Spurs rookie Dylan Harper explains what the team gained from competing against the Knicks in the NBA Cup championship game

Looking back at the Emirates NBA Cup winner, the game MVP and All-NBA Cup teams from each season. New York's depth delivers big, Karl-Anthony Towns returns for the moment and the Knicks hope to flip the Cup script.

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“Marcus Smart is another defensive-minded guard whom the [Milwaukee] Bucks have looked at previously, sources say,” Fischer wrote, “but it’s difficult to see the Lakers making him available A) after securing Smart on a favorable deal via the buyout market and B) when they have their own point-of-attack defensive issues.”