One of the many, many reasons why INSIDE THE NBA is one of the greatest sports shows of all-time is because of hilarious, unexpected and chaotic moments captured in the video above. And the subject of that timeless video is when the President of the Player's Union, Chris Paul, led Trevor Ariza, Gerald Green and an injured James Harden through a "secret tunnel" into the Clippers locker room to confront Blake Griffin, Trevor Ariza and an injured Austin Rivers...on "Equality Night" for MLK day. If that wasn't crazy enough, LAPD WAS CALLED!

NBA Twitter Legend and host of the Trill Withers Show, Trill Withers himself, joins the FIRST BALLET PODCAST to discuss this iconic NBA moment that easily ranks as one of the greatest nights in NBA Twitter history.  

Showtime Codes:
(11:44) Covering the One Championship
(12:59) Fast Food Bracket
(17:00) Neil's Shake Shack Offer
(22:04) A Round of Baseball Names!
(26:46) The Snarky Nature of Chris Paul
(28:52) Pat Beverly's loud silence
(33:36) Blake Griffin: a civil war survivor
(36:02) Who wrote that..?
(40:59) Inside the NBA
(42:07) Shaq's elite skill
(46:48) The SNL of the NBA
(49:42) Playing for your Dad
(53:00) The Best NBA Twitter Moments
(01:03:01) Trill's Favorite Fast Food Chain

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GAME OF ZONES: THE RAID ON STABLES CASTLE

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When we first talked about Blake Griffin throwing down these dunk contest worthy dunks at a USAB practice in 2012, we thought the real star of the video was the "he didn't even stretch doe" kid with the lines in his eyebrows. Looking back at the video today, we think the real star of the video is the 2015 No. 2 NBA draft pick D'Angelo Russell saying, "he didn't even stretch doe" near his former Lakers teammate Julius Randle, fellow rookie standout Devin Booker, slam dunk champ Zach LaVine and a few other current NBA players.

On July 26th of 2018, the NBA re-released the six-year-old video with spotlights on all of the players that ended up playing pro ball and it's pretty mind-blowing.

• Trey Lyles
• Cliff Alexander
• Zach LaVine
• Bobby Portis
• Isaiah Briscoe
• Noah Vonleh
• Wayne Selden
• Theo Pinson
• Tyler Ennis
• Josh Hart
• Chris McCullough
• Xavier Rathan-Mayes
• D'Angelo Russell
• Devin Booker
• Diamond Stone
• Jarell Martin
• Troy Williams
• Kennedy Meeks
• Sindarius Thornwell
• Julius Randle

Awesome right?

This is the equivalent of finding out Jean-Claude Van Damme was the awesome background dancer in the 80's classic Breakin.

Equally awesome is this video of Blake Griffin reacting to the "who's who" video and making fun of Devin Booker's haircut.

"I got to talk to @DevinBook about that haircut."

Blake Griffin reacts to the "Who's Who In The 'He Didn't Even Stretch Doe' Video."https://t.co/VTJiDZasQ7 pic.twitter.com/RfjLH1oft4

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Have you heard any good jokes about the Cavs lately?

Even a former teammate of LeBron and JR Smith is participating in the roast and trolling the team that's currently down 0-2 against the Warriors. That former teammate is current Laker Isaiah Thomas, who competed against NBA legend and two-time NBA champ Isiah Thomas in a pop culture game of Generation Gap on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Here's some of the highlights:

• 57-year-old Isiah asking how do you cheat in this game and Kimmel replying, "You're from the (80's Bad Boy) Pistons, I'm sure you will figure it out."
• Isaiah Thomas answering "Chance The Rapper" when asked who made the song This Is America. Then Isiah Thomas said he was thinking of former NBA player Dion Glover instead of Donald Glover.
• Isaiah Thomas not knowing what "the twist" is.
• Isiah Thomas watching a girl "Twerk."
• Neither of them knowing who Thanos is. Hulk? Iron Man?

And by far the funniest moment is when the former Cav said, "I'm like the Cavs, I'm going to get swept."

IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW

Isaiah Thomas got his name because his Lakers-fan father lost a bet. You can watch the video above to learn more about the bet, why his Mom didn't want it spelled like the Piston great, Isiah Thomas, and how Isiah Thomas feels when he hears the Boston crowd chant Isaiah Thomas' name considering all the damage Isiah did to the franchise in the 80s.

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So what does it take to make Russell Westbrook smile and enjoy a post-game interview? How about an opportunity for him to roast Charles Barkley.

"He might be the worst dresser on that panel," replied Westbrook when David Aldridge pulled out an infamous pic of Barkley in 92. "By far. It's not even close. Chuck is terrible."

How terrible? Let's look back at a few of Barkley's most "turrible" outfits, starting with these suits from his afro-wearing days in high school.

PIZZA PIZZA

Apparently the Round Mound of Rebound was a big fan of eating pizza while leading the SEC in rebounding as a 6'6 center. Shout out to the Rifleman Chuck Person!

THE NBA DRAFT

Barkley wasn't happy about being drafted to the 76ers during the great 1984 draft. If that wasn't bad enough, he had to be drilled with questions about not making the Olympic team and being overweight while wearing one awful suit.

MEETING CHRIS WEBBER FOR THE FIRST TIME

Barkley and Chris Webber have had their memorable moments. Most will remember when a rookie Webber went behind his back and dunked over Barkley. Some might remember Barkley getting revenge by dropping 54 points (27 in the first quarter) on Webber in the 1994 Playoffs.  I'm sure Webber remembers both of those encounters and the pants Barkley was wearing when they first met during Webber's high school days.  Shout out to Rick Mahorn!

ANYTHING LESS WOULD BE UNCIVILIZED

There's nothing wrong with the outfit but this throwback was too good for me not to use.

In the early 90s, Barkley did a bunch of commercials for Right Guard deodorant and here's his most memorable one with the line, "off to the foxes."

LOOKING FOR A MAP

This pic came during the Dream Team's visit to Barcelona. It looks like he's looking for a local map and hopefully directions to a clothing store. The expression on the guy in the back says it all.

GEORGE?

I know it's George magazine and they needed an eye-catching cover but this was just awkward. And speaking of magazine covers, here's his controversial SI cover photo for the "Charles Unchained" issue.

SHAQ'S SPARKLES

This jacket supposedly belonged to Shaq and Barkley wore it during an episode of Inside The NBA. Maybe he was honoring Elton John that night.

THE FORCE

This is the most famous fashion mistake by Barkley and the one Russell Westbrook had a laugh at. Despite the outfit, it didn't stop the fans in Barcelona from trying to get his autograph while slipping him their phone numbers.

LOSE LIKE A MAN

By far the worst look on Barkley is when he tries to look like those Churros-eating women in San Antonio he's always making fun of.  There's this "Loose Like A Man" Weight Watchers' campaign and there's the time he played Alicia Keys on SNL.

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To celebrate Manu Ginobili's 40 years on earth -- 15 in San Antonio -- I wanted to do a list. I thought about doing a dunk one since I never get tired of seeing him dunk on half of the Lakers or his facial on Chris Bosh in the 2014 NBA Finals. But when I re-watched his dunk on Bosh, what stood out to me the most was how big his bald spot was. So I thought an evolution of Manu's bald spot would be more entertaining and fitting for the oldest Spur now that Tim Duncan is retired and enjoying his weekends buying sandals at Old Navy (true story!).

