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Photo: Brad Mangin/Getty Images On the latest episode of All The Smoke, Stephen Jackson tells Rachel Nichols why he stood up for her during the ESPN drama. (Via All The Smoke): “Imagine yourself working somewhere 25 years for a job and they wanna use you as a scapegoat to fix…

Photo: sportingnews.com This year’s number one draft pick Paolo Banchero is getting ready to make his preseason debut with the Magic. The 19-year-old forward is already leaving a good impression with his more experienced teammates. “When you have a guy that can do so many different things, it takes a…

Photo: Facebook@SacramentoKings The starting lineup of the Kings under new head coach Mike Brown is starting to shape up. According to him, De’Aaron Fox, Harrison Barnes and Domantas Sabonis are sure to be starters, per Jason Anderson of Sacramento Bee. The other two spots – shooting guard and power forward…

Photo: denverstiffs.com The Denver Nuggets’ mascot, known as Supermascot Rocky, is the highest-paid mascot in the NBA with a $625K annual salary. Rocky makes 10 times the average salary of an NBA mascot (roughly $60K a year). Denver Nuggets mascot Rocky is the highest-paid mascot in the NBA with a…

Credit 2022 Getty Images-SCANPIX After a short NBA stint, combo guard Gabriel Lundberg returned to Europe and joined Virtus Bologna, where he found two old friends in the locker room: Toko Shengelia and Daniel Hackett. “It definitely helps to come into a new environment where you have similar faces who can…

Photo: Twitter/NBA Two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo is 27-years-old and still has many years of basketball ahead of him. Despite that, he already has an idea of what he wants to do when he retires. The Greek Freak remembered visiting Sweden and not being recognized by the people there which…

Credit: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports Ben Wallace knows being an NBA coach isn’t easy, but the former NBA star tells TMZ Sports that his ex-teammate Darvin Ham is the perfect man for the Lakers’ job. “I know he’s a great locker room guy,” Wallace said at LAX this week ……

Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images The Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban told TMZ Sports out in NYC this week that he’s been keeping in contact with former NBA player Delonte West and said West is continuing to fight to get healthy. “It’s a struggle for him,” Cuban said. “I mean, addiction…