Hope springs eternal in the D-League, even for All-Stars (The Associated Press)

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Only a few miles from the site of Sunday's NBA All-Star Game, before a couple thousand people in an arena primarily used to play minor-league hockey, Jimmer Fredette couldn't help but think big. Such is the mentality of the NBA Development League, which held its All-Star Game on Saturday in Toronto on the same floor where LeBron James, Steph Curry and Kobe Bryant practiced a couple hours earlier. There was symmetry in that being in the shadow of the big league's All-Star weekend almost served as a reminder to the D-League's best that the NBA might not be as far from their reach as they sometimes think.

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