Five Out Offense: Cuban, the draft, and meet your Mavs

1. CUBAN ON JAY MOHR: Mark Cuban stopped by Jay Mohr Sports yesterday to chat Parsons/Morey and more interestingly, the different dichotomies of owning a team in the NBA versus MLB.

2. NEW YEAR, NEW RULES: The NBA will institute new baseline safety rules for the coming season. These have been under discussion for a long time and don't appear to have any connection to the incident in the Team USA scrimmage where Paul George was injured.

3. MAVS AND THE DRAFT: "What draft?" I hear you saying. I usually shake my head at Mavs "Draft Talk" as well. But David Lord has a few detailed thoughts about Mark Cuban's comments that the Mavericks take the draft seriously.

4. CHATTING WITH DEVIN: Devin Harris will be doing a Q&A on CyberDust today at 1:45 p.m. central. Mark your calendars and update your smartphone apps accordingly.

Chat w/@Dev34Harris tomorrow exclusively on @cyberdust at 1:45pm! Add+ devinharris & ask him questions! #mavsdust pic.twitter.com/2riBlbkryc

— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) August 27, 2014

5. APPARENTLY THERE'S ALSO A CONTEST TO MEET CHANDLER PARSONS: Some of you might be interested.

Ladies, want to meet @ChandlerParsons? Heres your chance: http://t.co/kRTDue6rOY #iheart25 pic.twitter.com/XVtFQEDHYj

— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) August 22, 2014

I am apparently just in in it for the fashion though.

@dallasmavs Is the t-shirt on the model there available for purchase somewhere? I adore it.

— Rebecca Lawson (@beccaaftersix) August 22, 2014