25 YEARS OLD: SHORT & FULL

27 YEARS OLD: FIRST SIGNS OF THE BALD SPOT

29 YEARS OLD: THINNING 6TH MAN OF THE YEAR

32 YEARS OLD: THE OFFICIAL BALD SPOT

35 YEARS OLD: DAMN, LOOK AT THAT SPOT!

36 YEARS OLD: DAMN, LOOK AT THE SPOT & DUNK

38 YEARS OLD: ALMOST GONE BUT GOOD ENOUGH FOR $14 MILLION FOR 1 MORE YEAR!

39 YEARS OLD: AS CLEAN AS THIS VIRAL BLOCK ON JAMES HARDEN IN THE 2017 NBA PLAYOFFS

39 YEARS OLD: LAST GAME OF THE 2017 PLAYOFFS

I'm going to miss seeing that bald spot on replays of circus shots, eurosteps, surprising dunks and clutch 3s from one of the most unique champions we have ever had the pleasure of seeing in the NBA.

MANU & THE EUROSTEP

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So I'm walking out of an IMAX screening of the jaw-dropping and breathtaking 'Dunkirk' and then I'm bombed with messages about Kyrie Irving dropping the bomb on the Cavs in the form of a trade request. I ran to my laptop quicker than Coach Pop running to the phone after hearing one of Irving's desired destinations is San Antonio and then started editing and uploading my favorite "remember when" funny clips of my favorite Uncle.

As expected, the rest of the internet was also having fun digging up tweets, throwback clips and joking about the request which supposedly "blind-sided" LeBron and had people in Cleveland looking as depressed as Harry Styles in 'Dunkirk.'

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Before we get into all of the tweets and trash talking from a liquored-up sounding Draymond Green during the Warriors championship parade and a hyped-up, bald LeBron in the gym, I have to remind people the two are friends. Green also has appeared on a few projects for LeBron's Uninterrupted network including a must-see 30-minute video called "The Shop" and his "Dray Day" podcast is under the Uninterrupted umbrella.

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The Notebook sequel has a lot of men and women in Cleveland crying pic.twitter.com/T4Hwct4bib

— David Astramskas (@redapples) June 13, 2017

The 2004 film 'The Notebook' had women (and men who won't admit it) bawling when Allie started reading Noah's old letters or when Allie remembers who Noah is and then forgets again or when...you get the point!

On Monday, the sequel aka 'GM 5 of The NBA Finals,' had a bunch of men in Cleveland bawling in the final scene when their favorite ballers had to walk off the court for the last time, slapping each others tearful heads and discussing if Deron Williams should have to take a separate plane back to Cleveland.

Although I'm sure a lot of people -- especially the ones who hated the idea of the producers casting Kevin Durant in the sequel -- will complain about ending, everyone should agree the movie had a kiss that deserves to win the "Best Kiss" award from the (always awful) MTV Movie Awards.

Cut from the movie is a scene with Khloe Kardashian cursing at the TV when she sees Thompson kissing David West. She picks up the phone and says, "Lamar I need you" and while she's on the phone, James Harden kicks down the door and says Khloe, "I want you back! Leaving you didn't bring me a MVP award even though I deserved it more." Then it cuts to Kevin Garnett watching the game and saying, "You let Trsitan kiss but got pissed at me when I blew in your ear!"

Personally, the only thing that made me cry about the sequel was seeing a close-up of David West's tattoo. I have no idea what it is but I would rather end up on Larry Nance Jr poster with him palming my head than have that on my body.

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The two best things about GM1 of the 2017 Finals were Kevin Durant and Rihanna. You might disagree and say LeBron's 28/15/8 was worthy of being in the top two but I'm going with one of his most popular fans instead.

Rihanna first made her presence felt when she distracted long-time admirer (click here for their history) Jeff Van Gundy from noticing LeBron James' poster dunk on JaVale McGee.

Late in the third quarter she generated some online buzz when she reportedly yelled "brick" while KD was shooting a free throw. After the make, he stared (twice) in the direction of the woman he once had this to say about.

RT @MurdaMookez I jus wanted to bite rihanna butt cheek!!! Damn!!!!----->ME TOO lol

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) September 12, 2009

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Early in the fourth, with the Cavs down by 22, Rihanna once again caught the attention of TV viewers when she bowed to LeBron before hitting a dab for some fans.

Then about six minutes later, Durant knocked down a three, turned in her direction and gave a death stare we all assume was just for her.

