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NBA superstar Russell Westbrook had a baller wedding in Beverly Hills last night complete with a performance from a bona fide superstar...and Khloe Kardashian in the crowd...and that's only the beginning.

Westbrook tied the knot to his longtime girlfriend Nina Earl close to UCLA where he played his college ball.

We're told the wedding was beautiful, super high budget and included a performance from Miguel.

The legion of A-list guests included past and present teammates including Kevin Durant, Kevin Love, James Harden...whose plus one was Khloe K.

And to make sure the night ended on an even higher note, Westbrook provided a gourmet doughnut truck--Fry Girl--which turned out custom treats for anyone with a sweet tooth.

As for the bride...she rocked two dresses to the occasion...one by Vera Wang and the other by Monique Lhullier...to compliment her $700K engagement ring.

Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Russell Westbrook is getting a ring even before the NBA season begins -- he's marrying his longtime GF this weekend in a pretty baller setting.

TMZ Sports has learned ... Russell and Nina Earl will walk down the aisle in Beverly Hills on Saturday -- just about a year after they started planning. As we reported, they announced their engagement last September ... when Nina posted a pic of her $700k ring!

We're told the couple is having a low-key ceremony, and wants to keep the exact location under wraps, but trust us ... the wedding pics will be spectacular.

Mazel tov!

The NBA has slapped the L.A. Clippers with a $250,000 fine for underhandedly trying to recruit DeAndre Jordan back to the team ... but the league claims the shady activity went down BEFORE the famous house lockdown.

According to the NBA, the Clippers violated league rules during a presentation to Jordan on July 2nd -- in which the team tried to entice DJ into resigning by dangling a potential 3rd party endorsement guarantee in addition to his NBA contract.

It's unclear exactly which company the endorsement would have been with -- but the fact it was included in the presentation at all is a big no-no under league rules.

In the end, the NBA ruled that the move had NO BEARING on Jordan's ultimate decision to resign with the Clips ... which probably had more to do with Blake Griffin, Doc Rivers and others racing to his Houston home, locking the doors, and giving him the hard sell.

He's already been honored in France, but now one of the American heroes who thwarted a gunman on a Paris-bound train will be celebrated by his favorite NBA team ... the L.A. Lakers!!!

TMZ Sports broke the story ... Anthony Sadler was wearing a Lake Show t-shirt when he and his 2 friends Spencer Stone and Alek Skarlatos jumped into action and saved countless lives this weekend.

Sadler's mother has said he's a huge Lakers fan and his favorite player is Kobe Bryant.

Now, we've learned ... the Lakers have definitely taken notice and a rep for the team tells us plans are already in the works to honor Sadler -- along with Stone and Skarlatos.

The guys have already received France's highest award -- the Legion of Honor -- and that's cool and all ... but props from the Lakers?? Doesn't get better than that ...

10:59 AM PT -- Seems soccer superstar Thomas Muller has also taken notice of the fact Alek Skarlatos was wearing his Bayern Munich jersey during the incident ... and couldn't be more proud!

Muller posted a note on Twitter saying, "Those are heros. And one of them wears my trikot. Great guys."

Awesome.

Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant -- the epic GOAT debate can finally be settled thanks to some guy who LOVES basketball ... but makes poor decisions when it comes to tattoos.

Gotta love our friends over at BSO for pointing out this artwork -- a random hoops fan must have wanted to commemorate the 1991 NBA Finals ... so he tatted Kobe on one calf and MJ on the other.

Props to the artist, because the likeness is spot on. The ink also includes, "I love this game."

Iggy Azalea is talking so much smack about Nick Young and his teammates ... you'd think she and Swaggy had been married for 30 years already.

Steph Curry is one of the true nice guys in the NBA ... but warning to any fans who get too close for comfort -- he has no problem putting you on blast.

BSO called out a tweet from the league MVP ... who got pissed when someone hounded him on a freeway.

Curry has been on cloud nine for months -- winning the NBA Championship, the MVP award, and the birth of a baby girl -- but this little run-in quickly brought him back down to reality.

Unclear if he contacted police over this incident, but it sounds like he's ready to do so, if necessary.

This is how bad Tiger Woods' golf game has gotten -- even NBA stars are trashing him ... playfully, we think.

Chris Paul was partnered with Woods during the Wyndham Pro-Am in North Carolina on Wednesday -- and as Chris lined up a putt, he asked Tiger for advice.

