PostmanE’s encounter with the man, the myth - Mark Cuban
IMPORTANT NOTE: We really, really can’t stress this enough: We love Mark Cuban. We’ve talked about this before. Seriously. He’s a great, successful basketball owner, daring and original in his business (and blogging) dealings, and he still genuinely views his team through a fan’s eyes. He’s not a stuffy, crotchety old guy more worried about profit margins than wins and losses. With the exception of a few elite ownership models, Cuban’s the best.
Second: There’s nothing really wrong with what Mark’s doing here. He’s a financially, um … stable guy, he’s visiting his old college town for a weekend - why not go get sloshed and fraternize with some college girls? We have no room to judge; we do the same thing four nights a week to the point of irresponsibility. If anything, this makes us like Cuban even more.
Third: We tell this story not to criticize or “out” or be dirty, filthy voyeurs. We did so simply beause the story of being out celebrating a friend’s birthday, blearily stumbling into a bar, and meeting Mark freaking Cuban - and having Mr. Cuban be far more drunk than you (and trust me, you were really drunk) - is a story too good to limit to interested friends and relatives. Thus, we hope you enjoy it, but maybe even more than that, we hope you understand why we decided to share it with you.
That aside, the full story, with more pictures and such, is after the jump.
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Here’s what transpired:
It’s my roommate’s 22nd birthday, and we had been out and very drunk for about four hours. Mainly, we had been playing Sink the Biz at Nick’s English Hut in Bloomington, IN. It’s a game guaranteed to get newcomers (myself) beer-drunk beyond recognition. At this point, all of us felt sufficiently finished off, so we decided to make the walk home. At that point, we got a call from a female friend. “Come to Jake’s,” she said.
“Why? We’re done! We cant take any more!” my roommate shouted back at her.
“No,” she said. “Mark Cuban is here.”
“Seriously? We’re on it.”
We trudged over to the bar where, lo and behold, Mark Cuban and his two friends Ron and Shooter (left) - Shooter was introduced with a gun-like thumb and index finger hand gesture - were standing around. The most immediate atmospheric notice: They were the only people in the bar. Right away, we go grab another beer and head over to their oasis. (Background: This was Tuesday, September 19; Cuban was in Indianapolis that day giving a talk. No word on whether his Bloomington trip was business-related, but read on, and you’ll see why we doubt he was ready for any sort of work the next day.)
“Hi, I’m Mark.” With absolutely no provocation, a billionaire businessman, failed-reality TV show anchor, uber-successful crazy dude who smelled a lot like Jim Beam was giving me a half-handshake and half-awkward Tiger Woods high five.
“I know. Nice to meet you Mark.”
“Here, have a beer.”
“Seriously? We just bought - OK. Sweet, thanks man.”
Just like that, we were boozing with Mark Cuban. We had heard legends of this from all sorts of people on campus here: as an IU alum, Cuban comes to town every once in a while, and when he does, it’s a blowout. Just be there, and you’re sure to do a shot with him. We didn’t do any shots, but we did have four or five Budweisers, which seemed to just keep coming out of nowhere. Over and over again, Budweisers arrived. We got to the point where we were double-fisting these things without even the slightest interest in drinking them.
The main highlights of the encounter:
1. Seriously - Cuban was really trashed. His eyes were shut for most of our time there, and he kept leaning on one of the two girls sitting next to him, oftentimes hugging them, if not for the sheer joy of hugging college girls, then merely for the functional purpose of keeping his head from hitting the granite floor.
2. My roommate decided, after much deliberation, to ask him what he thought about our noble Bulls’ chances this year. As he began to ask, he addressed him as Mr. Cuban. Big mistake. “IT’S MARK!!” he shouted back. And the Bulls? “They’ll be fine. Whatever, right?” Good enough for us.
3. At one point, no one was saying much, and just about everyone there was blasted beyond smalltalk. Then, out of the silence, Mark jolts up, turns his head around, and blurts, to absolutely no one in particular: “It feels….FANTASTIC!”
You know what: those are words of genius. “It feels…fantastic.” It’s true; it actually does…feel…fantastic. And if that’s not the most effective NBA marketing slogan I’ve heard in a long time, it’s at least a brilliant bit of situational analysis.
