All posts containing the tag: "NBA"
Posted Nov 10th 2009 12:40PM by TMZ Staff
Shaquille O'Neal's wife Shaunie has abruptly flown to Los Angeles and filed a petition for legal separation in Los Angeles County Superior Court ... and Shaq's people think it's all about money.
TMZ has learned Shaunie filed legal papers yesterday in L.A., even though the couple lives in Florida. The petition says although Shaunie is filing for legal separation, she intends to file for divorce. She lists "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for separation.
We're told Shaunie pulled her kids out of school in Florida several days ago and they are with her now in L.A.
Why, you ask, would Shaunie cross the country to file in L.A.? Well, a spouse generally does a lot better in the spousal support department here in California. Shaunie is asking for both spousal and child support -- though she did not specify an amount for either.
Shaunie claims in her papers to be a resident of L.A. since November 8, 2009 -- 2 days ago.
The date of separation is listed as 11-9-09. The couple has 4 minor children. Shaunie wants legal and physical custody of all the kids.
They have been married for 6 years, 11 months.
Stay tuned ...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Shaq Attack, Dirty Divorces, Exclusives
Tags: basketball, divorce, legal separation, LegalSeparation, nba, sepation, shaquille oneal, ShaquilleOneal, shauni
Posted Oct 24th 2009 9:15AM by TMZ Staff
It looked like rehabbed Miami Heat forward Michael Beasley had drifted back into the danger zone, passing out in front of a table filled with open bottles of beer. But team officials claim there's more to these pictures than meets the eye.
The photos were taken Oct. 10, after the NBA star and a female companion boarded a boat in Miami Beach during the Columbus Day Regatta. We called team officials for an explanation -- due to the fact that Beasley just emerged from a stint in substance-abuse rehab last month -- and boy did they give us one:
TMZ spoke with Miami Heat exec Tim Donovan, who told us it was all part of a "fishing trip arranged by the team ... Michael was not drinking at all ... except for water and purple Gatorade."
Donovan also claims Michael's counselor was with him on the trip and the woman sleeping next to him is just a friend.
So why was Beasley passed out?? Donovan says Beasley was simply tired from practice earlier that day and needed some shut eye.
Filed under: Talk Sports, Drunks, Photo Galleries, Exclusives
Tags: miami heat, MiamiHeat, michael beasley, MichaelBeasley, nba, photos, rehab
Posted Oct 23rd 2009 12:35AM by TMZ Staff
Usually when athletes date celebrities, the only thing that skyrockets faster than their street cred is the number in their team's loss column ... but when it comes to Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom, the L.A. Lakers say they're A-OK.
We asked a team rep if the Kardashian Klan's presence at Tuesday night's season opener is going to set off a firestorm of Laker loses, and here's what we got:
"Good luck? Bad luck? I don't know that I believe in luck but we¹ll be happy to have them there ... we're happy to have Lamar¹s new family members at the game as well as future games, and we welcome their support."
Easy to say when you have Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest and Pau Gasol wearing purple and gold.
Filed under: Talk Sports, Exclusives, The Kardashians
Tags: basketball, khloe kardashian, KhloeKardashian, l.a.lakers, lamar odom, LamarOdom, NBA
Posted Aug 28th 2009 1:40PM by TMZ Staff
NBA star Tracy McGrady's autograph is over 16x more valuable than fellow baller Deandre Jordan's -- this courtesy of a lawsuit filed against a trading card company.
Nine NBAers -- McGrady, Jordan, Brandon Roy, Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook, D.J. Augustin, T.J. Ford, Antawn Jamison, Anthony Randolph and DeAndre Jordan -- are suing Topps, claiming they were all only partially paid for their autograph deals.
The most interesting part ... how much Topps paid per autograph.
McGrady -- $50
Rose -- $25
Roy -- $18
Westbrook -- $10
Jamison -- $10
Ausgustin -- $8
Randolph -- $7
Ford -- $6
Jordon -- $3
All nine combined are suing for $300,000.
