The Mavericks were hosting their formal fundraiser, the "Blue Tie" affair that gives players and coaches a chance to show their significant others a good time while getting all gussied up to raise a bunch of money for charity.
Near the bar, where most of the sportswriters lucky enough to be invited were hanging out, coach Rick Carlisle blurted out: "You know we're signing Yogi Ferrell, right?"
He might as well have said the Mavericks were signing the MVP of the Kyrgyzstan League -- and yes, we resisted the temptation to call it the Carjackistan League.
Nobody knew Ferrell, except a few Indiana University faithful, like Mavericks vice president of media relations Sarah Melton, a proud Hoosier.