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Mark Cuban is an American businessman and investor. After selling Broadcast.com to Yahoo, he bought the Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theatres, and Magnolia Pictures. He has appeared on Dancing With The Stars, and is one of the Shark Tank investors. He lives in Dallas.

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22 May, 2010

Fined $100,000

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The NBA fines Cuban for violating the league’s anti-tampering rules with comments made in an interview with CNNMONEY.com about recruiting LeBron James to the Mavericks. Cuban is punished for failing to adhere to the details of a 2008 memo sent to all 30 NBA teams:

If a member of your organization is asked by the media about a potential free agent prior to the July 1 following the last season covered by the player’s contract, or about any other person under contract with another NBA team, the only proper response is to decline comment.