Dallas Mavericks: Mark Cuban Open to Vice Presidency

Since Mavericks news is so hard to come by this time of the year, it is easy to turn to Mark Cuban for some very interesting bits of news.

Just when it seemed the 2016 presidential election couldn’t get anymore unpredictable, another reality television star and billionaire businessman might be attempting to burst onto the scene.

During an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press“, Mark Cuban was asked if he would consider being Hillary Clinton’s vice president, and the Dallas Mavericks owners response left the door open to consider all possibilities.

“If she’s willing to listen, if she’s willing to, you know, hear other sides of things, then I’m wide open to discussing it,” Cuban said.

While their has been very little official talk about Cuban’s political plans, he has hinted at wanting to try his hand in the political realm.

Cuban’s comments on “Meet the Press”, come just over a week after he claims a group of Republicans approached him to be a third party nominee, another failed attempt by Republicans to block the presumptive GOP nominee, Donald Trump.

According to the Washington Post, some of those included in the group of Republicans that approached Cuban, were Mitt Romney and John Kasich.

Cuban has made it known during the election that he has no intention of supporting Trump, and that he will most likely cast his vote for Hillary Clinton come November.

Although Cuban would be open to the vice presidency, there seems to be no interest from Clinton’s campaign to reach out and set up a meeting with Cuban and Clinton, probably because Clinton is looking for a VP that will help her capture minority votes and the younger voters that have been support Bernie Sanders.

A political career for Cuban might be the only thing lacking from his resume, but during a time when the Dallas Mavericks are struggling to rebuild and rediscover the identity of the organization, most Mavericks fans would most likely prefer if he focused his attention on Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks roster, not the 2016 presidential election.

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That being said, if Cuban did decide to venture into politics, he would probably capture similar praise and criticism as Trump, although I’m willing to bet he would figure out a way to be a little less abrasive.