Mark Cuban Says Ball At Center Of Giannis, Pacers Spat Should Go To Indiana Rookie

Mark Cuban says if he have been answerable for the ball on the middle of the Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. Pacers tiff … the Bucks celebrity can be upset — ‘trigger he would’ve given the souvenir to Indiana.

The Dallas Mavericks honcho did not mince phrases when speaking in regards to the subject to TMZ Sports activities on Thursday … saying, “in case you have a rookie who’s by no means scored earlier than in an NBA sport, that is an enormous deal that solely occurs as soon as.”

“So,” he continued, “I might give the ball to the rookie.”

In fact, Giannis felt otherwise following Milwaukee’s 140-126 win over Indiana on the Fiserv Discussion board on Wednesday night time … going absolutely ballistic when the Pacers needed handy the ball off to Oscar Tshiebwe for scoring his first NBA basket as a substitute of to the two-time MVP who had simply scored 64 factors.

Antetokounmpo ran to the entrance of the Pacers’ locker room to confront them — earlier than he sprinted again on the courtroom to complain to enviornment officers in regards to the ball some extra.

Ultimately, a basketball was given to Giannis … although he informed reporters afterward he wasn’t positive if it was truly the one he used to drop a franchise-high mark for factors through the sport.

Cuban mentioned the house staff ought to finally be the one to make the decision within the scenario — although he mentioned he’d simply have to offer it as much as the rookie on this occasion … however would nonetheless do one thing good for Giannis.

“With conditions like that,” he mentioned, “I might take the field rating, I might get his teammates to signal it and I might body it for him.”

He added that if Giannis actually needed the ball — he really useful bartering with the rookie for it … maybe by signing a jersey and even forking over some money.