Marc Stein: Last straw: After a loss …

Marc Stein: Last straw: After a loss that dropped Dallas to 3-9, Rodman blasted Cuban for being too close to the team “like Jerry Jones” and ripped virtually everyone on the roster by saying the Mavs needed “a backup center, a starting center, a true power forward, a couple of guards.” Rodman, 38, was abruptly waived. Cuban was (narrowly) approved as an NBA owner by some uneasy peers a month later. The following season Dallas halted a playoff drought that spanned a decade with the first of 11 50-win seasons in a row, led by Dirk, Steve Nash and Michael Finley