Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and beloved Seinfeld character George Costanza both found their own unique ways to handle failed relationships.
Costanza struck first by inventing the "it's-not-you-it's-me" routine. Cuban, though, seems to have the exact opposite approach—it's not me, it's them.
Like a scorned lover not willing to accept reality, Cuban chastised a superstar player who opted not to join forces with his Mavericks. Again.
The player at the receiving end of his comments this time around was Dwight Howard. Howard flirted with five teams in free agency this summer, a group that included Cuban's Mavs, before ultimately deciding to ink a deal with the Houston Rockets.
Cuban called Howard's decision a "mistake in judgement," via ESPN Dallas' Tim MacMahon, and added that "anybody who doesn't come [to Dallas] is an idiot."
This had nothing to do with Cuban's pitch or the young stars and intriguing coaches that awaited Howard in Houston. Howard made a mental error, and that's why he's not suiting up in Dallas.
It wasn't Cuban's fault; it was Howard's. Or was it?
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