Filed under: Talk Sports
Tags: lawsuit, nba, Stephon Marbury, StephonMarbury, topps, trading cards, TradingCards
Posted Aug 16th 2009 12:40AM by TMZ Staff
Every potential NBA draftee wants to look their best on draft night, but a jewelry company in L.A. claims Memphis Grizzlies star O.J. Mayo wore a ton of ice he never paid for.
According to a lawsuit filed Thursday, O.J. asked Prime Mountings to make a series of jewelry items, some of which he intended to wear to the NBA Draft. Prime says O.J. took the items promising to pay when he signed his first NBA contract -- and also promised he would "be purchasing a lot more jewelry ... in the future."
But alas, Prime claims O.J. never delivered on his promise and, in fact, never paid him the nearly $150K he owed them in the first place.
They are looking for the money they say they're owed, plus additional damages.
Filed under: Talk Sports, Exclusives
Tags: jewelry, memphis grizzlies, MemphisGrizzlies, nba, o.j. mayo, O.j.Mayo
Posted Jul 31st 2009 5:30AM by TMZ Staff
We finally got to ask Stephon Marbury why the hell he's been livestreaming his life for the past week -- and his rationale is as logical as you'd expect from a person who's been eating Vaseline, getting into car accidents, bawling his eyes out and impromptu dancing for all the world to see.
P.S. -- The completely sane reason he was at LAX yesterday -- to pick up a random 30-something man he bonded with over the Internet.
Filed under: Train Wrecks, Talk Sports
Tags: airport, internet, lax, livestream, nba, online, stephon marbury, StephonMarbury, vaseline, video
Posted Jul 29th 2009 12:00PM by TMZ Staff
Stephon Marbury -- who's been broadcasting his shirtless, random, "I'm not crazy nor on drugs" rant online for four days now -- brought the wackness again this morning, rocking out to Michael Jackson songs in white face.
O.K., so it's facial cleanser, but still ... he's out there.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Talk Sports
Tags: basketball, crazy, livestream, michael jackson, MichaelJackson, nba, online, stephon marbury, StephonMarbury
Posted Jul 27th 2009 2:30PM by TMZ Staff
We're approaching the 24th hour of Stephon Marbury's absolutely nonsensical web-rant -- and now the basketball star is resorting to eating Vaseline right out of the jar.
Still not wearing a shirt, Marbury -- who insists he's neither on drugs nor out of his mind -- threw down a finger-full of the petroleum jelly ... and then declared he wanted someone to write him a check for "a billion dollars" so he could start his own TV network "like Oprah."
For the record, we contacted the good people at Vaseline about the incident, who told us "Vaseline is for external use only -- it is not intended for eating ... I don't know what he's trying to prove."
Neither do we.
P.S. -- He's still going strong, click here to check it out.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Talk Sports
Tags: NBA, oprah, stephon marbury, StephonMarbury, vaseline
Posted Jul 27th 2009 1:56AM by TMZ Staff
A whole lot of weirdness occurred on the Internet yesterday thanks to NBA player Stephon Marbury -- which culminated when the shirtless basketball star broke down harder and longer than Ne-Yo with a cold.
Marbury broadcasted the marathon of madness on Ustream -- where he spent the day screaming nonsense into the camera ... then spent the night crying ... and is currently streaming himself asleep in his bed.
We spoke to a rep for the NBA Players Association, who said he saw "a few hours of it" and it "was interesting" -- adding players are "capable of making their own decisions."
Including bad ones.
UPDATE 8:45 AM PT: Marbury is now awake and talking crazy again.
UPDATE 9:55 AM PT: Marbury just turned it up a notch -- apparently he just ate some Vaseline.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Talk Sports
Tags: NBA, ran, rant, stephon marbury, StephonMarbury, video
Posted Jul 13th 2009 2:45AM by TMZ Staff
Trevor Ariza played the "I'm on the Lakers" card for the last time this weekend to celebrate his 24th birthday at Jet in the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas.
