▲ 39 r/LosAngelesSports+1 crossposts

Marcus Smart appears likely to leave the Lakers in free agency to sign a multi-year contract with the Rockets, per Dan Woike

It would be the second straight summer Houston steals away a rotation player from the Lakers on the open market.

u/Admirable_Extent2531 — 7 days ago
▲ 50 r/sportswiki+1 crossposts

31 years ago today, the Timberwolves drafted Kevin Garnett out of high school with the No. 5 pick, launching a legendary career 👏

◾ 15x All-Star

◾ 9x All-NBA

◾ 12x All-Defensive

◾ 2004 MVP

◾ 2008 DPOY

◾ 2008 NBA champion

◾ NBA 75th Anniversary Team

◾ Hall of Fame

u/Admirable_Extent2531 — 7 days ago

When UFC President Dana White sent Chuck Liddell after a cocky security guard 😂 “We were staying in a 5 star Hotel in Boston and this guy was talking all kinds of s**t. I said I’ve got a guy upstairs that will rip your f*****g face off, I’ll give you $5K if you last 2 minutes”

u/Admirable_Extent2531 — 7 days ago

Throwback to Draymond Green going off on high schoolers for complaining about not getting calls “Y’all crying about every call, I get a lot of techs, so I’m actually fu*ked up on that part. It cost me $2.5 million.”

u/Admirable_Extent2531 — 7 days ago

Ravens standout LB Mike Green DOMINATED a professional Sumo Wrestler in Japan. Most don’t realize how impressive this is. Green is 6-foot-3, 250 pounds

u/Admirable_Extent2531 — 7 days ago

The Clippers have zero interest in Brandon Ingram in a potential Kawhi Leonard trade and would demand Collin Murray-Boyles in any potential deal, per Tomer Azarly

“Collin Murray-Boyles is a young, key asset that the Clippers would likely seek in a Leonard trade, yet to this point, the Raptors have left Murray-Boyles out of all discussions. The Clippers showed no interest in Toronto’s package revolving around Ingram and did not initiate conversations nor propose a counteroffer, sources said.”

u/Admirable_Extent2531 — 7 days ago

June 27th, 1999, the Save Mart / Kragen 350. On lap 25 going into 1, Steve Park would spin out. Park would then slide and hit the hill hard, causing Park to go up in the air and flip, landing back on all 4 on the tire barrier. Jeff Gordon would go on to win the race.

u/Admirable_Extent2531 — 8 days ago
▲ 50 r/BlackAthletes+1 crossposts

Fame does not travel the same way everywhere. In one country, a name can stop a room; in another, it may barely slow the sidewalk.

u/Admirable_Extent2531 — 8 days ago
▲ 1.4k r/KobeBryant24+3 crossposts

Michael Jordan breaks down in tears while honoring Kobe Bryant.

"Now he's got me I'll have to look at another crying meme for the next... I told my wife I wasn't going to do this because I didn't want to see that for the next three or four years."

"That is what Kobe Bryant does to me... he knows how to get to you in a way that affects you personally even though if he's being a pain in the ass."

"He always you ever have sense of love for him in the way that he can bring out the best in you, and he did that for

u/201NewJersey — 8 days ago

Sacramento Mayor Went All In on $1.8 Billion MLB Expansion Bid After A’s Temporary Move

Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty said via an EssentiallySports Exclusive interview: “It’s a great advantage, and let’s face it, that was the reason that we got excited about this. You know, when the VCron Diva and the Kings arranged for the A’s to come here for a couple of years, we thought, Wow, that’s amazing! We got a three-year run of professional baseball. We thought, Huh, what if we can parlay this into an opportunity to apply for expansion when the time comes? Like I mentioned earlier, lo and behold, in their first year, after a couple months, just by coincidence, the commissioner’s office came out and laid out the most definitive plans, and so forth, as far as expanding by two cities by 2029,"

u/Admirable_Extent2531 — 9 days ago

Shannon Sharpe says after Luka Doncic being traded, made trades like LaMelo Ball for teams easier because that shows nobody untradeable:

“Once they traded Luka, the NBA was on notice. Everybody in the NBA was on notice. They traded a guy 25 years old that was a five time first team All-NBA selection, a rookie of the year, and he’s a potential top five MVP selection every single year. And they move him. I’m not surprised by this. And so guess what? They moved him. Why? Man, he on a second contract. That third contract gonna be 350 gonna be 400 million.”

u/Admirable_Extent2531 — 10 days ago