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Marc Gasol takes a Tim Duncan kicked ball to the face
As it has been previously noted on That NBA Lottery Pick, NBA players from time to time can have the roundball deflected into their faces.
During tonight’s game three between the Memphis Grizzlies and the San Antonio Spurs, watch as a kicked ball by Tim Duncan lands right in the face of Marc Gasol:
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Marc Gasol takes kicked ball to the face [Sports Illustrated]
Gregg Popovich answers with “turnovers” twice during ESPN in-game interview
We all know that San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is a man of few words and during his in-game interview tonight, he uses only one word to describe the Spurs first quarter of play.
Watch as he responds to ESPN’s Doris Burke with “turnovers” to both of her questions:
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Popovich Turnovers Interview [@Ben Golliver]
Nicolas Batum gets duped by fake PSY at Cannes Film Festival
If you met someone claiming to be famous Korean rapper, Psy…..would you believe him?
Well, it appears that Portland Trail Blazers forward Nicolas Batum sure did and he even took a photo with the impostor at the Cannes Film Festival:
After the above photo and others had circulated around the Internet, the real PSY came forward to state that he was nowhere near France at the time...
Tony Parker gets turned away from Memphis restaurant
With the San Antonio Spurs up 2-0 in their Western Conference Finals against the Memphis Grizzlies, guard Tony Parker tried to find a place to eat in Memphis last night.
Tony tried to get into the very-popular “Iris Restaurant” but was turned away because the restaurant was completely filled and as you might figure, the Twitterverse started to question why Tony got turned.
The...
JaVale McGee is not a huge fan of hockey according to Twitter
It wouldn’t be a week here on That NBA Lottery Pick without a post starring Denver Nuggets center JaVale McGee and in this post, JaVale decided to let the world know that he wasn’t a huge fan of playoff hockey.
Check out his response to teammate Wilson Chandler attending Blackhawks/Red Wings game four:
“@wilsonchandler: Had a great time at the Blackhawks/Red Wings game”BOOORING...
J.R. Smith attends Puerto Rican professional basketball game, sits behind bench
For those of you wondering what New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith is up to since his squad has been eliminated from the playoffs, it appears that J.R. is catching some sun in Puerto Rico along with some hoops.
Check out this image courtesy of Primera Hora’s Raul Alzaga of Mr. Smith keeping track of the action from behind the bench of Santurce (who play in the Puerto Rican professional...
Chris Bosh hits three-pointer, opens mouth very wide
Just when you thought it was safe to watch Chris Bosh celebrate, the below GIF happens.
Check out Bosh’s gaping mouth after he celebrated making a three-pointer in game two against the Indiana Pacers:
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Bosh opens mouth wide after three [SB Nation]
Paul George throws down monster dunk on Chris “Birdman” Anderson
Over the last 72 hours, Indiana Pacers forward Paul George has turned into unknown NBA All-Star to the man that many people are talking about.
That talking increased ten-fold after he threw down this monster dunk in the third quarter of game two between the Heat/Pacers over Chris “BIRDMAN BIRDMAN” Anderson:
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Paul George throws down monster dunk on Chris Anderson [SI.com]
Brian Shaw gets technical for shouting “Ball Don’t Lie” during Ray Allen free throw
Usually, shouting “Ball Don’t Lie” is the trademark of former NBA player Rasheed Wallace but during tonight’s Pacers/Heat game two, Indiana assistant Brian Shaw received a technical foul for shouting it.
Here’s the breakdown: Indiana’s Sam Young was called for a technical foul and Miami’s Ray Allen was shooting the technical.
After the shot missed, Shaw yelled “Ball...
Roy Hibbert tries to inbound ball, ball lands out-of-bounds
Poor Roy Hibbert, all he wanted to do was inbound the ball near the end of the first quarter during game two of the Heat/Pacers series.
Then, the below hilarity happens to the former big man of Georgetown:
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Roy Hibbert inbounds ball…out of bounds [Buzzfeed]
Craig Sager goes fabric shopping in Miami for his suits
There are few things that NBA on TNT sideline reporter Craig Sager won’t wear on camera and during a recent day off in Miami for the Pacers/Heat series, Craig decided to do a little bit of shopping for his tailor-made suits.
Check out the below photographic proof of him shopping at Rex Fabrics in downtown Miami and well, just look at that shirt…
Here’s another photo of Craig...
Blazers owner Paul Allen is releasing a rock album…seriously
On the list of things that I never expected to see was rock album from Portland Trail Blazers owner and former Microsoft CEO Paul Allen.
Well, Mr. Allen and his band called “Paul Allen and the Underthinkers” will be releasing their debut album in the coming months.
We get the full details from the LA Times on Allen’s first-ever rock album:
“Everywhere at Once” is the...
Amir Johnson throws the best parties behind secret Google bookcases
Since the Toronto Raptors didn’t make the playoffs this season, forward Amir Johnson had some time on his hands and it appears that he’s been spending some time at the Google offices in Canada.