Woods admitted ... if this were a real PGA tourney he would take a safe, less spectacular shot -- and that confession did NOT sit well with CP3. You gotta hear how he ripped into Tiger.

Kinda hysterical, and very true.

Washington Wizard Jared Dudley just pulled a 180 on Kobe Bryant -- calling him a LOCK for Team USA ... even though he recently said free agent superstars were avoiding Kobe like the plague.

Dudley was leaving Greystone in WeHo when we asked if the Mamba should rep USA in the Olympics next year ... with younger players like Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kenneth Faried. Some critics feel Kobe's getting a little long in the tooth.

Check out the clip, 'cause Jared sounds like the head cheerleader for Kobe -- which is interesting since just 3 months ago he said Kobe's ball-hogging and attitude was killing the Lakers' attempts to recruit new blood. Now he's calling him a "legend."

Hmmm ... maybe someone's looking to score an invite to Kobe's 37th birthday next week.

A woman hoisting the NBA Championship trophy is not a movie plot -- Kenneth Faried believes it can happen ... and soon, because there will be a female head coach.

The Denver Nuggets superstar was at JaVale McGee's Celebrity Softball game at UCLA this weekend ... where he openly said our photog was "crazy" for suggesting some NBA players might not be down with having a female head coach.

Check it out ... KF was more passionate than any other player we've gotten talking about Becky Hammons' success as an assistant coach with the Spurs -- and explains why he strongly believes she can be much more.

LeBron James doesn’t want to be like Mike -- he wants to beat Mike, and says he could do it any day of the week.

Michael Jordan recently said there was “no question” he’d beat LeBron 1-on-1 if they were both in their primes, but as our friends at BSO pointed out ... The King's singing a much different tune.

LeBron went on 'Today' and declared, he's the safest bet against anyone -- not just Jordan.

Note to LeBron and MJ: It's easy to talk trash about something that's pure fantasy. Save it for when you can pick up a time machine at Target.

Chris Paul and Blake Griffin would be nobodies today, if it weren't for V. Stiviano -- that is just ONE of the beyond-absurd hallucinations she's spewing.

Donald Sterling's former alleged mistress said, "No one even knew the Clippers existed until I came into the franchise" ... while appearing on the #DateFails podcast hosted by Kate Quigley and Stephen Kramer Glickman.

Her comments are just ridiculous enough to be entertaining. Take a listen ... nothing like a little crazy talk to spice up your Friday.

Former Duke stars and NBA first rounders Jahlil Okafor and Tyus Jones are teaming up again -- this time to holla at Kendall and Kylie Jenner ... Fetty Wap style.

Tyus and Jahlil -- like many NBA players, we suspect -- were hot on the sisters' tails Thursday ... using Twitter to reach out.

Our pals at BSO pointed out the ballers' tweets -- using "Trap Queen" lyrics.

Not horribly creative on the ex-Dukies' parts, but we'll give 'em partial credit for effort, and for waiting until after Kylie's 18th birthday. So far, doesn't look like either Jenner sis has followed Tyus and Jahlil.

It's only been a month since Steph Curry's wife, Ayesha, gave birth ... and she's already back in hot arm candy mode.

Shout-out to BSO for calling out the IG shots of the Currys out for date night -- one of their first since baby Ryan arrived.

And don't sleep on the NBA's MVP ... he's working on his handwork, even in the offseason. Ayesha's caption included ... "#stoptouchingmybutt"

Roy Hibbert sees himself as more of an adolescent white kid struggling to make sense of high school ... than a 7'2" NBA shot blocking machine.

TMZ Sports uncovered this secret about the brand new Lakers big man when we saw him out in Bev. Hills on Wednesday night, and asked about celebrity aliases.

We all know most celebs use fake names when they check into a hotel, and Roy's gonna need a new one -- since he blew his own cover with our photog.

Roy also gives us a Kobe Bryant update, as in ... what happened after that super awkward news conference where he was asked if the Mamba called when he joined the team.

Dwyane Wade took it wayyyy back to 1990 with a jumpsuit and blazer combination for his latest Esquire magazine photo spread ... that was apparently styled by MC Hammer.

We know Flash loves him some fashion, and this time he pushed the envelope ... big time. Only a cape could make this outfit any better.

Wade hashtagged the pic ... "#ifyoucantpullitoffyouwontunderstandit." He might be right.

"A super dope homeboy from the Chi-town, and he's known as such, and this is a beat ... "

You know the rest.

H/T BSO.