Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban launched into name-calling after Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz posted several tweets about the NBA’s historically low TV ratings.
“You’re so full of sh*t,” Cuban said to Cruz after the Senator remarked about the league’s ratings debacle.
On Monday and Tuesday, Cruz had retweeted several news stories about the league’s crashing ratings, including a Breitbart Sports story and one from Sean Hannity’s site:
Indeed, the 2020 series is now in the record books as the lowest-rated since the NBA first began broadcasting games in the 1960s.
In another tweet, Cruz slammed the league for “insulting their fans” with a constant stream of race baiting and brought Cuban into the discussion by noting how much he loves the Dallas Mavericks.
“But @mcuban, the NBA is engaged in a concerted effort to (1) insult their fans & (2) turn every game into a left-wing political lecture. That’s dumb,” Cruz tweeted.
But Cruz’s noting of the disastrous ratings and the league’s constant wokeness brought Cuban to red-hot anger.
“You are so full of sh*t. You haven’t watched a game of the finals, how would you know what is being said or done?” Cuban screeched. “Since when is a desire to end racism an insult to anyone or political? And you don’t think using #GetWokeGoBroke is a partisan insult? Again, this is who you are.”
Cruz didn’t ignore the left-wing billionaire’s attack and replied with another shot to Cuban’s chops.
“I wish @mcuban loved his fans as much as he loves Chinese money,” Cruz tweeted.
To that, Cuban tried to make himself a martyr, writing, “Shame on me for putting American Civil Rights and Justice, creating jobs, growing our economy and healthcare reform over twitter proclamations,” he tweeted.
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