CLEVELAND – The bus waits for no rookie in the NBA, and the clock was ticking for Malaki Branham. The problem was that the throng of family members, former coaches and general well-wishers still occupying section 110 weren’t quite ready to let the home-state star leave just yet. As someone kept calling out the time as well as the looming scheduled departure – 10:10 p.m. – there was seemingly still another selfie to take, a hug to be given or a moment to be shared. It was a big night for the San Antonio rookie, an adopted hometown star who had only been to Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse as a fan wanting to appreciate the greatness that was LeBron James until he walked through the loading dock, down the hallway and into the visitors’ locker room as an NBA player hoping to help simultaneously snap his team’s losing streak and Cleveland’s…
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