Mark Cuban, owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, won't pursue purchasing the New York Mets. Cuban has had varying degrees of interest in buying a Major League Baseball team. Faced with the trustee for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme trying to recover as much as $1 billion from Mets ownership, Fred Wilpon has been trying to sell about a quarter of a stake in the team. In an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Cuban discussed a variety of topics and sounded lukewarm on any pursuit of the Mets. "Maybe. It's interesting," Cuban said. "I'd like it. It'd be a cool idea. But I don't think it's going to happen simply because it'd require writing an $800 million or more check. It's a big check, right? "I've been through this before, but call me crazy: When I write an $800 million check, I want somebody to kiss my ass. I don't want to have to beg and grovel to write that check."