Hooped Up

If you think former NBAers Sonny Weems and Nenad Krstic who currently play for CSKA Moscow of the Russian Professional Basketball League, aren’t eating Papa John’s pizza in a hot tub with Russian models while wearing their uniforms. You are sooooo wrong.

H/N Ball in Europe

Thanks to that whole weird Masha Kirilenko in a ghostface thing. I now also know that her husband, former Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko has an epic back tattoo. Thanks random Internet image searches! You’re the best.

See more of this epic tattoo below.

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Since former Utah Jazz star Andrei Kirilenko took his talents to Mother Russia, he’s been having a ball. Playing with CSKA Moscow, AK-47 has been averaging 12.6 points and 2.2 blocks on a team-high 28 minutes a game.

His wife Masha is doing okay too. If you consider her wearing a ghostface mask from the movie Scream during one of her husbands games as okay, according to this picture from the official CSKA Moscow Twitter feed.

Goodtimes — maybe.

AK-47 is still AK-47ing for CSKA Moscow with no immediate plans to re-join the league, but who knows. Maybe by this time next year, Andrei Kirilenko will be back in the league dunking on players we’ve heard of before. No offence Zupan?

Fran Vasquez, meet Micah Downs who will be owning you throughout the night and then throughout eternity on a poster on a kids wall for generations. Okay, thanks.

Magnifique! Even in Paris, Basketball never stops. Created by Yue We, Stadium Paris present 10 black and white chapters by Yue We on Paris bball stories. Featuring Boris Diaw, Stephane Ashpool from PXA, Hammadoune Siddibé from Quai 54 or Olivier Barthelemy — and their very own stories from 10 playgrounds.

See the trailer below.

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For the first time this season the Euroleague’s weekly MVP honor is shared by two players. Erazem Lorbek of FC Barcelona Regal and Milan Macvan of Partizan both starred in important wins for their respective teams en route to sharing Week 7 bwin MVP honors.

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Before their EuroChallenge game against ZZ Leiden, Besiktas honored departing Deron Williams by allowing him to lead a fan chant and then sending his No. 8 to the rafters in a ceremony at Besiktas Milangaz Arena. Not bad for a guy that only played 15 games in Turkey and had averages of 21.8 points and 6.5 assists during his stay in Istanbul. I wonder if the Nets will do the same if he bolts? Probably not.