Mark Cuban defended his employee, Josh Howard today, when he admitted to smoking pot in the past. In an interview with Dan Patrick he said he had tried it but didn’t admit to ever smoking it regularly.

Patrick: Do you care if he smokes pot?

Cuban: I’d be a hypocrite if I said ‘yes’ because I’ve inhaled, and when I inhaled I coughed a couple lungs out. And so I was never a big fan of smoking, but if I’ve tried it I can’t look at somebody and say, ‘How can you try it?’ That’s just terrible. [...] Again, I’d just be hypocritical if I said, ‘Josh, smoking pot is just the worst thing you could possibly do.’

Cuban said Howard didn’t smoke during the season and said former players did smoke pot to where it became a performance issue. Cuban said those players were removed by trade or waiver. Steve Nash, Michael Finley, Antwan Jamison, Antoine Walker. All these players have been traded during Cuban’s tenure, which could it be?