Shane Battier had the best point of the entire day when he addressed the student-athlete salary issue: “Money wouldn’t be a life changer in college–change lives within college scholarships. If we want to be about education let’s make it about education; offer any student who graduates [and doesn’t forego their college eligibility early to enter any drafts] a full ride to any graduate degree.”

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Mark Cuban quote highlights:

Silver: Are you prepared to announce your candidacy for the presidency?

Cuban: I’ll have to get back to you on that.

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Cuban: If I ever did announce a candidacy, it would be on 4/20 at 4:20.

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Cuban: We have the least literate President and Vice President we could possibly find.

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Cuban: [Donald Trump] hasn’t read a book in 30 years…he has no contextual awareness whatsoever.

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Mav Carter: “We just want to build something great. We ask [companies] if they want to be our partners and just go from there.”

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