Mark Cuban on almost trading for Kobe Bryant:
“It was 2007, Kobe was ready to get out. And I was on Dancing with the Stars. Google me. I didn’t win. There was a dude named Elvis who was a production assistant, right? And he was just Kobe love everything. I’m between breaks, I’d be like, Elvis, I need a quiet spot. And I would talk to Rob Pelinka, his agent at the time, and he’s like, “Okay, if you can get Dr. Buss to approve. And I talk to Dr. Buss and he was ready to do it. And it was like two first, Josh Howard and Jason Terry for Kobe. And I thought, “Okay, this is done. And I told Elvis, “This is done.” And I went to practice on my jive or whatever. And then we got a call from Rob that Mitch Kupchak, right? Had talked Kobe out of it. That close. And I was telling Dirk the whole time. He goes, “You can trade me. I would trade me for Kobe, too. And I’m like no Dirk the whole point is y’all two.”
(Via @club520podcast)
Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki on the “fake coughing” incident during the 2011 NBA Finals:
Dirk: “I didn’t appreciate it…to me it felt a little disrespectful — I felt like I never had to fake an injury, I never had to fake an illness…I thought it was childish…”
Wade: “In the moment of being young and having one of those moments of where “oh he’s sick” and did a fake cough and boom it went everywhere…once you look at it then you’re like okay it was a childish moment that was caught on camera..”
Dirk: “we probably should’ve had this conversation a long time ago.”
(via @wynetwork)
My favorite NBA subplot (well main plot but whatever) is @KyrieIrving X Retweets and the fact that Miriam Adelson owns the team he’s contractually obliged to play for.
❤️ Kyrie