NEW YORK: As Game 3 of the NBA Finals tipped off at the American Airlines Centre last Wednesday, Patrick Dumont, the new co-owner of the Dallas Mavericks (Mavs), sat courtside amid a pantheon of Texas athletic elite.
To his right: former NBA stars Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash, and three-time Super Bowl champion Emmitt Smith. Nearby, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who played high school and college football in Texas, was also cheering.
