SAN FRANCISCO – The Emirates NBA Cup, the new iteration of the in-season tournament that debuted last season, starts tonight for the Mavericks against the Golden State Warriors.
Interest in the tournament is growing among the players and while all of the spotlight will be on Klay Thompson’s return to Chase Center tonight, the fact that this is a cup game puts a bit more emphasis on it.
“We’re getting used to it as professionals, as crazy as that sounds,” Kyrie Irving said at the Mavericks’ morning shootaround Tuesday.