Lakers' Ramon Sessions entering free agency. 

HoopsVibe Very Quick Call: Sessions smells that the Lakers are in a tough position and he's smart to levarage it for more money.

Los Angeles guard Ramon Sessions is declining his one-year option for 2012-2-13 and instead looking to test the free agent waters. He's clearly hoping to garner more than the $4.55 million option the Lakers had on the table. 

Sessions had a productive year with Los Angeles averaging 12.7 points, 6.2 assists, and 3.8 rebounds in 23 regular-season games. The Lakers need his speed and quickness both on offense and defense. They will be forced to still try and sign him through free agency, but would likely have to pay more.

LA traded long time point guard Derek Fisher away last off-season, due to his declining lateral mobility and will be in a bad situation if they can't resign Sessions for a reasonable amount of money. They've still got Gasol as an option to trade, but the problem is they don't have much money to play with and the number of quality guards available this off-season with comparable quickness are few.

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3 Point Play examines the three hottest viral basketball videos of the last week in the NBA and then figures out what makes them so addictive. 

HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: Kobe's words come back to haunt him in Houston. Poop Style. 

This weeks show looks at a clip involving Amir Johnson fighting with a ref that got over 700,000 hits in one week, the Lakers pooping their big boy pants in Houston, and Rondo insisting he will never learn his lesson in Boston.

If you have any basketball related clips you think deserve to be on 3 Point Play hit us up in the comments section below and we'll take a look.

The Grizzlies appear desperate to avoid the luxury tax. Trading Randolph may be their only way out.

HoopsVibe's Very Quick call: This could definitely help the Rockets, but do they really think it's enough?

Some weeks ago we ran a story reporting that a Chicago resident by the name of Kevin Jenkins was had filed to sue Antoine Walker for alleged improper conduct involving his fiancée, Johanna Edelberg. We reached out to Kevin for his side of the story, and he obliged us with what follows.

After taking the top spot on our list of the 25 hottest NBA wives and girlfriends, Hope Dworaczyk has proven to be one of our visitors' favorite ladies. With that being so, we couldn't think of anyone better to be our Babe of the Month for December 2010. Check out a steamy shot of Ms. Dworaczyk, a former girlfriend of Jason Kidd, then head on over to Sherdog to take a look at their pick for December's Babe of the Month. 

Right now life isn't exactly fantastic for Antoine Walker, the NBA's all-time leader in both shimmies and four-pointers attempted. After blowing through a phenomenal amount of dough (he earned over $110 million in his career) and struggling to return to the league, the last thing he wants is to be exposed to more financial liabilities. Unfortunately for 'Toine, that's exactly what happened when a Chicago resident by the name of Kevin Jenkinsfiled a suit claiming that Antoine Walker not only slept with his fiancée but convinced her to kick him out of their residence while Walker waited outside in his Range Rover.

The lady in question is one Johanna Edelberg, whose name last showed up in the papers in 2001 when her roommate committed suicide after the two smoked marijuana in their Manhattan apartment. Both women were then working as plus-size models for NYC's famed Wilhelmina Models agency, and a quick Google search turns up a number of photoshoots featuring the curvy Ms. Edelberg in such a capacity.

We discovered not too long ago that Eva Longoria and Tony Parker were set to split after TP9 allegedly put the naughty on the wife of former Spur Brent Barry. Nasty stuff all-round, and with Eva apparently unwilling to overlook Tony's infidelities it was no surprise that the pair bought a one-way ticket to Splitsville.

Traditionally, the interested parties sever all contact and leave it to the suits to divide the marbles and finalize the divorce. This time, however, it seems as if the estranged pair are looking to do things a little more personally, meeting face-to-face in an L.A.-area hotel before the Spurs-Clippers game to talk things over. So what does this mean? It could merely be that Eva and Tony are hoping to separate amicably, with a meeting on neutral ground a commitment to keeping this divorce from becoming unnecessarily messy. It could also be one last effort by TP9 to win back his lady before they reach the point of no return.

Oh, to be the G.O.A.T. With enough money in the bank that his son can burn through $50K in one day in Vegas without flinching, it's not particularly surprising to see Mike drop a huge wad of cash on property. This time, it's being reported that Michael Jordan has spent some $12,400,000 on a new house situated in a super-exclusive golf development owned by Jack Nicklaus.

