Mavs make their move, but at what cost? (NBA Insider).

When I was a young lad, my father taught me there were three things you should never trust: yellow lights, seafood that has been put on clearance sale and very, very rich men. Though I appreciate that Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is a self-made man, having made his billions by selling the voltage of his brainpower to behemoths such as CompuServe and Yahoo!, and though I also appreciate that he has maintained his ability to mingle with the lumpen, he still is a very, very rich man.

Pardon me, then, if I am a little suspicious of Cuban's latest endeavor. Blame it on my dad. But there's something that is just not right about the blockbuster seven-player deal Cuban ...