The minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks, then principal owner of the franchise, Mark Cuban discussed the 2013 NBA draft and passing on Giannis. “Some of our people wanted to go for Giannis. I wanted to trade down and we ended up getting Shane Larkin, not so much because of Shane, but we needed that cap room to go out and try to sign somebody to propel Dirk. We wanted to go for the gold again,” he explained during an appearance on Club Shay Shay with host Shannon Sharpe. Shane Larkin was the 18th pick of the draft, while Giannis was picked up by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 15th pick. “It is just the way it worked out,” mentioned Cuban.