Even with waterfront homes still available for sale, Money opted for something a little more secluded, copping what is believed to be the most expensive spot in the development without direct access to the water. The property also includes a guard house, a guest house and a pool house, all of which is spread over a sprawling 28,000 square feet in sunny Jupiter, Florida. While Jordan's initial financial commitment totals $12.4 million ($4.8 million for the land and a further $7.6 million for the construction), it's expected that he'll have ploughed a cool $20 million into the home when all is said and done.

If Mike's looking for some competition on the links, he may ring the doorbell of neighbor and friend Tiger Woods, who snapped up three adjacent properties on the development to create his own megahome.

As one of the most recognizable athletes on the planet, KB24 has a habit of popping up here, there and everywhere. Still, I can't have been the only one who was surprised to see Kobe Bryant make a cameo in the new Call of Duty: Black Ops commercial. In the one-minute TV spot Kobe appears for just a few seconds, wielding a heavy-duty firearm in the middle of a simulated combat situation alongside various other civilians.

For many months the word on the web was that Dwight Howard had finally found a new lady following the Royce Reed fiasco. Until recently, however, the identity of the woman in question remained a mystery. Now we know that the girl at the center of the rumors is Christine Vest, a former forward for Chico State, where she was a senior studying Communication Design last season.

Some of you will remember that earlier this year we put together a feature on the NBA's 50 worst tattoos that showcased the worst body art from across the league. Well, due to popular demand we've thrown the images into a short video. Check it out and let us know what you think.

It seems like only yesterday that we first reported that Maria Sharapova and Sasha Vujacic were dating, and initially few were ready to believe that The Machine, he whose rump is festooned with bench splinters, could have snagged one of the world's most recognizable athletes. As time went on, however, it became increasingly clear that the two were indeed an item, especially when photos started appearing of the pair all coupled up.

While the tweet disappeared fairly quickly, it was online long enough for us to get a little insight to the life of Michael Jordan's son. Marcus Jordan, a 6'3" guard for the University of Central Florida, may not have inherited his father's otherworldly talents, but the ability to burn through stacks of cash in Sin City certainly seems to be genetic. A tweet recently posted by the twenty-year-old Son of G.O.A.T. revealed that he dropped a cool $35K in a Vegas nightclub called Haze, and a total $50K over the course of the day. Here's a screenshot of the tweet:

If you missed episode 6 of Basketball Wives, you missed a great one. Luckily, you can catch up right here by watching the episode in its entirety. The wives get charitable in this episode, with Jennifer Williams hosting a benefit and Royce Reed inviting the other ladies to volunteer at a soup kitchen. There's also a ton of gossipy gold as the ladies dissect the latest rumors and take shots at one another.

In this clip from Basketball Wives, Evelyn Lozada makes waves by making a fashionably late entrance to Jennifer Williams' charity event with a new man on her arm. The surprise is the fact that her new fella is a mere 22 years old, a fact that doesn't go unnoticed by the other ladies. Naturally, a discussion ensues as they analyze Evelyn's decision to date a man many years her junior. Check out the clip below and let us know what you think of Evelyn Lozada's date by leaving a comment.

Oh, and there's a bonus appearance by Dennis Rodman. Blink and you'll miss it.

Basketball Wives just keeps getting better and better, huh? In this clip, Laura Govan and her sister Gloria, the fiancée of Gilbert Arenas, discuss the rumors that Gloria slept with Shaquille O'Neal. Laura also takes a shot at the other basketball wives, calling them "bitter" and jealous of her relationship with Matt Barnes. Let us know what you think of the clip by leaving a comment below.

Bad went to worse for Siohvaughn Wade when Dwyane started seeing Gabrielle Union, and today things just got even worserer. After failing to show in court this morning for the ongoing custody case between her and estranged husband Dwyane, Judge Marya Nega gave her until the afternoon to either appear or face time in jail. Guess what: She never materialized. When the deadline came and went and she remained a no-show, the judge followed through on her threat and ordered the Cook County Sheriff's Department to take Siohvaughn Wade into custody.

