MACAU, CHINA - OCTOBER 11: Former Chinese basketball player Ding Yanyuhang poses for photo during NBA China Games 2026 between Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets at The Venetian Arena on the Cotai Strip on October 11, 2026 in Macau, China. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Zhizhao Wu/Getty Images)

MACAU, CHINA - OCTOBER 11: Stephon Marbury poses for photo during NBA China Games 2026 between Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets at The Venetian Arena on the Cotai Strip on October 11, 2026 in Macau, China. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Zhizhao Wu/Getty Images)

MACAU, CHINA - OCTOBER 11: Hong Kong China actor Simon Yam (R) poses for a photo with family during NBA China Games 2026 between Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets at The Venetian Arena on the Cotai Strip on October 11, 2026 in Macau, China. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Zhizhao Wu/Getty Images)

MACAU, CHINA - OCTOBER 11: Hong Kong China tennis player Chak Lam Coleman Wong poses for photo during NBA China Games 2026 between Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets at The Venetian Arena on the Cotai Strip on October 11, 2026 in Macau, China. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Zhizhao Wu/Getty Images)

MACAU, CHINA - OCTOBER 11: Hong Kong China tennis player Chak Lam Coleman Wong (R) poses for photo with actor Simon Yam during NBA China Games 2026 between Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets at The Venetian Arena on the Cotai Strip on October 11, 2026 in Macau, China. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Zhizhao Wu/Getty Images)

MACAU, CHINA - OCTOBER 11: Hong Kong China tennis player Chak Lam Coleman Wong attends the NBA China Games 2026 between Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets at The Venetian Arena on the Cotai Strip on October 11, 2026 in Macau, China. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Zhizhao Wu/Getty Images)

Dallas Mavericks' Kyrie Irving is interviewed during his team's NBA basketball media day Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Dallas Mavericks' Kyrie Irving (11), right, jokes with John Poulakidas during their team's NBA basketball media day Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)