Mavs' Cuban rips referees midgame via Twitter
OAKLAND, Calif. — Mark Cuban has been famously outspoken with criticism of officiating during his tenure as owner of the Dallas Mavericks, but his real-time ripping of a referee Friday night was a first for him.
Cuban fired off a critical tweet after Mavs center Salah Mejri was called for a travel in the second quarter of the game against the Golden State Warriors.
Derrick Stafford has mailed it in. That travel was not a travel and the no calls. Rick needs to get a tech
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) March 26, 2016
Cuban, who did not travel with the Mavs on the four-game road trip, followed up with a tweet that criticized the NBA’s referee management team.
@NateDuncanNBA @espn_macmahon I want a ref mgmt team that demands quality instead of brain scans and one that doesn’t have politicians
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) March 26, 2016
Cuban, who has paid seven figures worth of fines from the NBA office for criticizing officiating over the years, also tweeted several times on the topic after the Mavs’ loss Wednesday to the Portland Trail Blazers.
@LandryLocker @haralabob we are paying the price for horrible hiring and training during the Ronnie Nunn Era.
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) March 24, 2016