That was basically that. We left and went home, cell-phone camera pictures in tow, and voraciously passed out. Mark, we hear, did the same on our friend’s couch in a soriority liveout house, but all was innocent and in good fun. And he didn’t get the permanent marker, which never would have happened in a house full of dudes. That, we think, is a damn successful night.
EDIT: We have more photos, but they’re just about the same thing you’re seeing here - blurry cell-phone photography of a famous man drinking with non-famous people. If you’d like, we could post a few more, just say so in the comments. For now, I’ll choose to be lazy, thanks.
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excellent story…cuban is the man
I think your post here will suffice for photos and coverage. Good job avoiding sensationalizing anything here, just a guy out having a good time - no one can judge him for that.
Isn’t Cuban married?
Wow - this is incredible. We had the same situation in Atlanta on Thursday night. Mr. “Fantastic” stumbled out of the restroom and bumped into a buddy of mine who noticed it was him.
He was buying copious amounts of booze and had several Emory “hotties” drapped aorund him. Damn, how did I not have my digital with me!
What a coincidence.
To my fellow Hoosier faithful, I’m proud to say that you made it on Deadspin. Well done indeed!
I’m pretty sure he is married (or was), but the word innoncent was used, so everything is A-Okay!
Peeps:
I think he’s married, but there was nothing salacious going on here at all. He was just hanging out and having fun, and the pictures were in a joking (and very, very drunk) manner. No reason why he should or would be in trouble at home, in my opinion.
Oh, and Mikey. Thanks for your service.
I, too, have experienced a similar situation with Mark. I graduated from IU in 2004 and my buddy and I were in Kilroy’s Sports. I was at the bar ordering a drink and happen to look to my right and its none other than Cuban throwing hundred dollar bills down and buying a crowd of 10 girls shots. We talked with him for a couple of minutes, (he was completely bombed this night too) and then my buddy mentions something about David Stern. Cuban perks up long enough to yell out “Stern sucks!” and move on. It was hilarious.
As a fellow IU Student, I question his choice of bars. Granted, it was a Tuesday night so no bar was going to be particularly hopping, but wouldn’t Kilroy’s have been a better choice? Can you think of anything better than hearing the owner of the Western Conference champions ordering a round of blowjobs? Okay, maybe I am just jealous because I wasn’t there. Granted, Mark Cuban is…..fantastic.
Two of my friends were at the bar that night and happened to be wearing Mavs gear. They are from Dallas. Anyway they partied with Cuban all night. And they said he went home with some college girl.
Great story man. He sounds like a young college kid at heart who just happens to be on the Forbes 400 richest men list.
The pictures turned out pretty good. For being so drunk, it doesn’t cut off anyone’s head or look crooked.
Hey, fellow IU alum here (2004), but never heard of Jake’s bar and I thought I knew em all very well! Can anyone let me know where this Jake’s is located? Thanks.
I met Mark Cuban once at Sports my senior year at IU and he was a really great guy. Nice and really approachable. Not too many students went up to him but hey, he bought me and my girlfriends a round of drinks so it was worth it!
I had the same problem with the Jake’s thing (probably because it has been 14 former bars). It was Axis, Walnut Street Tap, etc. Right next to Sports.
What? They gave up on the Walnut Street Tap thing already? It only changed from Axis to Walnut St back in like…Janurary 06. Now its changed already?
Desperate times, I guess. There doesn’t seem to be much of a difference from last year at all.
Also, WBRS: Yeah, Cuban left with a group of college girls, but one of them is a friend and said that he ended up sleeping on their couch, with nothing at all happening in terms of sexy-time explosion. For what it’s worth, I guess…
We have run into him a few times at Hi Tops Sportsbar right outside PNC Park in Pittsburgh. (His real hometown, not Indiana’s campus!) He is no different then anyone else at the bar, except for his wealth. He was wearing a sleaveless Pirate t-shirt and dancing with the 10 hottest girls in the club. I stress dancing, nothing else. Hopefully he will give up on the NBA, which is a garage league run by David Stern and save our small market Pirates!! That way there will be alot more Cube sightings in the burgh.
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O.K. Son, listen up. Move real close to her and she should move real close to you, and then… Ah, call me.”
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