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Los Angeles Clippers "Grind Team" Better Than "Lob City" ... Says Ex-NBA Star
Sunday, December 2, 2018
Los Angeles Clippers "Grind Team" Better Than "Lob City" ... Says Ex-NBA Star
Sunday, September 30, 2018
LeBron James Jr. Gets High School Advice From Ex-NBA All-Star
LeBron James Jr. LISTEN UP … you’re about to get some life advice from a former NBA All-Star who’s been EXACTLY where you are, and knows exactly what you need to do. The former hooper is Baron Davis, who attended the prestigious Crossroads school…
Friday, June 1, 2018
Ex-NBA Player Spits On Rival Hooper In Israeli League Game
Ex-NBA player Jordan Hamilton straight-up SPIT on an opponent during an Israeli Premier League game earlier this week … and it’s all on video. It went down Wednesday when Jordan’s Hapoel Holon squad took on Hapoel Eilat. It’s unclear why … but…
Friday, May 25, 2018
Ex-NBA Commish David Stern Says Roger Goodell"s Doing A "Great Job"
Roger Goodell is doing a helluva job as NFL commish … and that’s coming from a guy who ran the NBA for 30 years, David Stern. TMZ Sports saw Stern in NYC … and with the debate over the NFL’s new rule on the National Anthem protest raging…
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Ex-NBA Player Sebastian Telfair"s Wife gets Permanent Restraining Order After Alleged Car-Smashing Incident
Former NBA point guard Sebastian Telfair has been ordered to stay away from his estranged wife for 3 YEARS … after an alleged violent incident earlier this year. In court docs obtained by TMZ Sports, Telfair is ordered to have absolutely no…
Monday, March 26, 2018
DMX Says Ex-NBA Star Jayson Williams Can Help Him Get Sober
DMX is name-dropping former NBA star, and ex-con, Jayson Williams in his attempt to get leniency when a judge sentences him for tax evasion … TMZ has learned. DMX filed docs ahead of Wednesday’s sentencing which include a letter to the judge…
Thursday, February 8, 2018
Rick Adelman"s Son Killed, Ex-NBA Asst. Coach Hit While Crossing Street
The son of former NBA coach Rick Adelman — who was an assistant NBA coach himself — was killed in Houston when he was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street … TMZ Sports has learned. Officials confirm 44-year-old R.J. Adelman was…
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Ex-NBA Player Rasual Butler and Wife Dead In Car Crash
Ex-NBA player Rasual Butler and his wife — a singer who appeared on “American Idol” — were both killed in a single car crash in Studio City, CA early Wednesday morning, TMZ Sports has learned. 38-year-old Butler — who was drafted by…
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Ex-NBA Player Sebastian Telfair Hit with Restraining Order After Car-Smashing Rampage
Sebastian Telfair — former NBA point guard — has been ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from his estranged wife and kids after she claims he went on a violent window-smashing rampage at their home. Samantha Telfair filed court docs,…
Sunday, December 31, 2017
Ex-NBA Ref Tim Donaghy 911 Call: "About to be a Major Altercation, I Did Bring a Hammer"
TMZ Sports has obtained the 911 call Tim Donaghy made while trying to bring his daughter home in Manatee County, Florida … featuring 2 full minutes of hammer-wielding chaos. The ex-NBA ref tells the dispatcher he’s on a mission to save his…
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Ex-NBA Ref Tim Donaghy Arrested for Assault, Allegedly Threatened Man with Hammer
If you found out someone you loved was doing drugs — and you knew you could stop it — would you grab a hammer and try to rescue that person??? That’s the story behind the arrest of Tim Donaghy — the ex-NBA ref who went to prison for fixing…
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Ex-NBA Commish David Stern Says Legalize Weed In Sports
Ex-NBA commissioner David Stern says anti-weed rules in pro sports are antiquated — and he thinks it’s time the NBA and other major leagues give the green light to the green stuff. “I’m now at the point where, personally, I think [weed]…
Ex-NBA Star Ben Gordon Made Video Threats Before Hospitalization
Ex-NBA star Ben Gordon was sending threatening videos to people in the days before a violent standoff with a woman in his NY gym … TMZ Sports has learned. FYI, Gordon was hospitalized for psychiatric evaluation over the weekend after cops…
Monday, June 12, 2017
Ex-NBA Player Sebastian Telfair Arrested in Brooklyn with Loaded Guns and Drugs (PHOTO)
Former NBA player Sebastian Telfair was arrested this weekend with a small arsenal on him that made it seem like he was ready for military combat. 32-year-old Telfair and an 18-year-old man, Jami Thomas, were busted by Brooklyn PD Sunday while in…
Ex-NBA Player Sebastian Telfair Arrested in Brooklyn with Loaded Guns and Drugs (PHOTO)
Former NBA player Sebastian Telfair was arrested this weekend with a small arsenal on him that made it seem like he was ready for military combat. 32-year-old Telfair and an 18-year-old man, Jami Thomas, were busted by Brooklyn PD Sunday while in…
Monday, April 24, 2017
Ex-NBA Star Daniel Gibson Says He"s Working With Chris Brown & Wiz Khalifa (VIDEO)
Ex-NBA star Daniel Gibson says his music career is BLASTING OFF … telling TMZ Sports he’s been working with some HUGE artists lately, like Chris Brown & Wiz Khalifa. Gibson put down the rock and picked up the mic some time ago, and when we…
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Gay Ex-NBA Player Blasts Amar"e Stoudemire ... "Don"t Flatter Yourself, Petulant Man-Child"
Ex-NBA player John Amaechi — one of the most famous openly gay athletes on the planet — has a message for Amar’e Stoudemire … DON’T FLATTER YOURSELF. After Stoudemire told Israeli media that he’d refuse to be in the same locker room as a…
Friday, January 27, 2017
Ex-NBA Player Charles Shackleford Dies In N.C.
Ex-NBA player Charles Shackleford — who played for the Nets, 76ers and Timberwolves in the ’90s — was found dead in his hometown of Kinston, North Carolina … police confirm. Shackleford was 50. Cops tell TMZ Sports, “We can confirm…
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Ex-NBA Player Orien Greene Arrested for Creepy Butt Rub (MUG SHOT)
Ex-NBA player Orien Greene — a 2005 2nd round pick — was arrested in Florida on Monday morning after officials say he snuck into 2 homes and rubbed a sleeping woman’s butt. Yeah … creepy. According to the police report obtained by…
Ex-NBA Champ -- I Saw Charles Oakley SLAP Charles Barkley In Face (AUDIO)
Charles Oakley straight -up OPEN HAND SLAPPED Charles Barkley in the face during a 1999 off-the-court encounter … so says ex-NBA champ Chucky Brown. In fact, Chucky says he watched the entire thing … and says Barkley got punked hard. …