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On Monday, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban announced his team would be redesigning its uniforms for the 2015-2016 season and that he was seeking creations from fans. Dallas Morning News

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Mark Cuban: “The Mavs are going to re-do our uniforms for the 2015-16 season… if we get a unique and original design. What’s the best way to come up with creative ideas ? You ask for them. So we are going to crowd source the design and colors of our uniforms. You know what an NBA uniform looks like. You know what the Mavs colors are for today and the past. We want some new ideas that stay true to our logo and at least close to our current color schemes. Show us what you got !” Dallas Morning News

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On Collins coming out: Mark Cuban: “I think it sets a platform for any athlete in any professional sport to realize that, hey, you can be you. It’s acceptable to come out and to be yourself.” Dallas Morning News

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On whether he thinks others will come out: Mark Cuban: “Yes. No question about it. I just think it’s a very Darwinian business. Literally, right? Either you win or you lose and I think the support elements are there at such a younger age and there aren’t the phobias.” Dallas Morning News

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On if Collins comes to him and says he wants to play for the Mavericks. Mark Cuban: “Fine. If you can play, you can play. End of story.” Dallas Morning News

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Mark Cuban: “Look, I’m not going to get into particulars. We’re going to be opportunistic and try to improve the team. I don’t see us signing just one-year deals anymore. I think we want to grab onto some people to be a part of a longer term solution and see what happens. … We won a championship with a ton of last-year guys. It wasn’t the contracts. Guys played hard, we just didn’t play well together. Like I said before, our basketball IQ wasn’t where it needed to be and it wasn’t about contracts.” NBA.com

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Mark Cuban: “We’re not going to make a financial commitment just to make a financial commitment and say, ‘Look what we did.’ I mean, if there’s nobody there to sign that helps us, we won’t sign anybody and tell everybody exactly why we did what we did and deal with consequences. But we think there will be at least some guys there that we think can help us in one way or another, and we’ll see who they are and what we can do.” NBA.com

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Eric Pincus: Mitch Kupchak asks spokesman John Black if should defer any Lakers amnesty questions to @Mark Cuban Twitter @EricPincus

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Mark Cuban all but offered a public apology to coach Rick Carlisle for not giving him enough quality assets to reach the playoffs. “Rick’s a great coach,” Cuban said. “We obviously didn’t have what we thought we would have, but we obviously should have had more. I don’t know if we could have, but we should have, so it’s all on me. If that means I let Rick down, I let Rick down.” With nine new players on the roster this season, Carlisle has done the best he could with what was given to him. Cuban said fan and media criticism should be directed at the owner. “If someone’s going to take a shot, take it at me,” Cuban said. “My job is to make sure we put everybody in a position to succeed, and we obviously didn’t.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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Is it appropriate and accurate for Mark Cuban to shoulder all the accountability for the Mavericks missing the playoffs? "Yeah, I mean, it’s not Tyson’s fault or the guys’ or J.J.’s," Dirk Nowitzki said. "Obviously, winning it all, they got a better deal somewhere else. You can’t fault the guys for going there where the money is. I guess that’s part of the business. We let the guys go and it is what it is. "I said it all year long, that we can’t judge yet if it was a mistake or not. I think it’s going to depend on this offseason. If we end up empty-handed again, then maybe it was the wrong decision to let everybody go. But if we make a good move here with all this cap space, then maybe it wasn’t all bad. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what this summer brings." ESPN.com

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It took a few seconds for owner Mark Cuban to compare the Dallas Mavericks not qualifying for the playoffs to any of his other business ventures. “I guess it’s like a business going out of business, and I haven’t had many of those,” Cuban said. “Not a good feeling.” And not a feeling Cuban wants to experience again. Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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Does that mean Carter will be with the Mavericks beyond next season, when his contract expires? “I hope so,” Cuban said. “The current trend is, as guys get older, they lose a little weight and I think Vince is athletic enough and smart enough and genetically gifted enough that if he goes on that same Steve Nash, Dirk, Tim Duncan path, where you lose a little bit of weight every year and keep your spring, he’s a genetic freak. “He can play for more than a year, easily. He’ll be cranking those motorcycle handles for a while.” Dallas Morning News

