[外電] Don Nelson wins arbitration case against Mark Cuban

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http://tinyurl.com/567dl6 The legal battle between Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and former coach Don Nelson is finally over. Nelson, now the Golden State Warriors' coach, won about $6.3 million Thursday in his arbitration case against Cuban in a ruling by retired judge Glen M. Ashworth. John O'Connor, Nelson's attorney, said Nelson was very happy about the outcome. O'Connor said the verdict cannot be appealed. NBA "It was not so much a defeat of Cuban as it was an ass-whipping," O'Connor said. "Cuban's lawyers did a good job of painting lips on a pig." Nelson filed for arbitration on his claim the Mavericks owed him more than $6 million in deferred salary from when Ross Perot Jr. owned the team. After months of attempts by both sides to settle the dispute, Nelson took legal action against Cuban in May 2007, not long after his eighth-seeded Warriors upset the top-seeded Mavericks in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. Nelson resigned as Mavericks coach in March 2004. He was paid for one more season at his coaching salary, then began work in a consultant's role at a reduced salary. Nelson took over the Warriors in August 2006, two months after the Mavericks lost to Miami in the NBA Finals. Cuban, who bought the team from Perot in 2000, contended taking the Golden State job violated a no-compete clause in Nelson's contract. "I got exactly what I wanted out of the deal, the true facts of the situation," Cuban said in an e-mail. "I feel a lot better knowing that, under oath, [Nelson] said that in between [the] Mavs' Finals games he was meeting with their GM and helping the Warriors work on their draft plans, that he and his lawyers had started discussions more than a month before he took the job, not days as he said publicly." Nelson didn't immediately return phone calls requesting comment. Cuban filed a counterclaim in June 2007 alleging Nelson used inside information to lead Golden State past the Mavericks in the first round. That claim was denied. Nelson's 2003 contract negotiations with Cuban were bitter, and communication between them was never the same. The loss of Steve Nash in free agency further deteriorated their relationship. Beginning on June 23, the sides spent more than 20 hours over two days in Dallas stating their cases. Both submitted post-arbitration briefings for consideration. Evidence revealed the Mavericks failed to pay Nelson his consulting salary beginning July 1, 2006, according to arbitration documents. "Unfortunately, according to the arbitrator, because I held back about $25,000 in payments as I tried to understand the situation, I breached our consulting agreement, so I am obligated to pay him the deferred money he was to be paid," Cuban said. "Basically, I pay him the exact same amount I would have had this not happened." O'Connor said Cuban must also pay Nelson's legal fees and court costs. 老尼跟Mark Cuban的案子落幕了老尼最後贏了 Mark Cuban必須付給老尼一筆錢以及幫老尼付律師費用 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 218.166.158.44