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Dave McMenamin: Dalton Knecht says his fans have spoken: Knecht 4 beats Westside Knecht as his top nickname. However, he still gladly accepts the moniker from @SnoopDogg

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Thirty years ago, SLAM was unlike anything in modern journalism. It didn’t play by traditional rules. Profanity in publication was not off-limits. The writers and editors didn’t pretend to be impartial. “‘Outcast’ is a good word for us,” said Tony Gervino, the magazine’s first editor-in-chief who now works at Tidal as executive vice president and editor-in-chief. SLAM was part of a culture shift that personified a time when the NBA was changing, a time when hip-hop began crafting the style of many players. The shorts were longer and baggier. Pregame music playlists were more likely to include Wu-Tang Clan or Snoop Dogg instead of R&B crooners like Jeffrey Osborne or Luther Vandross. Tattoos became as common as high-top shoes.

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Arash Markazi: THIS JUST IN: At the Paris 2024 Closing Ceremony on Sunday, Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Snoop Dogg will perform during the "LA28 Handover" and H.E.R. will perform the U.S. national anthem live in Paris. The LA28 Games will mark L.A.'s third time hosting the Olympics. pic.x.com/w0eoobkmyo

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ClutchPoints: “Luka [Doncic] wasn’t talking to me. It was somebody that was talking sh*t to him… 'Luka you crybaby, you cried!’ Then when [he] took the lead, he said ‘Who’s crying now motherf*cker?’. I was like this [guy] is a dog!” — Snoop Dogg 😅 (via @DJWhooKid) pic.twitter.com/tOJFo0Y8Md

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Ben Golliver: Snoop Dogg pulls up to Game 5 pic.twitter.com/Msz8HU4sGt

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Someone who wants to see Thompson wear the purple and gold is popular rapper and passionate Lakers fan Snoop Dogg, via The Stephen A. Smith Show: “I’m hopeful that we can get us a Klay Thompson. His dad is Mychal, he works for the Lakers, it’s an easy transit down the road.” There is an interesting connection as Klay’s father Mychal Thompson spent the latter stages of his career with the Lakers and is now a radio commentator for 710 AM ESPN LA. Snoop brings up another good point that Golden State is not utilizing Thompson as they once did and may not be a fit anymore: “I mean, he doesn’t fit with them anymore. They’re trying to minimize him. He needs to be on a team where he is wide open, and we love getting him that look. Right now, he’s fighting to get the ball. And that’s not what he does.”

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Who reminds you most of Kobe Bryant in today's game? Snoop Dogg: That's a hard question because I don't really see nobody with that, you know, killer Instinct. The closer that I say would be Steph Curry because Steph Curry got that killer instincts when it's time for the playoffs, when it's time for the big game

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Kevin Love mentioned Spoelstra showing a documentary that had clips of FC Barcelona. “That level of professionalism and respect for the game is something that really resonated,” Love said. Tyler Herro was struck by a video that Spoelstra showed them about “Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent and Eminem and how they started, and the manager they had and he was the one rallying the troops, which is Spo [for the Heat]. Spo does [this type of thing] every year, but this year has been a little bit more with how up and down the season has been.”

Miami Herald

On Friday, the trailer for the reboot of the 1990s classic "House Party" was released. The film is co-produced by LeBron James. It stars other NBA players and celebrities, including Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg and Los Angeles Lakers center Anthony Davis.

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Stephen Curry: Legendary moments with the Doggfather!! Incredible day in the LBC w/ @snoopdogg and #CurryBrand… seeing the AMAZING artwork by @DamionScott2 for our newly renovated court at @bgclublb. Couldn’t ask for a better collab in our ongoing mission to help serve our communities 🙌🏽💪🏽 pic.twitter.com/9OpsLEp4LU

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Nick DePaula: Stephen Curry & Snoop Dogg donated a new gym court to the Boys & Girls Club at MLK Park in Long Beach today — the gym where Snoop “shot my first layup”

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Even before Nigeria's self-imposed two-year ban from international basketball was announced last month, D'Tigers captain Ike Diogu saw the writing on the wall and joined Snoop Dogg's Big3 team, Bivouac. Having previously turned down approaches to play in the Big3, a professional 3x3 league founded by rapper Ice Cube, in favour of national team duty, Diogu changed his mind this year and signed on after competing in the Basketball Africa League.

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The 38-year-old former Golden State Warriors player is the co-captain of Bivouac, a team partially owned by Snoop Dogg, and coached by NBA legend Gary Payton. "I've actually been asked to play [Big3] a number of years. It's just that with all my national team stuff, I just was never able to actually do it, but this was a year when things worked out schedule-wise, so I figured I'd give it a go." Diogu told ESPN.

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Snoop Dogg is a man of many talents. He makes music, does Skip The Dishes commercials, cooks with Martha Stewart, and even had his own Netflix show where he was coaching a youth football team. Snoop will also DJ from time to time and the great Michael Jordan even offered him the chance to do so at one of his parties in the past. Guess how much the former Chicago Bulls star was willing to give Snoop? A whopping $2 million. But, he turned it down due to a “schedule conflict.”

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