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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban blames himself for the franchise's failure to make the playoffs this season. The Mavs were officially eliminated Wednesday night, ending a 12-year postseason streak that featured two trips to the NBA Finals and one championship. While Dirk Nowitzki missed a career-high 29 games because of injury, Cuban acknowledges he failed to construct a roster good enough to give the Mavs a chance to contend. "We obviously should have had more," Cuban said before Friday's home game against the Denver Nuggets. "I don't know if we could have, but we should have. And so it's all on me. If that means I let (coach Rick Carlisle) down, I let Rick down. "People always give me s---. 'Why do you put your email up on the screen? And why are you always out front?' This is why. So if someone's got a shot to take, take it at me. My job is to make sure we put everybody in position to succeed and we obviously didn't." ESPN.com

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Cuban later insisted he believed the Mavs were better off without Williams, but he accepts the fault for this season's flawed roster and intends to fix it this summer when nine Mavs' contracts will expire. "Look, it didn't work out the way we planned," Cuban said. "It's all on me and Donnie. Period. End of story. It's our job to put people in position to succeed. We didn't do enough of it. "It's not an apology. That's just the nature of the beast. I bust my ass to do as best as we can. No one hates losing more than me, so I'll keep on busting my ass and hopefully it will change." ESPN.com

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So the search for a major talent upgrade will continue this summer. "Trust me, we want to do that," Cuban said Wednesday evening, referring to giving Nowitzki a legitimate co-star. "If you've got the guy who's going to say, 'You know what, I'm going to come to the Mavericks no matter what,' let me know." ESPN.com

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When Dirk Nowitzki said on Sunday that he would be happy to accompany owner Mark Cuban on any recruiting trips he makes when free agency opens on July 1, it was great news for Cuban. Could he envision a tag-team recruiting pitch? “Yeah, obviously,” Cuban said. “He hasn’t been shy to make calls in the past. He just hasn’t been in the country. He’s happy to text and make calls. He just hasn’t been here. Dirk will do anything. He’s a team player from top to bottom.” Dallas Morning News

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It had been at least a few days since anybody had heard Brittney Griner's name around the Mavericks' offices, so it was time for Mark Cuban to bring the Baylor star up again. This time, it sounded as if he's throwing ice water on the hot issue of her ever being in the NBA. "To clarify one thing," he said, "we're not going to change the approach. She would have to go through the same process as everybody. Point being, I want to get the best player, no questions." Dallas Morning News

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"Of course he doesn't want to fight for an eighth seed in the future; none of us do," Cuban told USA TODAY Sports via e-mail. "Beyond that, like he has told me and the world, he can't see himself being anywhere else." USA Today Sports

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Brittney Griner is ready to take Mark Cuban up on his offer to draft her. The Baylor star says she’s open to an NBA tryout after the WNBA season ends. “When are tryouts?” Griner asked Saturday at the Final Four. “The WNBA is where I’m at. That’s where I’m going. After that, if I get a shot, why turn down something like that? That’s big, even if you don’t make it. Hey, at least you tried. Somebody pushed the envelope.” Dallas Morning News

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Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, contacted by TMZ for his comment about comments made by Magic Johnson, said he would be honored if the Mavericks had a gay player. Here is a transcription of some of Cuban's comments: TMZ: Mark have you seen the Magic Johnson interview that we did. Magic is essentially saying that if anybody from the LA Dodgers comes out, he will not only be supported, he'll be protected. What's your feeling? Mark Cuban: Exact same thing. I would do it the exact same way. I've been saying the same thing for years. There will be somebody who comes out. It'll be a great moment for sports. I would be honored if he was on my team. I think things have changed, significantly, in that the players would accept him. All professional sports have had their homophobic missteps along the way, it's a new era, a new generation and the player would be accepted. I think we are starting, at least on the edges, break down those barriers. This shouldn't be a big deal. I applaud Magic for being willing to step out and show leadership like he always has. Dallas Morning News

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