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Baron Davis is turning to one of his former NBA teammates to help him win a Mirrorball Trophy this year -- telling TMZ Sports he's getting dancing advice from none other than Iman Shumpert! Just hours after it was revealed the former Golden State Warriors point guard would be on the newest season of "Dancing With The Stars" ... he told us he's already picking Shumpert's brain on how to two-step through the competition.
Marc J. Spears: The Lakers always have a star. I've never seen any team sports do this other than Real Madrid. Like you got Jerry West and Elgin Baylor, Magic and Kareem’s Showtime Lakers and Shaq and Kobe and then LeBron comes and then you got the guy after LeBron? I mean that's incredible. Iman Shumpert: I mean it's nice city to sell at the same time. Malika Andrews: What do all of those players have in common? All of them brought championships to Los Angeles.
The bright lights of the NBA playoffs can transform players and media into highly coveted talents. Just ask Iman Shumpert. After Shumpert’s strong work for ESPN during NBA Finals and Western Conference finals coverage, the 35-year-old has become a sought-after free agent, sources tell Front Office Sports. During ESPN’s NBA playoffs coverage, Shumpert paired with Vanessa Richardson for the Hoop Streams digital show across the ESPN app and social media platforms.
Trae Young on Iman Shumpert: 'What I did to him on the court when we played you’d think he’d have more respect when my name gets brought up'
Trae Young: That’s why I let them live… what I did to him on the court when we played you’d think he’d have more respect when my name gets brought up! I could keep going… 🤣no hate this way tho // Bad breakdown of basketball. The people that talk about Trae wouldn’t survive if they were his size.
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Shumpert said it "sucks" to play with LeBron because of the immense pressure that comes with being on his team and constantly staying in a win-now mode. "To give it context, yes, it does suck," Shumpert stated. "There's a ridiculous amount of pressure that comes with it because you have to be in a win-now mindset every time you play on his team. He is always expected to be at the top."
Iman Shumpert: To my standard, I don't feel like we should have lost the first championship in 2015. Kyrie hurt his knee. I had my shoulder out of place. Jr's back was messed up. Kevin Love's back was messed up. Brian Windhorst: No, Kevin Love's shoulder was out. Shumpert: The shoulder was out. I can't remember what LeBron's issue was, but I believe he went and got some back operation after that before the next season. Windhorst: He might have just broken news, but we'll just move past that.
JR Smith when Knicks traded him to Cleveland: 'I cried'
JR Smith when Knicks traded him to Cleveland: I ain't going to lie, bro. I cried. I was in Memphis. We were in Memphis. I was working out. We were getting ready for the game and I came back in the locker room and Steve Mills pulled me aside. He's like, ‘Yeah, man. We just traded you and Iman Shumpert to Cleveland.’ And I was just like, ‘Damn, where like, you know, I ain't want to say nothing of him or whatever.’ Because I already had my feelings about him and the situation that we were already in with the new group, new regime, whatever at that time.
JR Smith: Shumpert still like ‘damn Joe. They ain't believe in this joe’. I'm like ‘sh*t if you don't pipe that sh*t down, bro. We about to win the chip. You tripping, man. You don't knock that sh*t off, man. We were just damn near last place. We just went to damn near first. We going to the chip for sure’ You see our team?’ He's like, ‘Nah, Joe, man. F*ck that sh*t. Two weeks later, we get everybody came back healthy. LeBron James was healthy, Kyrie Irving was healthy, Kevin Love was healthy. We start blowing teams out and he looked at me like, ‘Yo, bro, I was tripping.’
Teyana Taylor is setting the record straight about her and Iman Shumpert’s divorce. Amid reports supposedly detailing divorce settlement began circulating online, the "We Got Love" singer accused her ex of leaking the alleged settlement details in a filing asking a Georgia court to hold him in contempt. In her filing, submitted March 18 and obtained by E! News, Taylor alleged that she and the NBA star—who share daughters Iman "Junie" Tayla Shumpert Jr., 9, and Rue Rose Shumpert, 4—never actually reached a settlement when they finalized their divorce in July 2024, after which the case was sealed.
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Taylor went on to debunk several rumors regarding the distribution of her and her ex's assets included in the rumored settlement. The 34-year-old said the court awarded her four out of her and Shumpert's seven properties, including two she said were purchased solely by her. Shumpert, she alleged in the filing, got to keep a Miami condo she says he had originally gifted to her. Her petition also noted, "Both parties put work, time and money into the remaining four properties that were divided by the Court."
Paul Pierce: At the trade deadline, you know, it’s noon. We were supposed to fly to Memphis. And what’s the day like? Everybody on edge. [Expletive] up. Silent. And this team is always gambling, playing music, drinking without the coaches knowing. Like, we crack, you know what I mean? And everyone was just uptight. And this was Twitter time—this wasn’t really Instagram time. So, me—I remember me and Darren Collison were supposed to get traded for Raymond Felton and Iman Shumpert. We were supposed to go to the Knicks, and they were supposed to come to us. So, that’s something that’s bouncing around on Twitter while that [expletive] is happening.
I was always curious, before Game 5, when you’re down 3-1, was there any moment where he said something or something happened that made you guys feel like, 'We’re gonna do this, we’re gonna come back and win this in seven'? IMAN SHUMPERT: When we were on the bus, Bron basically said, 'We’re gonna go there, we’re gonna win, and then we’re gonna win at home. After we win at home, that’s gonna put the pressure on them. They kind of don’t even want to win it in Cleveland; they’re gonna want to win their last one at home. So, either they get this one at home, or we’re automatically gonna get six because nobody wants to come back to Cleveland and do it.' What they didn’t realize was, he just broke the game down mentally for us: 'We’re gonna win this game. I guarantee y’all we’re gonna win this game. I don’t care what we gotta do—we’re winning.' And then, when we got back there, that’s when it happened. Draymond didn’t play. That’s right. Everybody was like, 'Wait a second, y’all lose superpowers when this man isn’t around. Ain’t no pointing at the sky no more, ain’t no tough guys. Nobody on y’all team wants to fight anymore. All y’all completely changed.' Their personalities changed.
Iman Shumpert on the idea of LeBron James and Stephen Curry teaming up: 'That's cheating'
While James and Curry face the prospect of ending their careers with four rings apiece and not much of a chance for a fifth ring, Shumpert is still against the idea of the two stars teaming up. “That's cheating,” says Shumpert. “It's literally cheating. One-three pick-and-roll with LeBron and Steph. Good luck. Good luck, guys. Please God, don't do that. That's cheating.”
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