Here's a look at what’s at stake in Tuesday’s five-game NBA Cup slate, as well as the lay of the land in each of the six groups as the tourney presses on.
Three games into his NBA comeback, Lonzo Ball is injured again. Thankfully, the injury's not to his problematic left knee that required three operations and forced him to miss two-plus seasons.
Unfortunately for the Timberwolves, they're left stranded due to CBA regulations that limit veteran extensions to 140% of the last salaried year — a percentage Reid is extremely unlikely to agree to.