FILE - New York Knicks owner James Dolan, center, watches the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls, April 14, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/John Munson, File)

ARCHIVO - La pantalla del Smoothie King Center de Nueva Orleans rinde homenaje a Tyre Nichols el 28 de enero de 2023, antes de un partido de la NBA entre los Pelicans de Nueva Orleans y los Wizards de Washington. Nichols murió a consecuencia de los golpes que le propinaron tres policías. (Foto AP/Matthew Hinton, Archivo)

Former UConn player and first round NBA draft pick Donovan Clingan departs an event to celebrate the University of Connecticut men's basketball team for their 2023-2024 championship season, in the East Room of the White House on September 10, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew ANGERER / AFP) (Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)

FILE - NBA Commissioner Adam Silver talks to reporters before Game 1 of basketball's NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

FILE - The screen at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans honors Tyre Nichols before an NBA basketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Washington Wizards, Jan. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)

NBA Boston Celtics player Jayson Tatum attends the men's final match between USA's Taylor Fritz and Italy's Jannik Sinner on day fourteen of the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, on September 8, 2024. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

FILE - Magic Johnson waves to people before an NBA basketball game between the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Lakers Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

FILE - Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard during an NBA basketball game against the Phoenix Suns, on Jan. 13, 2022, in Phoenix. Howard will appear on the celebrity dance competition series "Dancing with the Stars." (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)