Athletistic / Basketball Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has revealed how he nearly bought Kobe Bryant from the Lakers in 2007.

“Yeah, I thought we had done that before. I was on Dancing with the Stars at the time and we were practicing 7-8 hours a day. Jerry Buss called me and said, ‘Look, it seems we don’t. will work with Kobe.”

I remember it well because we had an assistant named Elvis who talked about Kobe all the time. So when it happened, I told him about it and ruined it. Because the minute I told Elvis about it, the deal fell through.

Mitch Kapchak (general manager of the Lakers in those years – approx. sport.ru) persuaded Kobe to stay. It was the same situation as with DeAndre Jordan. When a key player in your team is about to leave, you will do everything you can to keep him.” tracks Cuban Interview Twitter Beacher Report.

Recall that in January 2020, Kobe Bryant died with his daughter in a helicopter crash in California.