31.  Cuban has already met with Don Nelson, the Mavericks' coach and general manager, who said he would not return as coach next season.

32.  Cuban has lobbied referees to cite O'Neal for illegally stepping across the foul line as he shoots free throws -- a practice O'Neal began this season.

33.  Cuban plans many more moves before the season starts.

34.  Cuban said he was impressed with Nelson's performance in the second half of the season.

35.  Cuban-born Sabates' revolving door had spit out drivers, crew chiefs, mechanics, sponsors and cars at a frantic pace until this season.

36.  Cuban's ref baiting this season is well documented.

37.  Cubs management let Myers walk away after the 1995 season because they feared his elbow wouldn't hold up for two years and offered only a one-year deal.

38.  Cubs pitchers were openly upset when pitching coach Oscar Acosta was forced to resign at the end of the season.

39.  Cubs president Andy MacPhail didn't panic when Dodgers bench coach Jim Riggleman, then manager of the Cubs, started the 1997 season with 14 losses.

40.  Cullen missed the 1997-98 season with cancer that required a bone marrow transplant.