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You've heard it a million times before -- athletes who make a FORTUNE only to blow it on dumb (awesome) stuff like cars, booze, clothes and strip clubs (looking at you, Antoine Walker).

Enter Andrei Kirilenko -- who made more than $100 MILLION during his 15-year run in the NBA -- and now he's got some advice for the young bucks on how NOT to follow in Antoine's broke footsteps.

Here's some brutal honesty about the Philadelphia 76ers ... courtesy of 76ers superfan Kevin Hart.

For the record, Hart (who was at Caroline's On Broadway) says he LOOVES his home team -- but it's clear the injury to Ben Simmons combined with all the other issues (like the fact they went 10-72 last year) have shaken his confidence.

LeBron James is going hard after Donald Trump -- saying the GOP nominee is WAYYY OFF on "locker room talk" because "we don't disrespect women in no shape or fashion."

No mistrial in the Derrick Rose civil rape case ... the judge just ruled the case will move forward despite claims the accuser hid important text messages from the defense.

As we previously reported, the judge scolded the accuser's legal team in court Tuesday for allegedly withholding texts that could've helped Derrick Rose's case.

The judge had previously said he didn't want to declare a mistrial because the case would likely be brought again in the middle of the NBA season and severely inconvenience him.

But Rose's team did get a minor victory in court Wednesday.

NBA star Caron Butler has made it clear he'd LOVE for Michael B. Jordan to play him in the movie Mark Wahlberg is producing about his life.

So, when we saw Michael B. out at Catch in West Hollywood Tuesday night ... we had to ask the guy -- would you do it???

Good news for Caron, he didn't exactly say no.

Of course, Caron's life story is amazing -- he overcame a hard life as a drug dealing youth to make in the NBA. Wahlberg bought the rights to Caron's story back in March and now a movie is in the works.

In fact, the last time we got Butler out he told us how things are going behind the scenes -- and why he wants Michael B. to play him on-screen.

If Chris Bosh wants to continue his NBA career, he should do it in LOS ANGELES -- so says DeAndre Jordan who tells TMZ Sports he's willing to sacrifice minutes to get CB on the Clippers.

With the Miami Heat moving to cut ties with Bosh over his blood clot condition, the 11-time All-Star appeared in a video on Tuesday vowing continue to pursue his NBA career.

So, when we shot Jordan out in L.A. Tuesday night, we asked what he thinks Bosh should do next.

"I think that he should come to the Clippers ... I'd come off the bench!"

The judge in the Derrick Rose rape trial just warned that he may declare a mistrial in the case -- over allegations the accuser's team did NOT turn over text messages that could help the NBA star.

The judge just ripped the accuser's attorney in court -- demanding the accuser prove she made an effort to turn over ALL of the text messages that were relevant to the case.

Rose's lawyer claims she purposefully withheld certain texts that may prove the sex in question was consensual ... and not rape.

The judge warned the accuser, "This is not a trivial matter" -- and has ordered the accuser's team to provide proof the texts were made available to Rose's team.

However, the judge says he would rather not declare a mistrial because it would likely mean the case would restart in the middle of the NBA season -- which would force Rose to miss games.

The judge said he would make the same considerations in a new trial if the accuser was a student and it would interfere with exams.

Kobe Bryant fans, here's your chance to come face-to-face with the Mamba himself (kinda) ... 'cause the NBA legend's game-worn protective face mask just hit the auction block!!

During the 2012 All-Star game, Dwyane Wade fouled Kobe hard, and broke his nose ... forcing K.B. to wear the clear face mask to protect his schnoz.

Goldin Auctions got ahold of the mask -- which comes with a letter from a member of the Lakers training staff -- that Mamba used during games in February and March of '12.

The mask hits the block Monday ... and bidding closes on October 29th.

Interested? Break out your checkbook ... 'cause it ain't gonna go cheap. The auction house tells us they expect the mask to sell for over $50k!!

Good luck!

There's no inner war between Washington Wizards teammates Bradley Beal and John Wall -- so says NBA superstar Paul Pierce, who says reports of a feud between the two are straight-up wrong.

Wall has said in the past that "we have a tendency to dislike each other on the court" -- but said their issues are resolvable as long as they come together and talk things out.

But Pierce -- who played for the Wizards during the '14/'15 season -- says straight-up, "They definitely get along. I was there."

