SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 03: Mark Cuban speaks onstage during "Battling Big Pharma: A Conversation with Mark Cuban" at WIRED's The Big Interview 2024 at The Midway SF on December 03, 2024 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for WIRED)Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for WIRED

Video: Mark Cuban Jokes About Luka Dončić, Lakers Trade During Bill Gates Discussion

Paul KasabianFeb 8, 2025

Former Dallas Mavericks governor Mark Cuban joked about the Luka Dončić trade during a conversation with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates at an event on Friday evening.

Cuban now holds a minority share in the Mavericks and is no longer involved in day-to-day basketball operations.

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He asked Gates about a "hypothetical" scenario in which Steve Ballmer (who took over for Gates as Microsoft's CEO and now owns the Los Angeles Clippers) traded Windows 11 (Dončić in this analogy) for Windows 10 (Anthony Davis).

Gates responded that he would "hide from the press."

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