Sports Illustrated’s Jon Wertheim and Jessica Luther dropped a damning report on the workplace culture of the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday, documenting almost two decades of sexual harassment by former CEO Terdema Ussery and domestic violence accusations against former Mavs.com writer Earl Sneed.

Ussery left the team in 2015 to join Under Armour; he’s already left that company after facing harassment allegations. He joined the Mavericks as CEO in 1997; he had his first allegation of workplace misconduct in 1998. Alleged misconduct happened all along the way. Read the SI story for the details.

Mavs Moneyball published Sneed’s arrest reports, which verify SI’s reporting. That’s an enormous problem for franchise owner Mark Cuban, who claimed he didn’t know much about the arrest even though Sneed had been arrested at the Mavericks’ offices. Here’s a timeline encompassing what is reported and what Cuban has said along the way.

And here’s a very strong Kate Crawford piece on why it is unacceptable that Cuban didn’t know about the workplace culture Ussery built, if he in fact didn’t know (as he claims).

The NBA has said it will monitor the Mavericks’ own investigation. Given the scope and seriousness of the allegations, the league should probably have its own investigation going, and probably will soon. It’s unclear what the league can or will do to punish the Mavericks if it is found that the team ignored repeat signs of trouble. Is this a Donald Sterling situation? A multi-million dollar fine? Draft picks? The Knicks weren’t punished a decade ago after a major sexual harassment, but that was a mistake and expectations are different now.

That’s all something to pick apart in the future. For now, making sure the survivors have the help they need is most important. That should be the NBA’s role. How awful that so many women left sports because of what happened to them in Dallas. So much talent lost. By the way, Cuban was also fined $600,000 by the NBA for acknowledging that the Mavericks are tanking.

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