Ariza left the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers to sign with the Houston Rockets -- so this scene probably won't be happening again anytime soon.
Filed under: Hot Vegas, Talk Sports, Photo Galleries
Tags: champion, houston rockets, HoustonRockets, los angeles lakers, LosAngelesLakers, nba, trevor ariza, TrevorAriza
Posted Jun 22nd 2009 12:05AM by TMZ Staff
Not every celeb can send the paparazzi scurrying with one sentence -- but not every celeb is 7 feet tall, like Boston Celtics star Kevin Garnett.
Filed under: Talk Sports
Tags: boston celtics, BostonCeltics, kevin garnett, KevinGarnett, nba
Posted Jun 18th 2009 12:40PM by TMZ Staff
Orlando fans weren't the only ones who couldn't care less about the Los Angeles Lakers' victory parade yesterday. Jerry Buss -- the dude who owns the team lock, stock and barrel -- had better things to do ... playing poker at a cheesy casino all by his lonesome.
Jerry was so engrossed in his hand at the Bicycle Casino -- 10 miles from the parade route -- he wasn't even looking up at live TV coverage of the celebration. We're thinkin' any other owner would be leading the band!
Turns out, this is S.O.P. for Jerry. His peeps tell us Buss has never attended a championship parade because he hates the traffic and the attention.
Hope he's not bettin' with the Lamar Odom money ....
Filed under: Talk Sports
Tags: basketball, casino, jerry buss, JerryBuss, l.a. lakers, L.a.Lakers, lakers, lamar odom, LamarOdom, NBA, nba finals, NbaFinals, poker
Posted Jun 17th 2009 11:40AM by TMZ Staff
The stage is finally set for the Los Angeles Lakers $2 million victory parade -- and TMZ has locked down photos of the incredible scene ... before the chaos ensues.
The parade hasn't even begun yet -- and injuries have already been reported along the parade route. Plus, the S.W.A.T. team is already on scene to keep the peace, this according to our friends at KLAC radio.
Should be fun...
Filed under: Talk Sports
Tags: basketball, kobe bryant, KobeBryant, lakers parade, LakersParade, lebron james, LebronJames, los angeles, LosAngeles, NBA, NBA finals, NbaFinals, the lakers, TheLakers
Posted Jun 17th 2009 9:45AM by TMZ Staff
Overcompensation -- noun -- excessive reaction to a feeling of inferiority, guilt, or inadequacy leading to an exaggerated attempt to overcome the feeling ... especially when someone expected to win the NBA championship doesn't even make the finals.
LeBron James rocked this egotistical t-shirt during a shopping break in N.Y. yesterday.
For the record -- you won't see Kobe Bryant wearing a shirt with his individual accomplishments plastered on the front of it during his championship parade today -- he's gonna let the trophy do the talking.
Filed under: Talk Sports
Tags: basketball, cleveland cavaliers, ClevelandCavaliers, lebron james, LebronJames, nba, video
Posted May 25th 2009 6:45AM by TMZ Staff
Former New Jersey Nets star Jayson Williams is in trouble yet again -- he was arrested in North Carolina early this morning for allegedly serving a guy a knuckle sandwich in a late night bar fight.
Cops say Williams was popped around 2 AM for assault after he allegedly socked some dude in the face in front of a nightclub in Raleigh. Williams was later released on $1,000 bond.
Go back to April, when the troubled former NBA star was tasered by cops after he allegedly tore up a hotel room in Manhattan...
...And lest we forget, Jayson is also still facing a reckless manslaughter charge for the shooting death of his limo driver back in 2002.
Filed under: Talk Sports
Tags: jayson williams, JaysonWilliams, nba, new jersey nets, NewJerseyNets
