Kobe Bryant sat out the 2010 NBA All-Star game due to a sore left ankle and to pick up some much needed rest. He was still able to attract the attention of the fans, a little too much attention in the case of one woman. Craig Sager asked Kobe what the heckler said before being removed from her seat by security, but Kobe said he didn’t hear her. Thankfully Sager did and filled everybody in. Read the full story

Craig Sager takes pride in wearing some of the ugliest suits ever seen by man. He’s more recognized for his clothing than for adding anything to an NBA on TNT broadcast. If he’s going to be on television you can count on Sager showing up in something that makes the players and his fellow broadcasters laugh. The 2010 NBA Rookie-Sophomore game was another chance for Sager to embarrass himself. Read the full story

TNT is home to “40 Games in 40 Nights” during the NBA Playoffs and it also broadcasts “The Closer” starring Kyra Sedgwick. This means if the Lakers are blowing out the Houston Rockets the network can send Craig Sager on a mission to interview Mrs. Kevin Bacon. Read the full story

Ron Artest got ejected from Game 2 of the Lakers-Rockets Western Conference semifinal match-up for getting mad at Kobe Bryant for elbowing him in the neck. In the two videos below Artest gives his take on the elbow, his ejection, and physical basketball. Read the full story

Ron Artest. That’s all I need to say. When you read the name Ron Artest and you know the Rockets didn’t play, the logical conclusion is that Ron did or said something. Like when he’s promoting his mixtape, or rejecting Stat Quo’s “Greg Oden’s gay” talk.

In this case he’s doing an interview with TNT’s Craig Sager. In less than 80 seconds Ron says he’ll take Brandon Roy over Kobe and LeBron, calls out Roy’s defense, disses Charles Barkley, and claims Michael Jordan wanted to face him in his prime.

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