That’s when the fun began. Cuban’s …

That’s when the fun began. Cuban’s first few years were a meteoric rise behind Nowitzki and constant bickering with the NBA office about officiating and untold other issues. “I was so excited about the whole thing,” he said. “I was just a big kid enjoying my new toy. “That’s what I tried to do. I’ve had a lot of fun with it, through all the battles with David Stern. David made me in so many ways. He got me in. He encouraged me to raise hell and contribute to the donut fund. “He told me last year, the last time I saw him, he said: “You know, I made you.’ I was like, You absolutely did. Nobody knew who I was until you started fining me and I started raising hell.”