Both Teams Played Hard
Both Teams Played Hard

For the headline that rhyme with half a dime, you know Weezy had to go big.

And what? You thought lil money was gonna disappoint? Please.

I also just love Ron Artest with the Rockets. He gives them an aggressive edge, but after what happened last week against the Suns I think that pretty much goes without saying. The Rockets never would have gotten into it like that without him. Tracy McGrady? Come on. This is the same guy who said he wasn’t coming to New Orleans if the All-Star game was there. That guy? Come on. So then when the All-Star game came around who all of a sudden gets an injury? Tracy McGrady. Yeah. And the best part about that fight was that Artest did not even move. He did not get involved. I felt bad when Steve Nash got knocked to the floor, that poor little guy. Rafer Alston’s from the playground, so that’s gonna happen. Shout out to him because that’s my homie.

But Skip wasn’t always Lil Wayne’s homie. They actually mixed it up one game when dude was sitting courtside and he got offended after Rafer made an “inappropriate gesture.” What Weez considers “inappropriate,” I have no idea, but I’m picturing a donkey show-type scenario. Then again, that probably would have made Sportscenter.

Rafer and I have an interesting history. There was one game back when I had courtside seats with the Hornets when I was talking trash to him and he made an inappropriate gesture toward me after he made a shot. I’d been heckling him the whole game, talking trash and I was very offended by that gesture so I kept talking. And then Tracy McGrady came over near me and bent over to make it look like he was catching his breath, but he had really come over to talk to me about it. Chris Paul came and did the same thing. He was like “Whatever you’re doing it’s working ’cause you’re getting in his head.” He stopped shooting after that. We had a good talk after the game and we worked things out. He’s a good guy, so shout out to him.

He also talks about how him and Flash randomly live in the same building in Miami.

Dwyane Wade actually lives in my building. We have this building where you are the only person living on a given floor, so when the elevator opens it’s just your place. People usually just leave their doors wide open like I do and treat the elevator like their real front door because you’re not supposed to ever stop on a floor that isn’t yours. But one day I got on there and the floor stopped at eight and the door opened and there was Dwyane Wade standing there. I hollered at him and told him he had a nice place. We live on the beach, but the funny thing is some guys in his entourage have a place in another building and my entourage lives directly across from them. So my entourage and his entourage are always out playing basketball together. D-Wade’s a cool guy, but I’ve never really been invited to his games. I guess I need tickets. I guess we could play video games or something together when we’re both home, but I don’t know if he plays and I’m not so good. I like to play golf and soccer video games, anyway.

Lastly, and in case you needed another reason to hate the guy, Nelly doesn’t believe in Chris Paul. C’mon, dude’s got more game than the Bulls and Sonics. Also…kill yourself.

We bet on games sometimes and last year we bet a pretty large sum of money on the Hornets. Nelly didn’t think they’d make it past the first round and I did, so we put money on it. When I beat him he had to pay me $19,000 dollars. That’s the most I’ve ever bet on sports.

Good work, Weez.

In the latest installment of the always-riveting Reggie’s Mailbag, some kid asks him about his favorite win and worst loss. If you don’t wanna watch all the stiff, half-awkward dialogue contained in this action-packed video, his favorite win was beating the Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals to send the Pacers to their first NBA Finals in 2000, and his worst loss came at the hands of Larry Brown’s Pistons in his final game — the one that ended Indiana’s season and his career.

Yup. That’s the whole story.

And as always, you too can ask Uncle Reggie questions such as “Who’s the Asian chick?” by sending them to: reggiesmailbag@turner.com

Channing Frye is admittedly a sweaty bastard. (via Dime)

He goes through three t-shirts during any given practice but not even he can compete with the likes of the Oklahoma center.

I mean, your own sweat is pretty gross. But everyone elses sweat is nasty. And Collison … hes just gross.

Along with himself and Collison, Frye also places Shaq, Zach Randolph, Malik Rose and teammate Greg Oden to round out the 1st-Team All-NBA of slippery filth.

Gross.

Further proving my theory that Charles Barkley is the greatest American hero, Chuck takes some drunken jumpers. (via FanHouse)

As it’s probably safe to assume in the case of all billionaires, Mark Cuban may have allegedly engaged in insider trading.

Like the Shaq ejection, the Ballersphere is treating this like Watergate or something, but according to some random dude that Henry Abbott dug up, the only likely recourse against Cubes — if he isn’t exonerated outright — will likely be that he has to pay back $1 million. Stop the presses.

So if you’re scoring at home, kiddies, the lesson here is that unfairly manipulating the capitalist system that is the foundation of this country for your own personal financial benefit is an offense roughly on par with repeatedly criticizing referees. Sounds about right.

Besides, we all know his role in the Devin Harris trading incident was much more egregious and unforgivable.

And for what it’s worth, here’s Cuban’s official statement:

“I am disappointed that the Commission chose to bring this case based upon its Enforcement staff’s win-at-any-cost ambitions. The staff’s process was result-oriented, facts be damned. The government’s claims are false and they will be proven to be so.”

"I wipe my ass with a million dollars."

A few we weeks ago, we brought you our in-depth expose detailing the fact that Sheed wants to coach basketball someday.

Now he is, proving to the youth of America that, yes, dreams do come true. (via Pistons Nation)

Shaq put Chief Lightning First Step on his ass last night and lots of people are talking about it for some reason. But the only thing that matters, of course, is that Diesel knows physics.

“When you understand the laws of physics like I do, the laws of physics state that a body in motion stays in motion,” Shaq said. “So when you have two objects that meet in the air, the smaller object is gonna fall much harder at the same rate of speed. I’ve never been the type of player to take anybody out. I was going for the ball, little guy ran into a brick wall, and you know, he fell, and he added a little bit to the end. The referees looked at how he fell I think. But it’s nothing I’m worried about, I’ve never been that type of player. If you understand physics like that, anytime you come in there out of control like that and you run into a brick wall, you’re going to get that effect.”

“I know I was going for the ball. I’ve played 17 years, I’m not a dirty player. I don’t get dunked on. Little guy tried to come in my house, I wanted to block the shot, and he fell. If you apply the laws of physics, you know why he fell the way he fell. Period.”

Period.

(AP Photo/Bill Haber)