to pay way more for it
They aren’t for sale. If they were nobody with assets would be notified and the team would be traded for the last blockbuster or some other useless thing.