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CHICAGO — Barring any situation that involves a trade, the Pistons will draft a high-level forward with the fifth pick in next month's NBA draft, which is set for June 22.

CHICAGO — Early in his media session at the NBA draft combine this week, Cason Wallace was asked to explain why the league is filled with so many Kentucky guards who were “slept on” in the draft only to quickly assert themselves as star players.

CHICAGO — Mavericks assistant general manager Michael Finley showed little emotion as executives for 14 non-playoff teams, a gaggle of reporters and a handful of NBA officials huddled Tuesday night outside a discreet, security laden room where the league’s future hung in the pre-draft lottery balance.

While everyone else wants to win the lottery, the Mavs have to hope not to lose it.

Not every team has had the luck of the ping pong balls with them.

Phoenix was trailing by a whopping 30 points at halftime during Game 6, a mirror image of last season’s Game 7 debacle vs. the Mavericks.

Says lawyer Adam Moscowitz, who has partnered with David Boies on an all-out crypto assault: "Celebrities won’t go near crypto ads now, and we’ve had a big role in that.”

The Mavericks, Pelicans, Nets, and #Rockets are all believed to have interest in hiring James Borrego as an assistant coach, per veteran NBA scribe Marc Stein.

The Lakers have advanced to the Western Conference semifinals despite not trading for Kyrie Irving during the regular season when the guard was on the Brooklyn Nets

April 2014 was a different sports time around here. Ron Washington still managed the Rangers. “Dez Caught It” was nine months away from being a fan’s outcry. Monta Ellis played 82 games, one of five Mavericks (including Dirk Nowitzki) to play at least 80 that season — so the fans’…

The Kyrie Irving trade to the Dallas Mavericks from the Brooklyn Nets was always a bit of a Hail Mary.