Before Mark Cuban owned a 24,000-square-foot mansion so massive he forgot parts of it existed, he was broke, living with five roommates, and cruising around in a junker car, burning gas just to ogle "big houses.

As part of the unique agreement, Cuban retained ownership of 27 percent of the Mavericks and full oversight of basketball operations. That means Cuban and president of basketball operations Nico Harrison are still the central figures on the basketball side of the front office.