Mark Cuban, NBA big mouth extraordinaire, is bringing his typical sour grapes to the media and everyone else, by insisting that the NBA needs to investigate LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade for tampering for their unprecedented collective signing with the Miami Heat.

“Water is wet,” says Cuban. “And frankly, I find it offensive.”

Look, I don’t mean to make light of the situation entirely. I have no doubt that there was a level of collusion among LeBoshade. Of course there was. You don’t bring three egos of that size together without a tacit agreement, and the scores of teams that unloaded contract after contract hoping for a piece of one of the big free agents have obviously suffered, which means the fans will suffer. That sucks.

But ugh, Mark Cuban, ugh. When he first appeared on the scene, I found him refreshing. A true maverick, if you will, said in my best Sarah Palin voice (OH A PUN, HOW CHARMING). An outsider with a high-tech fortune, I cheered as he accepted fine after fine (and matched them with charitable contributions) for his rages against the league and referees. He said a lot of what the fans were thinking, and his fortune enabled him to stand up for his players like no other owner in the league.

Somewhere along the line, however, it stopped being charming (probably right around the time he started harassing players’ mothers about their “thuggy” sons), and I started wondering who died and left Mark Cuban the arbiter of the NBA? And worse, and I can’t believe I’m saying this, but what kind of example is he to his players, his management? The lack of discipline was astonishing, and in a land where egos rule supreme, an owner who’s too busy feeding his own overweening sense of self has no business or ability to manage others.

And besides, if Cleveland and Toronto are leaving it alone, why shouldn’t he? Tampering is nearly impossible to prove, as all collusion must be tied back to the express directives of team management — not just the players — and is loosely enforced, at best. If Cuban is really going to go after any sort of NBA reform, I’d put tampering at the bottom of the list. Otherwise, he just looks like a crybaby, I’m sorry. CRYBABY CUBAN IN THE HOUSE.

So really, Mark Cuban, shut up. Because if you ask me, this team will self-destruct in due time on its own. This is Wade’s team — or was — and methinks he’s not nearly magnanimous enough to tolerate LeBron’s antics, and Chris Bosh is practically going to fade into obscurity next to these two, and there’s no way he’ll be happy about that. A team of three big players can work (Hello, Celtics), but none of these three dudes have the maturity and experience to do what needs to be done to make it happen.

[photo: EW.com]

Jonniker is raising a toddler in Boston a time where the Celtics lost to the Lakers and the entire Red Sox organization is injured.

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