After the 22-point victory, Durant refused to comment about the exchange as Steph Curry shook his head and told him, "Don't fall into that trap, man."

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As for Rihanna, this is what she had to say after the game...

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So in honor of Rihanna, Durant's exceptional performance and his awesome 2009 tweet about biting Rihanna, here's a video just for him (enjoy!).

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The Boston crowd was chanting Kelly's name again on Monday. This time they weren't chanting Kelly because they wanted the Wizard's Kelly Oubre to play so they could start chanting "F**k you Oubre"; This time, they were chanting Kelly for their very own Kelly Olynyk because he gave the crowd an unexpected f**k me Game 7 performance that you would only expect from a MVP candidate...or someone without a man-bun.

Olynyk, most known for his altercation with Oubre earlier in the series, scored 14 of his playoff-career-high 26 points (three more than his previous three games combined) in the fourth quarter of the 10-point victory for the Celtics. He also chipped in with five boards, four assists and two threes in just 28 minutes off the bench.

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Here it is, the best of the worst of the year featuring:

• Marcus Smart riding his teammate like a horse
• Kemba Walker with the Swaggy P celebration and dance
• JR Smith leaves his defender to high-five Jason Terry out of bounds
• Sam Dekker got too excited thinking about a breakaway dunk
• Russell Westbrook gets mad after being called for a 6-step travel

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While I was defending the "crazy" comments of LaVar Ball, saying everything the genius self-promoter is doing is calculated and no worse than half the non-sense I here out of parents of basketball kids who will probably never even score 20 points on a high school varsity squad, the internet was having some fun with the hashtag #LaVarBallSays.

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The most important dunk from the Spurs and Cavs game on Saturday was Kawhi Leonard sealing the win with a steal and dunk in OT. The most shocking dunk attempt came before the game when Kyrie Irving attempted a windmill off the bounce dunk, shocking teammates LeBron James and Richard Jeffeson - two guys who know a thing or two about throwing down windmills.

Richard Jefferson laughed and said, "You've done a windmill before." I'm sure Irving has and probably still can but the only "fancy" dunks you are going to find of Kyrie on YouTube is a 360 off the bounce during his high school days (with his buddy Brandon Knight) and a 1-hand dunk off the glass during Duke's Countdown to Craziness event from seven years ago.

Jefferson also joked about doing a between the legs dunk from the first time in the mic'd up video. My initial thought was he threw down an Eastbay dunk during his 2003 Nike commercial with Vince Carter but he didn't. Oh well, it's always fun re watching this video.

BONUS VIDEO: KYRIE DUNKS

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Russell Westbrook comments on the video of him screaming in the tunnel. (Some NSFW language here): pic.twitter.com/vcp6fdfoCU

— Fred Katz (@FredKatz) December 25, 2016

Kyrie. Jamie. They sound the same right?

After a video of Russell Westbrook yelling "Thank you (Kyrie or Jamie?)" in practice, which took place after Kyrie Irving hit a game-winner against the Golden State Warriors, went viral, Thunder beat writer Fred Katz asked KD's former teammate about the shout out. A meme-worthy looking Westbrook hilariously denied giving the Cavs guard a shout out: "What? Fuck do I look like man. For real"

Westbrook, who didn't know about the Thunder tweeting out the video in question, then said, "I would never say no other man's name like that" and explained he was shouting out the daughter of the trainer in the video, named Jamie.

Kyrie. Jamie. I believe him. I also believe he was a little happy to see Kyrie Irving hit that game winner against Durant and the Warriors.

https://twitter.com/okcthunder/status/813158644506312704

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Here's a hilarious story by former Portland Trailblazer Antonio Harvey about the day Rasheed Wallace almost lost his life to the great Arvydas Sabonis. The day was April 15th of 2001 and the setting was a game between the Blazers and Lakers at Staples. During the first half, the 7'3 Lithuanian legend took a hit from Shaquille O'Neal, flopped and accidentally smacked Rasheed Wallace in the face, chipping his tooth. Sheed, who was given a black eye by Sabonis earlier that month, loses it and throws a towel at Sabonis' face during a huddle and walks off. The towel incident was witnessed by TV commentator and Sabonis fanatic Bill Walton, who according to Grantland wanted to fight Sheed for his second towel throw of the season (he was suspended two months earlier for hitting a ref with a towel after an ejection).

