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One can always count on Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to take a situation that is on the verge of boiling over and turning up the heat until it does. Saturday night Cuban who will never be accused of having too much class or grace decided to let Keyon Martin’s mom Lydia Moore know exactly how he feels about her son. According to the “
Associated Press“ the controversial Mavericks owner told the veteran Nuggets forward’s mother her son was among other things a “
punk” and a “
thug.”
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