{"id":248,"date":"2011-06-13T11:03:06","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T15:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=248"},"modified":"2011-06-13T12:06:22","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T16:06:22","slug":"mavs-owner-mark-cuban-becoming-class-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2011\/06\/mavs-owner-mark-cuban-becoming-class-act.html","title":{"rendered":"Mavs Owner Mark Cuban Becoming Class Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mark Cuban Celebrates With His Mavs\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hu_82Fsn7d8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>The thing to take away from the Dallas Mavericks topping the Miami Heat for the NBA Sunday night?<\/p>\n<p>The best team and the best man, Mavs owner Mark Cuban, won.<\/p>\n<p>Cuban has undergone a remarkable transformation of late and reaped the rewards.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of being the me-first front man of the franchise, Cuban has taken a back seat to the team itself.<\/p>\n<p>Done are the crazy remarks, the stupendous fines and second-tier team.<\/p>\n<p>In with the new Mark Cuban who watched his team excel and even brought in the Mavericks previous owners Sunday night to bask in the glory of a championship.<\/p>\n<p>Nice touch from the HDNet creator who also appears regularly on the ABC business\/game series <em>Shark Tank<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In the post-game celebration, Mavs coach Rick Carlisle joked that Cuban would be available for interviews.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe not so much anymore &#8230; and that&#8217;s a good thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The thing to take away from the Dallas Mavericks topping the Miami Heat for the NBA Sunday night? 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