Did the Mavs know something early Saturday?

How excited is Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to begin the season and hoist his first championship banner over the American Airlines Center?

Reports from media members who were at the AAC early Saturday morning after the Dallas Stars-Toronto Maple Leafs hockey game earlier in the evening have been firing some interesting tweets throughout the evening.

The lockout was settled at about 2 a.m. CST. But James Mirtle, a hockey writer for the Toronto Globe Mail, tweeted that workmen were starting to put down the facility’s basketball floor .

And David Alter, a reporter for the Fan radio station in Toronto, evenof the floor in place before the settlement was announced.

Considering the championship, should we be surprised about Cuban’s enthusiasm?

Let the games begin, thankfully.