You might think that Mark Cuban is focusing on improving his non-playoff-contending team, the Dallas Mavericks, for the upcoming 2013-14 season. But Mark Cuban is a multitasking visionary, already looking for ways to enhance the 2015-16 squad — with snazzy new uniforms!

What’s the deal here? Please advise.

There’s a stark difference between your typical NBA flopping and the kind of flat out lying that Tony Allen of the Grizzlies tried, with great success, last night. Video and shame, after the jump.

Welcome to The Daily Yam, bringing you Yesterday’s Awesome Moment, anything else you might have missed, and what to look forward to today. It’s your one-stop shop when you skipped last night’s action, or have forgotten what day it is. Last night, Quincy Pondexter reminded the folks at home that, despite his name, he isn’t some kind of nerd. He throws down yams, folks.

This much is true: Kevin Durant is the greatest. It doesn’t matter if you’re not a Thunder fan — in fact, it doesn’t even matter if you’re a Sonics fan and passionately dislike the Thunder. In terms of being a good dude, there is no one in the NBA right now, or perhaps in sports as a whole, that we like more than Kevin Durant at this moment.

Few situations are sadder than a mother and father meeting in a parking lot so their child can hang out with the father for a court-mandated visit. But Celtics guard/forward Terrence Williams decided to bring everything down a peg by allegedly pulling out a gun and “making threats” with it.

We like it when teams have good, popular names that make sense. In fact, we want all NBA teams to have good, popular names that make sense. Because the truth is, some current team names vary from inappropriate for their city to downright garbage.

Welcome to The Daily Yam, bringing you Yesterday’s Action Moment, anything else you might have missed, and what to look forward to today. It’s your one-stop shop when you skipped last night’s action, or have forgotten what day it is. Last night DeJuan Blair, the forgotten cog in the Spurs rotation, converted a crazy circus shot that will make you say, “Who is that guy, again?”