“I didn’t buy the Mavs as an investment, I bought them as a basketball junkie,” says Mark Cuban, as he breaks down how he transformed the Mavs into NBA champions. After buying the Dallas Mavericks in 2000 for $285 million, Cuban had the daunting task of turning a team in turmoil into a championship-winning team. Fast-forward 11 years, and the American businessman got his chip. Here’s how Mark trail-blazed his way through the NBA, turned the Mavs around and bagged his ring.