DALLAS — During the postgame chaos after Saturday's Nuggets-Mavericks game, Dallas owner Mark Cuban had a brief but heated confrontation with Lydia Moore, the mother of Denver's Kenyon Martin, who was seated near the tunnel that leads to the Mavs' locker room.

Cuban said Sunday by e-mail that when he walked off the court, a fan was screaming about the Nuggets being "thugs," so Cuban said to Martin's mother: "That includes your son."

According to Martin's agent, Brian Dyke, Cuban spotted Moore amid numerous Nuggets fans and said, unprovoked, "Your son is a punk." Regardless of what insult was stated, NBA spokesman Tim Frank said, "The situation on the floor postgame is being reviewed."

Cuban was visibly angry after Game 3 because he believed the officials missed numerous key calls down the stretch, notably the noncall on Denver's Carmelo Anthony, who avoided a potential foul and calmly hit the winning 3-pointer with one second left.

As Cuban stormed out of the tunnel, he spotted Martin's mother in the stands. That's when the sudden and quick interaction took place.

Martin is a perpetually physical player, who committed a hard foul on Dallas star Dirk Nowitzki in Game 1, earning Martin a $25,000 fine from the NBA.

Cuban said by e-mail he knew Martin's mother, because after a previous game that Denver won, she had approached him and made trash-talk-type comments.

Martin is a Dallas native and has been clutch in this postseason for Denver, notably on defense, where coach George Karl praises him as one of the NBA's top overall defenders.

http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_12340464

This is low, even for Mark Cuban. You have something to say, you say it to someone's face, not to their mother. We'll see how Mark reacts if a 6'9" 240 pound black man is in his presence.

I read about that. I also read that he apologized to Kenyon's mom but it's too late for that. He already said what he said. If Kenyon gets Mark alone one day, he's gonna whip his ass good LOL. Mark better hope that he has security with him at all times hahahahahahahahahahahaha. I agree with Mark about Kenyon though. He is a thug with those stupid ass tattoos all over him. JR Smith and Chris Anderson are ignorant too. I can't stand these dumb ass NBA players with tattoos all over them. It makes them look ignorant and they don't even realize it.

This is low, even for Mark Cuban. You have something to say, you say it to someone's face, not to their mother. We'll see how Mark reacts if a 6'9" 240 pound black man is in his presence.
I know!! What a stupid, stupid thing to say. :rolleyes: :lol:

I heard on ESPN today that David Stern told Cuban to apologize by Phone