Lu Dort Reveals Close Ties With Key Pacers Star Amid Major Praise From Ex-NBA Champion

Lu Dort Reveals Close Ties With Key Pacers Star Amid Major Praise From Ex-NBA Champion

For all the battles Lu Dort takes on in the NBA—diving for loose balls, locking up All-Stars, fighting through screens—there’s a quieter side to the Thunder guard that doesn’t get as much airtime. Beneath the tough exterior is a deep loyalty to the people and places that raised him. At the top of that list? Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin. “Ben is kinda a brother to me, honestly,” Dort said, in a tone that carried way more weight than yo…