While celebrating the Cougars, Fertitta, who is also the U.S. ambassador to Italy, told a story about a recent White House visit where he spoke with the president and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni about the Cougars for "at least a minute and a half.

At a celebration honoring the Houston Cougars men’s basketball team, Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta took a shot at the Dallas Mavericks.

In this case, it was Houston Rockets governor Tilman Fertitta trolling the Dallas Mavericks for the "dumbass" decision to deal their superstar point guard to the Los Angeles Lakers during a recent visit to the White House. The comment came when Fertitta was speaking to the Houston Cougars men's basketball team at their championship celebration.