Walton, who was broadcasting the game nationally, still feels remorse over the incident. “It was one of the lowest moments of my life,” he said. “If I was any kind of a man, I would have got up from that broadcast table and walked across the court and punched Rasheed Wallace in the nose. But I let Sabonis and the game of basketball and the human race down that day.”

What Walton didn't know is the human race almost lost Sheed that same day. According to Harvey, back in the lockeroom, a loud and furious Sheed was yelling and saying he was going to "fuck up" Sabonis, who Harvey also claims to be "built like a tree" with the "biggest head you will ever see." Sabonis calmly looks at Harvey and says, "I will kill him" in his best Ivan Drago voice. Harvey, realizing Sabonis is dead serious and fears his Jailblazers teammates wont be able to stop Sabonis from "choking the life" out of Sheed, starts yelling at the hot head with a spot on his head to shut up.

Sheed obviously survived the incident but was suspended for the final game of the season by the organization for "conduct detrimental to the success of the team." The media assumed it was just for the towel incident.

As fate would have it, Sheed was back on the court just in time to face Shaq and the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs. Three games and approximately ten Sabonis posters later, the Blazers season was done.

HOW GOOD WAS SABONIS?

As interesting as the question "What if Sabonis would have killed Rasheed Wallace in 2001" is, it's not as interesting as one of the biggest “What Ifs” in NBA history: What if Sabonis came to the NBA during his prime?

For over a decade, multiple NBA teams tried to get him: The Hawks drafted him in 1985 but the league voided the selection because he was under 21. A year later, the Trailblazers drafted the now 21-year old Sabonis with the 24th pick in the 1986 draft, but wasn’t able to put a jersey on him until almost a decade later (1995). Many people, including myself and Blazers' great Clyde Drexler, believes the Blazers would have won multiple NBA championships in the late 80s with a prime Sabonis.

In his first year in the league, as a 31-year old rookie with so many injuries the Blazers GM said "Sabonis could have qualified for a handicap parking spot based just on his X-Ray," Sabonis was runner-up for Rookie of the Year (over players like Joe Smith, Jerry Stackhouse, Kevin Garnett, Antonio McDyess and Rasheed Wallace) and the 6th Man of the Year award. He also became a fan-favorite in Portland during the Jailblazers era for seven seasons.

Although the future Hall of Famer was good for a double-double on any given night in the NBA, occasionally had dominant performances (21/20 against the Championship Bulls - video below) and probably was the best big man passer in the league, it was always a little disappointing to see him play so well as a shell of his former self because I knew most people would never consider him as one of the GOATs because he didn't get to dominate the Hakeems, David Robinsons and Patrick Ewings in the 80s and early 90s. Well, he did get to dominate David Robinson during the Olympics.

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The always outspoken Charles Barkley took a lot of heat for recently saying the Warriors play "girly basketball" and will probably take a lot more today for his latest SMH moment on "Inside the NBA."  During the revealing of Barkley's Top 25 Players list, Kenny Smith went off on Barkley after seeing Chuck had Kyrie Irving listed at #25 - right behind LaMarcus Aldridge, Draymond Green, Kevin Love and Gordon Hayward.

The most insulting part is when asked about the ranking, Chuck said Irving wasn't even originally on the list.

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What's more awesome than watching Klay Thompson drink a beer or make a paper airplane during a postgame conference? How about hearing him say marijuana shouldn't be used recreationally, when asked about Steve Kerr's recent comments about using pot.

"Steve's open-minded, and obviously with the way the world's going, if there's anything you can do that's medicinal, people are all for it, especially when there's stuff like Crohn's disease out there, glaucoma, a bunch of stuff, cancer," Thompson said. "But not recreational, that should not be of its use ever. There's a medicinal side to it that people are finding out have benefits, especially people with really high pain."

