Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban, entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, speaks during a moderated conversation at the graduation of the inaugural class of the Presidential Leadership Scholars program, a partnership between the presidential centers of George W. Bush, William J. Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Lyndon B. Johnson at the George W. Bush Presidential Library in Dallas, Texas July 9, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Stone

Mark Cuban, the ever-outspoken owner of the Dallas Mavericks, finally made his thoughts public about the DeAndre Jordan saga, which hogged the headlines in the NBA the past week.

The Mavs owner detailed his account of the drama even as Jordan decided to spurn the Mavericks in favor of the Los Angeles Clippers. The center signed an $88 million deal over four years with the Clippers and left the Mavericks hanging in free agency and their initial offer of $80 million over the same span.

"Dear Mavs fans, After all the nonsense coming from an ESPN employee on Twitter, I thought I would provide the events of the day on Tuesday,” Cuban wrote on social media. "Through all of Monday we were texting back and forth discussing players available, the amount of cap room we had left. Who our staff liked. Who he liked. How excited he was. Then on Tuesday the communications basically stopped and we started hearing rumblings from multiple people that something was up.”

"So I flew down to Houston and got a room at the Galleria, which is just a few minutes from his house. I had my driver take me to his house. It's inside a small gated community but the gate was wide open. So we drove in and I literally walked up to his door. There was no one home. So I texted him saying that I was there. I know something is up. Let's talk. He texted me that he was on a date.”

"When I got back to the hotel I texted him that I wasn't in front of his house. Have fun on his date and we will talk. He hit me back immediately saying thanks. He knew I was in town. He knew I was close by. I knew something was up. I was getting the same reports everyone else was.”

The Mavericks have no choice in this offseason but to look for other free agents. They recently acquired big man Zaza Pachulia in a trade with the Milwaukee Bucks to try to soften the blow of missing out on Jordan, who averaged 11.5 points, 15.0 rebounds and 2.2 blocked shots in the 2014-2015 season for the Clippers.

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