Mavericks' owner Mark Cuban plans on taking the appeals process as far as he can to ensure that former Mavericks' coach Don Nelson has to wait as long as possible to get his $7.1 million, the Dallas Morning News is reporting.

This in spite of e-mails in court documents that were examined Monday that state in an e-mail from Cuban's attorney, Geoffrey Harper, to Nelson's attorney, Don Colleluori: "I think the team is making a business decision [I don't think anyone expects this to end differently than the current judgment; but apparently, it is cheaper to use the money and pay later. I'm not sure I understand it, to be candid].

Another of Nelson's attorneys, John O'Connor said the situation simply makes Cuban look petty.

"When you see this pattern of conduct, you wonder why any baseball owner would even consider associating with this guy," O'Connor said.