What makes this comment so amusing is Klay, aka "Big Smokey," who listed Bob Marley and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony as his favorite musicians, was arrested for marijuana possession back in 2011 at WSU, leading to a one game suspension.

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Yesterday, when TMZ reported Gilbert Arenas couldn't afford private school because the final payment of his NBA contract was this month, I called bull$hit and said the notorious prankster was just trolling TMZ, his baby mama, the internet and whoever else is gullible enough to believe he blew through over $100+ million of NBA and endorsement money.

No Chill Gil responded to the viral story with another set of snapchat vids that will either make you laugh and love him more or get pissed and hate him more than Laura Govan....actually there's no chance you are going to hate him as much as his ex after she sees him bragging about lower child support payments, accusing her of leaking stories to TMZ and telling a joke about how she can make some money.

He also posted a pic saying, "They got they own safety deposit boxes...it's gold digger proof. The Smile kids make when they richer than they momma but she claiming they left for dead."

As for that contract, which many have called "the worst NBA contract ever," this is a copy of it.  How great it must have felt writing initials on each of those pages.

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In this series Myree will be watching and reacting to some of our most popular and recent videos to give you the viewer not only his reaction but from time to time his advice.

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Is 79 too high or low for D'Angelo when his former HS teammate Ben Simmons also got a 79 and Joel Embiid a 77 just for being a Twitter Ninja?

On Wednesday, a bunch of NBA players tweeted out their NBA2k17 ratings along with some amusing comments, while other NBA players tweeted at Ronnie2k asking for their rating.

The funniest exchange came when Spurs (steal of the draft) Dejounte Murray asked for his rating and #1 pick Ben Simmons replied with a 1.  When Murray responded by saying he was going to give "Benjamin" straight buckets, Simmons replied, "XBox or PS?"

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There's great moments in this video of Derrick Rose being interviewed during his visit to South Korea.

#1 is Rose saying he still believes the Knicks are a "Super Team" and how you have to be careful using that term in the United States.
#2 is Rose naming the players on the team and mentions Kevin Seraphin, who is currently looking for a new team after the Knicks declined to bring him back.
#3 is Rose throwing down an off-the-backboard dunk to the delight of the huuuuge crowd.

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During the final minutes of Team USA's 119-62?beatdown on China, Paul George "got crossed" and fell to the ground while trying to play defense(?)...in the backcourt(?)...while being up by 52!

After the game, George wanted the internet to know that he didn't get crossed and released this statement via Bleacher Report: Don't believe in the hype Bleacher. I didn't get crossed. My shoes. Check out the shoes. I had too much grip.

As expected, the internet bought that excuse just as much as they bought Draymond Green's "I was hacked" excuse after his Snapchat mistake.

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After DeMarcus Cousins roasted Draymond Green over his "hacked d**k shot," Cousins had some fun mocking Green's jump shot. But not before Paul George had some fun telling Boogie how he "hates" the way Cousins shoots the ball.

Klay Thompson also joined the fun as the three USA players made fun of each other's shooting form and then played a game of Bank aka Graduation aka Jackpot aka Stacks aka 7 Up.

Say what you want about Boogie's shooting form but he can shoot and I'm not just saying for centers.

Shout out to Baller Visions for capturing the roast and I'm sorry a bunch of copycats on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube are going to download your videos today, re-upload them and not give you any credit. Welcome to the club!

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"Draymond does this remind you of anything?"?

When a celebrity says their social media account has been "hacked," there's a 99.9% chance they are lying and only posted the excuse out of panic and/or to buy some time. So when Draymond Green tweeted "Hacked...Can't win right now" early Sunday morning, in response to him accidentally publishing a penis pic to his Snaphchat story, we all just shook our head and laughed because we knew the active Snaphchat expert was lying.

Hours later, Green, who continues to have his summer dominated by penis stories, told the truth to reporters at the Team USA practice and gave one impressive sounding apology.