Monday night, LeBron James received the Maurice Podoloff Trophy for the second time in as many years. The hardware is presented each year to the NBA’s Most Valuable Player. Being the MVP means different things to different people, but it is generally accepted that the award will go to the player who has proven himself to be the best of the best. It is the result of dedication, supreme talent and favorable on-court results. So few people achieve the honor that being named MVP almost certainly guarantees basketball immortality via enshrinement in the Hall of Fame.

So it’s a little puzzling that its winner would receive a Kia.

In this clip from the most recent episode of Basketball Wives, Evelyn Lozada hires a private investigator after receiving a series of threatening emails. Evelyn expresses her concern that the anonymous messages mention her teenage daughter, and tells the investigator that she thinks an NBA wife or girlfriend is responsible. Could these be threats from the person who leaked the naked photos of Evelyn Lozada? I guess we'll find out.

Matt Barnes is the only active NBA player to have appeared in Basketball Wives, and evidently he's none too happy about it. He appeared on Jim Rome's radio show recently and let us know how he really feels about the TV show that gives us a glimpse into the lives of NBA wives and girlfriends. (If you haven't seen it, by the way, click here to watch Matt Barnes' appearance on Basketball Wives.)

 “I was 100% against it. Shaunie O’Neal approached my fiancée (Gloria Govan) and I was really apprehensive about it. They kept approaching my fiancée Gloria about it back and forth and back and forth and I was really against it. My fiancée talked to the producers and went through everything and felt good about it. I definitely backed her."

The saga continues for Dwyane Wade and estranged wife Siohvaughn Wade (née Funches). After a horribly messy divorce which involved accusations that Dwyane gave his former lady an STD and that his children no longer recognized him, it looked as if things were finally quieting down.  Not so, evidently.  After settling into a new relationship with model/actress Gabrielle Union (who took the third spot on our list of the NBA's 25 Hottest Wives and Girlfriends), things were looking up for Wade's personal life.

Just when you thought Gilbert Arenas' gun troubles were over, they get just a little bit worse. This time, it's Gil's woes aren't due to gun possession but, unusually, non-possession. You see, it turns out that the former All-Star and current felon dropped some dough in the February of 2006 to expand his prolific gun collection.

In this clip from Basketball Wives, Jennifer Williams, Evelyn Lozada and Royce Reed spot Sandra, a woman they call "Plastic Surgery" with a reputation as a groupie. Spurred on by Royce, Jennifer decides to confront the woman and ask her about her relationship with Eric Williams. Things go sour quickly when the woman defends herself and tells Jennifer that she has seen Eric talking to other women.

In the following clip from episode 3 of Basketball Wives, Jennifer Williams takes Royce Reed to her stylist for a makeover to help her shake off the "little girl-pretty" look. 

In this clip from last night's episode of Basketball Wives, Evelyn Lozada and Jennifer Williams eat breakfast at the home of Matt Barnes and Gloria Govan. Matt mentions that they live very close to Tiger Woods, and the conversation turns to Tiger's infidelity. Evelyn and Jennifer antagonize Jennifer and Matt despite Matt's neutral stance on the matter.

In this clip from Basketball Wives, Gloria Govan talks about life in Orlando with Matt Barnes and their 16-month-old twin boys. She also drops some information on their unconventional first date, infidelity and why she decided to appear on the show.

Eric Williams does his best to keep things light while explaining his actions, but there's little he can to do take the edge off the tension during his dinner with wife Jennifer Williams. Check the clip below to see the couple bicker as they discuss Eric's past transgressions and Evelyn Lozada's search for a man to replace Antoine Walker.

Yet another NBA player is discovering that technology can be your best friend and worst enemy at the same time. This time the affected party is Greg Oden. And while some past incidents involving players left us with vivid-- and disturbing-- mental imagery, Oden's situation eliminates that part of the process. There are pictures. And, according to Oden himself and in contradiction to speculation that the images were fakes, they are legitimate.

Gross.

It's not just NBA players that are getting caught out when it comes to private snaps going public. (Click to read about Greg Oden's doodle, George Hill's premature problem and Dorell Wright's shortcomings.) