Pregame chats, language arts and ‘a lot of fines’: Inside NBA player-ref dynamics

Dallas Mavericks (37): Tacko Fall, C, UCF This is early for a 23-year-old with major question marks, but it seems up the alley of outside-the-box Mavs owner Mark Cuban. Fall’s standing reach stretches above the rim. He helped himself as much as anyone at the combine. In some universe—hopefully this