<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Larry Brown, the coach of the U.S. Olympic basketball team, blasted the Mavericks' Mark Cuban and other owners who don't want their players to participate in international competition. It should come as no surprise that Cuban blasted back. </div> More NBA Drama... <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Brown made his comments as part of a larger discussion about this summer's Olympic team. The Detroit Pistons coach believes the presence of NBA players in the 1992 Olympics ? the Dream Team ? increased interest and helped develop many of the foreign players who enjoy success in the league today. Brown finds it disingenuous that Cuban and owners such as Sacramento's Joe Maloof question if it's in the best interests of their teams to allow players to continue to compete. "Unfortunately, a guy like Cuban makes a dumbass statement, a guy who's never had an opportunity to represent his country and be a part of that whole process and understand the goodwill and the way we've improved the game," said Brown, who was in Dallas for the Pistons' game against the Mavericks on Saturday. "Hell, if the Dream Team didn't go, maybe he wouldn't have half his players. Maybe these kids would be playing soccer or something else. That makes me sick." </div> In away Larry Brown didnt even have to go there. I know Cuban does say dumb things but he didnt have to put him on blast like that... Oh here was Cubans respsonse.. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Cuban wouldn't comment on the record until he saw a transcript of Brown's comments. He then issued this e-mail response Sunday: "This is a topic that's easy for Larry to comment on," Cuban said. "He has never had to write the check for an NBA payroll in his life. Has he ever run a business in his life? "He isn't responsible to fans, and he gets paid regardless of what happens. If things don't work out, a player gets injured or he doesn't like the way things are going, he can do what he has done everywhere else, just leave.</div> Can we say FINE? Full Store -- Click Here
