Hooped Up

Apparently Magic Johnson loves watching LeBron James dunk during pre-game warmup so much that he’s prepared to give LBJ one million just to enter the Slam Dunk Contest. Gitty up!

“Please LeBron, get in the dunk contest,” Johnson said earlier tonight on ESPN’s Kia NBA Countdown pregame show. “I’m going to put up a million dollars. A million dollars to LeBron. Please get in the dunk contest. I go every year. I want to see you out there. A million to the winner.”

Currently, the league pays $100,000 to the winner of the slam dunk and $50,000 to the runner-up.

Remember those cool warm up jackets each All-Star wore that had patches along the left side indicating their accomplishments? Well if you were curious what that same jacket would look like if Michael Jordan was a 2013 All-Star. Look no further.

H/N Bleacher Report

For his first all-star game appearance, Joakim Noah hit the court rocking some customized le coq sportif Joakim Noah 3.0 kicks for the special occasion. The shoes feature a unique tricolor and tribal look inspired by his multicultural roots and with the words “Houston” and the date of “2.17.2013″ on the toeboxes.

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Chris Paul became the first Los Angeles Clippers player to be named NBA All-Star game MVP, with an impressive scoring 20 points and 15 assists in the West’s 143-138 victory over the East.

CP3 joins Hall of Fame point guards, Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas as the only player to record at least 20 points and 15 assists in an all-star game. I now feel like the Clippers are taking over Los Angeles in every aspect.

The “Claim Face” aka Cliff Paul and the “Game Face” aka Chris Paul were finally spotted in the same place at the same time. You say clever editing, I say monozygotic twins in da house son.

Thanks for all the support, couldn’t have done it with out you. #LetRossDunk #RossShallDunk #RossJustDunked #DunkCancer #NBA #SpriteSlam

— Terrence Ross (@T_DotFlight31) February 17, 2013

“I feel like I was a dark horse in this competition. I just wanted to go out and prove a point that I was one of the premier shooters out here with all these guys. Steve Novak and Matt Bonner, I never thought I’d beat those guys.” – Kyrie Irving

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Welp. Things didn’t pan out as expected for James White, but Flight did showoff his trademark free-throw line and popularity with flight attendants talent.

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