DALLAS — It’s 8 a.m. after the Mavericks’ second-to-last home game of the season, and you have never seen their practice court quite like this. There’s a energetic four-on-four game going on, but something’s different about the players. They’re too short. As it turns out, they’re fourth grade boys.
The next thing you notice is the sleeping material neatly stacked all around the court. They slept here overnight, as part of the Bedgear Arena Sleepover, thanks to contest winner Julia McGuire. McGuire won 50 tickets to the Mavericks-Spurs game the previous night, a meet-and-greet with Devin Harris, a tour of the locker room, and then a night sleeping on the court with Bedgear blankets and pillows.