VIA ESPN

"There's so many things going on in my world for me to sit and complain [that] I can't catch a break," Green said.

"For me to sit here [and say] I can't catch a break [for getting] suspended for a game in the Finals or I can't catch a break for this situation, I'm living my dreams, I'm playing in the Olympics.

"To say I can't catch a break, I think that's disrespectful for everybody. How many people get to live their dreams? I'm not going to sit here and throw myself a pity party and say I can't catch a break. I'm fine. I get to joke around with these guys all day and get to do what I love for my country. I'm fine. I'm fine."

"I didn't get a call [about the Snapchat post]. I figured it out pretty quick," he said. "In this world, quick ain't quick enough. Once it's out, it's out. I thought I reacted pretty quick. I saw those screen shots and quick ain't quick enough in this world."

"This is what I asked for, though," Green said. "I asked to be in this position; I worked to be in this position, and it comes with the territory.

"I truly believe we all go through points in our life that help propel us to the next level. I'm at the stage right now where all this stuff will help propel me to the next level as a basketball player, but more importantly as a man. I don't live my life with regrets. I apologize for the situation. It's clearly not what I was trying to do. At the end of the day you have certain situations in your life that just help push you forward, and you have to use them the right way."

You couldn't ask for a better apology than that. Green admitted his mistake, how lucky he is to be in the position he's in, understands the attention that comes with having that position and hopes to do and be better from his mistakes.

And you couldn't ask for a better response from the USA Basketball twitter account either...

Clean! #USABMNT pic.twitter.com/XyQNrAcpRw

— USA Basketball (@usabasketball) July 31, 2016

Or a funnier video than this one by B/R...

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Forget the summer league and the Team USA exhibition games, the most entertaining NBA action of the summer came from the Team USA practices and scrimmages: Jimmy Butler getting buckets on everybody, crazy trick shots from D'Angelo, unexpected dunks from white people and lots of instances of Carmelo Anthony screaming "$hit" and "Fuck" at his teammates.

Since most of us weren't lucky enough to be in attendance to hear Melo or see Kyrie Irving wearing a "don't be a little bitch" wristband, Baller Visions was nice enough to create an "Uncensored Funniest Moments From Team USA Training In Las Vegas" video.

I'm sure Coach K would appreciate the mix as much as he appreciates Irving joking around in practice.

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"Ah I got it, get the f**k outta here!"

That's rebounding beast Carmelo Anthony letting his teammates know (16:00 mark) he's the king of the boards during a Team USA practice.

All jokes aside, Melo is one of the respected vets on the team and has been playing the role of leader on the USA team and mentor to some of the young guys on the USA select team. He also scored 17 points to go with 7 boards (tied for 2nd most in the game) in just 21 minutes of Friday's 37 point whooping on Argentina.

Melo also deserves a special shout-out for sticking up for WNBA players and teams getting fined for wearing "Black Lives Matter/Dallas5" shirts, which violates the league's uniform policy.

"I don't see no reason to fine them. If anything, you should want to support them," Anthony said of the fines. "I don't know details, but don't see a reason to fine them.

"A bunch of teams did it and individuals did it. Everybody has their own freedom of speech. If they decide to use the platforms to do that, I don't see any reasons for anybody to get fined. We did it. The NBA did it two years ago. The NBA was very supportive. I don't see why it would be different this time."

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Kyrie Irving has two pieces of advice for you.

#1: "Don't Be A Little Bitch"

Irving wore the slogan on his wrist during a Team USA practice earlier in the week while being asked about the D'Angelo Russell. Irving  complimented the young Lakers but should have just shown his wrist and not said a word.

#2: Don't Become My "Little Bitch"

Or as his Uncle Drew alter ego would say, "Don't reach youngblood!" Nicolas Laprovittola learned this during the USA's beatdown on Argentina on Friday after getting crossed, scored on and then having his hand slapped by Irving!

Irving finished the game with 9 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds in 22 minutes of action.

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