Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban apologized to the mother of Denver star Kenyon Martin after losing his cool and saying that her son was a “thug.”
Cuban’s negative remark came after the Nuggets’ win on Saturday in Game Three of their second-round playoff series.
The billionaire owner claims that Dallas fans called the Nuggets players “thugs” and then he turned to Lydia Moore, Martin’s mother, and said, “That includes your son.”
Cuban also shoved a cameraman as he stormed off the court at the game’s end.
Martin said Cuban used the word “punk” to describe him and was still upset at Monday’s practice.
“It’s a little personal, and I’m going to take care of it,” Martin said. “I’m not going to do the whole media thing, back and forth. That’s his thing. I’m more of a face-to-face type of dude.”
Cuban then tried to diffuse the situation with the online blog apology.
“It doesn’t matter why I said it,” he wrote. “I shouldn’t have said anything. Now, the reality is that this has gotten out of hand.”
“When tempers and such start impacting the fan experience both in Dallas and Denver, and it requires special security, that’s not what I want for Mavs or Nuggets fans,” Cuban wrote.
“So at this point I would like to apologize to you and your mom, K-Mart, for my comment. I should have not said anything and I was wrong. Hopefully you will accept the apology and we can move on,” Cuban added.
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