all this would take is 2 people saying:
"mark cuban just texted me... asking where deandre was at.. he wanted to speak to him.. he was asking the address and shyt"
"yea he called me a few times too"
that's MULTIPLE... and that's SOURCES... those two people could be DJ's cousins, aunt, uncle, someone at the agency, or one of the people at the house, or their connected people...
reporters simply pay, or hook up with gear/tickets/access, people close to famous people... they drop a little hint and get paid off... the reporter takes 2 sentences of text and turns it into a 10 paragraph article and 5 min talking session on tv.
meanwhile you arguing the specifics "i wasn't begging.. i wasn't driving around" and you don't even know exactly what was said, who said it, or what to call out as bs and hearsay
that being said i do believe more than 1 person told chris that.. but do i think Cuban spent more than 30 mins getting that info, or drove around doing so... no