An interrupted pregame ritual, missed flight and 'crazy' two days: Justin Jackson's path to the Mavs

Posted Feb 12, 2019
Justin Jackson sat on the bench to pray -- just as he does every game -- before the Sacramento Kings played the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night. But this iteration of his pregame ritual went unlike any other. Soon after sitting down, a Kings official informed Jackson the organization had traded him to the Mavericks. He wouldn't be playing. (Dallas Morning News)

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