The NBA released its schedule for the 2024 Emirates NBA Cup with the Dallas Mavericks getting a tough draw, hosting the New Orleans Pelicans and Memphis Grizzlies while traveling to play the Golden State Warriors and Denver Nuggets. The Warriors game is garnering a lot of attention as that will be Klay Thompson’s first time back in Golden State since leaving the team.

Brian Martin of NBA.com compiled a list of the 12 “must-watch” matchups in the NBA Cup and included the Mavericks at Warriors as one of them.

“In one of the biggest moves of the offseason,” Martin said, “Klay Thompson left Golden State in a sign-and-trade deal with Dallas. After 11 years and four championships with Steph Curry, Draymond Green and the Warriors, Thompson starts a new chapter with Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving and the Mavs. The Emirates NBA Cup will provide a stage for the first Klay-Warriors reunion game.

“After watching the Splash Bros rain 3s on opponents for more than a decade, now we get to see them do so against one another.”

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The matchup between the Mavs and Warriors is part of opening night for the Emirates NBA Cup and fans will be tuned in to see what kind of game Thompson has against his former team and what kind of tributes the Warriors give to their former superstar. Thompson was a key component of a dynasty that won four championships and made five All-Star games in the process.

Thompson signed a 3-year, $50 million contract with the Mavericks this offseason as part of a sign-and-trade and he’s hoping to prove he can be a valuable asset to a championship team. Dallas got to the NBA Finals last season but lost to the Boston Celtics in five games.

The Warriors used the money freed by letting Thompson walk and waiving Chris Paul to bring in Buddy Hield, De’Anthony Melton, and Kyle Anderson. Whether that will be enough to make up for the loss of Thompson, who averaged 18 PPG last season while shooting 38% from three-point range, will be an intriguing storyline.

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The Dallas Cowboys may be America’s Team, but they certainly aren’t getting the love from most of the nation when it comes to the betting market.

Dallas it he most polarizing organization in the NFL, and they’ve won 12 games in each of the last three seasons under head coach Mike McCarthy.

So, when oddsmakers set them at 10.5 wins for the 2024 season, one would expect some people to take the OVER, right?

Wrong.

Dallas has the most money wagered on the UNDER for its win total at Fanatics Sportsbook, with 93 percent of the money on the UNDER. Dallas would need to finish 10-7 or worse for that bet to hit.

Fanatics isn’t the only place where bettors are fading the Cowboys.

Earlier this offseason, it was reported that Dallas was the most bet team to go under its win total at BetMGM. Dallas has win total projection of 9.5 games at BetMGM Sportsbook, but bettors are hammering the under.

The Cowboys did lose in the first round of the playoffs as the No. 2 seed last season, but they’ve been a dominant regular season team as of late. The contract issues with star receiver CeeDee Lamb could be a reason why the public isn’t high on Dallas, but it’s hard to see the Cowboys not coming to an agreement with him by the start of the regular season.

After winning the NFC East last season, Dallas could be in line for a small step back as no team has repeated as the NFC East division champ since the Philadelphia Eagles did it from 2001 through 2004.

Dak Prescott and company will look to prove these bettors wrong in the 2024 season, but it’s shocking that both at 9.5 and 10.5 bettors are still all over the UNDER.

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East Dallas restaurant BarNone, a neighborhood spot owned by a Dallas couple, closes at the end of the night on Aug. 13, 2024.

Owners Jennifer Rhode Dickerson and Todd Dickerson wrote in a heartfelt Facebook post in mid-August 2024 that the restaurant is selling off all its drinks at “very deep discounts” and closing.

BarNone opened about 9 months into the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, months later than the owners preferred. They spent $30,000 on an air filtration system, a common purchase for restaurateurs during the pandemic.

“While planning BarNone, we thought of everything,” they wrote, “the food, the drinks, the atmosphere, the music, the service we wanted to provide. … Everything except a global pandemic.”

“We fought the good fight and we held on for nearly four years,” the post said.

The Dickersons said on Aug. 12, 2024, that the restaurant has been busy. They’re grateful but sad.

“This is hard,” Jennifer said. “We love this community.”

When the restaurant opened in December 2020, the couple said it was their dream for more than a decade. Todd had been perfecting recipes for dishes like clams casino, pasta with Sunday gravy, and what he called “man’s greatest food,” sandwiches.

“Sandwiches are easy and casual, and that’s what I want this place to be,” he said in 2020.

Todd was formerly the managing partner at Angry Dog in Deep Ellum. He was also one of the founders of Dallas Grilled Cheese. Jennifer works at Bud’s Fresh-Cut Produce, her family’s Dallas-based business.

Over the years, BarNone was a hidden gem for restaurant deals — rare, with inflation. Cheeseburgers from 3-8 p.m. on Tuesdays cost $7.75. Lunch specials on Fridays were $5.95.

The Dickersons added live music and large “patio pitchers,” efforts to lure in neighbors and keep them coming back.

“It has been an honor serving the community we love,” they wrote.

BarNone is at 718 N. Buckner Blvd., Dallas. It closes at 11:55 p.m. on Aug. 13, 2024.

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