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Watch President Mark Cuban, Rick Fox try to save the world in 'Sharknado 3'

Eric Freeman

SyFy's "Sharknado" series of original movies started with a very on-brand, low-budget yet CGI-heavy story about a storm picking up sharks from the ocean and unleashing them on California in a particularly inventive natural disaster. The film's surprisingly popular premiere turned it into a phenomenon, though, and two subsequent sequels have looked more like the network's version of a variety show, complete with progressively absurd sharknado scenarios and numerous celebrity cameos. "Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!," which aired for the first time on Wednesday night, featured such luminaries as the cast of "The Today Show," ex-NFL wide receiver Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson, and "Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin.

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Coincidentally, the NBA was pretty well represented in "Sharknado 3," as well. The biggest appearance did not come as a surprise — Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, likely cast due to his involvement with "Shark Tank," was announced as the film's President of the United States in early March. Yet that news could not prepare us for the reality of his performance.

Let's just get to the videos. Here's President Cuban giving series star Ian Ziering a medal for saving the nation from sharknadoes in the past (via SI):

Unfortunately, another pesky sharknado broke up the party. Naturally, the renowned billionaire tech mogul and outspoken leader of the free world did not go down quietly:

Congrats, Cubes. This is your best work since you played a groomsman on the two-part "Walker Texas Ranger" wedding episode.

But "Sharknado 3" did not stop at Cuban. Just look in the background of this video:

Yes, that's working actor, NBA TV analyst, and three-time NBA champion Rick Fox serving as a Secret Service agent. Although he was born in Canada, Fox did his best to protect America.

He did not succeed:

We'll see you again for the fourth installment of the series, when Steve Ballmer, Mikhail Prokhorov, and Dan Gilbert will form an NBA-owner Voltron to battle the biggest sharknado of all.

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