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Former NBA big man JaVale McGee is now suiting up for the Vaqueros de Bayamón in Puerto Rico’s top professional league, the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. Following his stint with the Sacramento Kings in the 2023-24 campaign, the 16-year NBA veteran made the leap abroad, signing his first international deal.

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On Friday, three-time NBA champion JaVale McGee got into an altercation with Jonathan Rodríguez, a guard-forward for the Capitanes de Arecibo. The incident began when the two locked up and wrestled for position beneath the basket late in the second quarter. Despite giving up five inches in height to the 7-foot McGee, Rodríguez stood his ground and didn’t back down. After a tense exchange, the former LA Lakers center grabbed Rodríguez by the neck and shoved him. Officials and teammates from both squads quickly stepped in to break up the confrontation before it escalated further. Both McGee and Rodríguez were ejected from the game as a result of the altercation.

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Rudy Gobert. When it was pretty obvious that he wanted to spend his whole career in Utah, but when it was pretty obvious that might not be the way that thing was going that last year, Dallas was at the top of his kind of silent list of preferred destinations. And there was a time where Mark Cuban and Nico Harrison were both very interested in that idea.” The Mavericks knocked the Jazz out of the playoffs that year. Jason Kidd was not so excited about the idea of having Rudy Gobert. They couldn’t have outbid the Timberwolves anyway, but then the Mavericks came around on this: ‘Yeah, we’ll get half the production on 20% of the salary.’ And they gave JaVale McGee 20% of the salary.

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Three-time NBA champion JaVale McGee signed with Puerto Rican team Vaqueros de Bayamon for the 2025 season.

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Danilo Gallinari: From Denver to Bayamón… It’s been a few years, but we’re ready to shine together again 🙌 Welcome back, @JaValeMcGee ! 📹 by @VaquerosBSN #VaquerosBSN

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Brendan Haywood: "The gun situation with Javaris and Gil was the dumbest thing of all time. Two guys let their pride and ego get in the way. First and foremost, it wasn’t even about either one of their money. I think it was JaVale McGee who might have owed Earl Boykins money. Long story short, jokes started getting made like, 'You can’t owe this guy money,' and Javaris was like, 'Yeah, you can’t owe that guy money,' and Gil started talking about how Javaris owes money. Next thing you know, it snowballs out of hand. Javaris is like, 'I’ll shoot you in your knee,' and Gil’s like, 'Oh, you want to talk about guns? I got all the guns.' It escalated from nothing. Then Gil puts a gold Desert Eagle in Javaris’s locker as a joke, and Javaris says, 'I don’t need your gun; I got my own.' It turned into something stupid over a card game."

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The Trade Deadline: "I'm hearing [the Pacers] are looking at JaVale McGee." -- Kevin O'Conno

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Green still views himself as a natural power forward. The glory days of this Warriors run planted him next to durable centers like Andrew Bogut, Zaza Pachulia and JaVale McGee for the majority of his minutes. “I’m really good next to a center,” Green said. “I’m decent at center, but I think I’m really good next to a center.”

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JaVale McGee: "Men don’t have the right to be emotional. Like, I know women always say, 'We want you to give us your emotions,' blah blah. No offense to anybody that’s in prison, but most emotional men are in prison. If you really think about it, you know what I'm saying? They reacted off their emotions. Somebody made them mad, they went and did something. Somebody did that, they went and did something, and that obviously put you in a bad position for your life. That doesn’t help at all just because somebody disrespected you, you get what I'm saying?"

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HoopsHype: American players with multiple DNPs at the Olympics this century: Emeka Okafor Harrison Barnes Jerami Grant Keldon Johnson JaVale McGee Tyrese Haliburton Jayson Tatum

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Sean Cunningham: Kings head coach Mike Brown will be among the many celebrities playing in JaVale McGee's softball event on Saturday at Sutter Health Park. The JUGLIFE Water 4 Life Celebrity Baseball Game begins at 4:00 p.m.

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Matt George: JaVale McGee compares De'Aaron Fox's leadership style to that of Steph Curry, but thinks the Kings still need a Draymond Green-type enforcer/vocal leader. Full interview: youtu.be/xmk4IsQGlek pic.twitter.com/TAsoKlJNbN

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Matt George: JaVale McGee & I were having a discussion about Malik Monk's role when JaVale explained just how much starting matters to NBA players. Full interview: youtu.be/xmk4IsQGlek pic.twitter.com/FrugAabup6

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James Ham: "I have no interest in retiring at all." -JaVale McGee

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