We're very pleased. Travis is a great open court decision-maker, he runs an exceptional pick and roll, which is a large part of our offense, and he's been deep in the playoffs so he won't be intimidated by that atmosphere.

Just what he's meant on and off the court, he's impacted every one from fans to the front office. Ultimately, it's our responsibility to do what's in the best interest of the Dallas Mavericks, but Michael has a special place in Mark's (Cuban) heart, my heart, and a special place in the franchise.

Too bad. If [these games] were on regular TV, I think a lot more people would be interested.

We were at a crossroads, we were at a point in time where we had to make a decision to go public or to perhaps merge with another entity if it made sense. There were very few organizations out there that we would do this with -- and there's only one that I could think of, and that was Dell, just because of the similarities in terms of the direct business model, and that we have a lot of similarities with the [company]. The problem is that we were at these crossroads, we needed to raise capital, and we had never raised capital at this company from day one.

a strategic decision to align ourselves with the global traveler.

The Kohl's real estate committee will meet in mid-November and they'll make their decision at that time,