Check out the below skit which shows that even behind secret bookcases, Amir can throw a pretty damn good party:
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Welcome to Amir Johnson’s secret Google party [The Basketball Jones]
Jerry Stackhouse is a fighter and wants everyone to know it
Prior to viewing this 8-minute interview of Jerry Stackhouse, I forgot that former NBA player Jerry Stackhouse was somewhat of a fighter.
Recently, Stackhouse made an appearance of the ESPN2 show, “Dan Le Batard is Highly Questionable” and talked about some of his best fights over the years in the association.
Personally, my favorite story is the time that Stack got into a fight...
Kevin Durant’s had his back tattoo spelling mistake fixed
Previously on That NBA Lottery Pick, we featured a story that Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant might have a misspelled word on his back tattoo.
Below is the original photo that shows the misspelling of the word “mature”:
Well, Kevin Durant must have seen the Twitter comments/blogsphere posts about the error and had the “mature” spelling mistake fixed by his tattoo...
Kevin Durant visits victims of the Oklahoma tornadoes
There are few people in this world like Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant and this story just shows how much of a class act that he is.
After donating nearly 1 million dollars to the American Red Cross regarding the deadly Oklahoma tornados, KD decided to go out on his own to meet with the victims:
Durant graciously giving a young lady a pair of autographed shoes twitter.com...
Kobe Bryant celebrates Charlotte name change on Twitter with 1996 NBA Draft photo
Unless you have been under a rock for the last couple of days, you probably heard the news that the Charlotte Bobcats are going to revert to their old team name, “The Charlotte Hornets“.
One NBA player on Twitter who took note was Lakers guard Kobe Bryant who was originally drafted by the Hornets in the year of 1996.
Check out the tweet that Kobe sent out on Tuesday along with...
LeBron James beats Indiana Pacers with game-winning lay-up in ECF game 1
After Paul George hit three straight free throws to give the Indiana Pacers a one-point lead, it appeared that the Miami Heat were going to lose game one of the Eastern Conference Finals with only 2.2 seconds left.
That was until a great playcall from Heat coach Eric Spolestra gave LeBron James an uncontested game-winning lay-up seen below:
Where are thou?, Roy Hibbert
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LeBron...
Norris Cole punches David West in the groin region
First, we had Shane Battier kicking Roy Hibbert in the groin during a dunk attempt and now, we have video of Heat guard Norris Cole getting handsy with David West.
Watch as Cole tries to turn the corner in the 4th quarter of game one as delivers a very subtle groin punch:
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Cole cops a feel on West [@CJZero]
Paul George might have come from a disco before Heat/Pacers game 1
I think we here at That NBA Lottery Pick have to alert NBA players that just because your stylist says the outfit looks good doesn’t mean it is.
Check out the outfit that Indiana Pacers forward Paul George wore to game one of the Heat/Pacers Eastern Conference Finals match-up:
I never knew that an outfit could be so green…
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Paul George goes back in time [My Sports Rumors]
Shane Battier knees Roy Hibbert in the groin while attempting dunk
For those of you who thought that the Indiana Pacers/Miami Heat Eastern Conference Finals series would be physical, you wee 100% correct.
During the first quarter of play, Miami’s Shane Battier attempted to throw down a slam dunk on Pacers center Roy Hibbert that didn’t convert.
Instead Shane’s knee went right into Roy’s groin region and as you’ll see from the video, it...
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Shaq sings some Rihanna in pregame
Earlier tonight, TNT analyst Shaquille O’Neal decided to don a diamond-tie for the TNT pregame show and he seemed pretty excited about it. Listen as Shaq sings the hit song by Rihanna called “Diamonds” as the NBA on TNT crew did a super close-up of his shiny neckwear: *** Shaq sings “Diamonds” [SB Nation]
San Francisco mayor Ed Lee calls Stephen Curry, “Steve Curry”
Just when you thought that everyone in the Bay Area knew the name of Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, check out the below clip of San Francisco mayor Ed Lee calling him by another name during a government ceremony for the team.
The moment happens at about the 29:40 minute mark of the Mayor’s press conference as Lee accidentally calls him “Steve”:
Well, if Metta can...
Dwayne Wade stylist already has his outfits picked out for the rest of the NBA playoffs
In terms of fashion for this year’s NBA playoffs, Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade has put together some of the most creative outfits that I’ve seen in awhile.
From his capri pants to his floral jacket, Wade has stepped his fashion game up and he has his personal stylist Calyann Burnett to thank for that.
Back on Wednesday, Burnett gave an interview to ESPN’s Mike and Mike and...
Glen Davis knows how to produce Vine videos, doesn’t want a loose booty
The new hot thing for NBA players to do in the realm of social networking is producing “Vine” videos which for the non-social media maven are short-looping clips that are usually hilarious in nature.
Orlando Magic forward Glen “Big Baby” Davis recently produced an epic video for Vine and that can be seen below:
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