Anything to the contrary, according to Pierce -- "False reports."

By the way, Pierce was leaving new L.A. hot spot, Catch -- and it's clear he's a V.I.P. because during the clip, the owner, Mark Birnbaum, promised to put his picture on the wall in the restaurant.

Here are the courtroom sketches from inside the Derrick Rose rape trial -- showing the NBA star's accuser weeping on the stand as she told her side of the story in an L.A. courtroom.

As we previously reported, Rose -- sporting a suit with a blue tie -- showed up the proceedings 2 hours late on Thursday -- entering the courtroom while the accuser was on the stand.

During the trial, Rose didn't appear to make eye contact with accuser at all -- spending most of the proceeding looking down at his hands and staring off.

Rose did not take the stand today and did not talk with reporters on his way out of court.

The accuser is due back on the stand Friday.

Derrick Rose just arrived to federal court in downtown Los Angeles where his civil rape trial is underway.

Rose arrived moments ago -- roughly 2 hours after the proceedings began.

He pulled up in a black SUV where media was waiting for him -- but instead of getting out of the car, he sped around to another entrance where there were less cameras.

Rose -- dressed in a black suit -- entered the court with one other person while his accuser was on the stand testifying about the case.

Rose and 2 friends are accused of gang raping the woman in her L.A. apartment back in 2013. She's suing for more than $21 MILLION.

Laugh all you want ... but one of the BIGGEST hair stylists in Hollywood just gave JaVale McGee a huge thumbs up for his bizarre new haircut.

We spoke with Ken Paves -- the hair guru for the likes of David and Victoria Beckham, Eva Longoria, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Lopez and more -- and showed him the 'do McGee rocked during the Warriors preseason opener.

Bottom line -- HE LOVES IT.

Beckham ... you're next?

Sad news ... the NBA player who was called out on Instagram for allegedly cheating on his Playboy Playmate girlfriend ... has been dumped for good.

You remember the story ... 2014 Playmate of the Year Kennedy Summers put Utah Jazz center Jeff Withey on blast back in June when she found out he took someone else on a movie date behind her back.

Somehow, Jeff won her back and they got engaged the following month.

But now, their relationship has hit a roadblock once again -- with Kennedy calling the whole thing off ... citing "many issues." We're told jealousy was a factor.

In fact, Kennedy's rep, Zack Teperman, issued a statement saying social media played a huge role in the split.

"While it has its many pros, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, etc. can also create many issues within a relationship. The negative effects of social media have claimed yet another couple."

Kennedy -- a 3rd year medical student -- has already moved out of the couple's home.

So ... PLAYMATE AND NBA PLAYER ON THE MARKET!!!!

Who's your favorite basketball team ... and how do you feel about group sex?

Those were questions potential jurors in the Derrick Rose rape case were asked Tuesday -- as lawyers on both sides gear up for the $21 million trial.

Questionnaires were handed out to the jury pool in the L.A. courtroom -- in an effort to flush out any possible hidden biases.

Rose and his friends are accused of gang raping a woman in her L.A. apartment back in 2013 -- though the NBA superstar claims the group sex was consensual.

But it wasn't a smooth start for Team Rose -- with his attorney voicing his frustrations to the judge about the racial composition of the jury pool ... which contained only 2 black people.

Rose's lawyer also groused about the fact 15 of the first 27 potential jurors were Hispanic -- which was concerning for Rose because his accuser is Hispanic.

The judge said there was nothing he could do about it.

If Kevin Garnett wants a coaching job on the Clippers ... it's his for the taking -- so says Doc Rivers.

With KG having dropped by the Clippers training facility last week to help Blake Griffin work on his jump shot -- we asked Rivers if he's had a more serious convo with the NBA legend about a job.

"Always," Rivers said ... "There's always a spot for Kevin."

There's more -- with Paul Pierce announcing this season will be his last, we asked if he should get sent out like Kobe Bryant ... with the fanfare and gifts and media attention.

Doc says there's one city where Paul is guaranteed to get Mamba-style love ... check out the clip.

LeBron James might be the 2nd most famous person at Cavs games this year ... because Khloe Kardashian was courtside in Cleveland.

Khloe showed up to watch Tristan Thompson in the Cavs annual Wine and Gold scrimmage on Sunday.