Apparently owning an NBA team and running a cable television network just isn’t enough for Mark Cuban.
He’s adding “Dancing with the Stars” to his to-do list.
According to internet reports, the Dallas Mavericks’ owner is set to join the ABC show’s fifth season. The dancing competition pairs celebrities with professional dancers, then boots one pair off the show each week.
Athletes have fared well. Olympic speed-skater Apolo Anton Ohno won last time around. Former Dallas Cowboy superstar Emmitt Smith won before that.
But a team owner?
Cuban might not be light on his feet, but you can guarantee the guy will be entertaining. Can you imagine how he’ll react to anyone who disagrees with him?
Cuban’s dancing partner: “Mark, those sequins just don’t work with your skin tone.”
Cuban: “What? What’re you talkin’ about? That’s a terrible call!”
Somewhere in the Big Apple, David Stern trying to figure out how much to fine Cuban. The NBA commissioner can’t be too fired up about the league’s most volatile owner going on “Dancing.”
Of course, if Stern had any say in what Cuban did with his down time, he might have saved us all from “The Benefactor.” It was Cuban’s first attempt at reality TV, and it was a bomb of epic proportions.
Let’s hope his second attempt goes a little better.