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NBA Central: Mike Tyson says Michael Jordan is the greatest player of all time 👀 (🎥 @bigpodwithshaq / http://tapthe.link/BigPodEp69)

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After Stewart initially was called only for his second personal foul, the play was immediately reviewed and the foul upgraded to the Flagrant 2 for unnecessary and excessive contact. When asked about the play after the game, Antetokounmpo paraphrased a quote from Mike Tyson in a documentary advancing the former heavyweight boxing champion's upcoming fight with Jake Paul. "He said some guys are manufactured killers, he's a born killer," Antetokounmpo began. "I just feel the same way. I've been in that position many times in my life. I have two older brothers that, you know, push me on the floor, play, be tough on me, especially Thanasis. I've been so many times hit. So, it doesn't really faze me anymore. It doesn't really faze me. All I could think about was get up and try to make two free throws.

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LeBron James: Man this look like Mike Tyson punch out! 🤣🤣🤣

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The Lakers icon couldn’t ignore the size difference in the fight, as Logan Paul clearly towered over the smaller Mayweather. James felt the fight looked just like the old school boxing classic Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out.

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Law Murray: After @FlyByKnite asked Tyronn Lue how to respond in the vein of Mike Tyson saying "Everyone has a plan until you get punched in the mouth," Lue says simply: "Swing."

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Although he doesn't participate in intense sparring -- "Obviously, [the Trail Blazers] would never really approve it," he said -- Lillard once toyed with the idea of participating in an exhibition bout. Former NBA guard Nate Robinson's stunning knockout loss to YouTube sensation Jake Paul last November on the Mike Tyson-Roy Jones Jr. undercard isn't the reason Lillard gave up that idea, but it certainly didn't help. "I feel like he got in there really feeling like he could win, but I don't think boxing is a sport you can take six months or eight months and be like 'all right, I'm gonna go in here and fight,'" Lillard said.

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They wait, and wait. A technical glitch causes the interview to be ditched, and nobody -- especially not Lonzo or LiAngelo -- seems bothered. LaVar, quiet no longer, is accepting congratulations and telling the room, "Tell MJ: Here we come! Tell MJ we're coming!" LaVar punctuates his proclamations by raising both arms in the air. Michael Jordan, the man LaVar famously claimed he could beat in a one-on-one, is the owner of the Hornets and now his son's boss. LaVar tells me the world might finally get to see that one-on-one, but first he has to discuss the business side with Jordan: pay-per-view, guaranteed money, that kind of thing. He laughs and says, "Hey, if people are willing to pay to see 50-year-old Mike Tyson fight, why not?" He likes the idea of Jordan guiding his son. "Greatness recognizes greatness," he says. "I always told my boys, 'Someone has to be better than the best -- why not you?'"

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Nate Robinson's alarm goes off before the sun rises. The NBA's lone three-time Slam Dunk Contest champion rolls out of bed -- no snooze button allowed -- to get ready to train. He isn't currently focused on returning to the basketball court but is instead pursuing a new endeavor that has him at the gym six days a week, twice a day.

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At age 36, with no prior professional or amateur experience, Robinson is getting ready for his first boxing match. "It's brutal. Waking up early, running six or seven miles, it's something I've never done in my life, and I'm doing it at 36, so it's definitely making me feel young and energetic," Robinson told ESPN. "It's really tuning me in to another part of myself that I never knew I had.

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"But I just want people to respect me as a person, as an athlete and as a boxer because I'm going through it," he continued. "I'm not taking it easy and going through the motions. What they'll see Nov. 28 is a Nate Robinson that really put in work to really get to this point, and I hope I surprise a lot of people, because a lot of people think I'm gonna lose."

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Robinson will enter the ring that night for a six-round bout against famed YouTuber Jake Paul (1-0, 1 KO) on the Mike Tyson-Roy Jones Jr. undercard. Robinson's camp started at the end of August and is expected to wrap almost a week and a half before the fight date. His team includes strength and conditioning coach Chris Denina -- who typically works with Robinson in the mornings -- and boxing trainer Francisco "Paco" Reyes of Tenochtitlan Boxing Club in Renton, Washington. Reyes oversees the evening sessions.

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Imagine being at a restaurant ... and in walks Mike Tyson, Michael Jordan, Walter Payton, Richard Dent and Don King. That's exactly what happened to a couple back in 1988, who commemorated the moment by getting all the legends to sign their menu ... and now it's up for auction!!! Hindman Auctions tells TMZ Sports ... the power squad showed up at Lino’s Ristorante in Chicago to celebrate Dent's 28th birthday.

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Rony Seikaly: The GOAT debate is something that people have fun with, but when you’re comparing two great players of two different eras, it’s very difficult to make a call. We’re talking about two immensely talented players and we can go back and forth on who’s better, depending on whether you’re a fan of the 90s or of today. If you’re the latter, you probably don’t know what Michael Jordan did in the 90s and you would automatically think that LeBron James is the best player. If you grew up watching Kobe Bryant, you’d think that he’s the GOAT. The debate is endless, but the only reason I’d give the nod to Michael Jordan is because he had more of an assassin mentality. If he smelled a little bit of blood, he would come after you and you were finished. It’s always the same with Mike Tyson. He was like a shark. LeBron is an extremely talented player, just as talented as Michael, but sometimes he’s more of a Magic Johnson when he has the ball; more of a facilitator and less of a finisher, like Michael Jordan was.

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Shams Charania: Former NBA guard Nate Robinson and YouTube star Jake Paul make it official: They tell me they will be fighting Sept. 12 as an undercard to Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. in California.

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