Thursday the Dallas Mavericks posted a video of owner Mark Cuban arguing with a cartoon basketball named "Mavrello Ballovic". According to the team's press release, Mavrello has a backstory.
A former Dallas Mavericks owner – curmudgeonly, behind-the-times and full of wacky ideas – has emerged after a 30-year hiatus, vowing to resume control of the NBA franchise. Accidentally locked within a bunker beneath Reunion Arena since 1988, Mavrello Ballovic was forced to dig his way out using only a concession-stand spork. Facts are emerging about Mavrello, but this is what is known so far. Ballovic was one of the original founders of the Mavs in the 1980s but found himself distanced when the franchise wasn’t receptive to his off-the-wall ideas. In 1988, he decided to hide in a bunker beneath the Reunion Arena to work on his crazy projects alone. After inadvertently locking himself in, he spent decades slowly clawing through dirt and concrete– a task only made harder after the Arena was demolished in 2009. Ballovic is expected to make a full statement about his return in a video press conference next Wednesday (May 5).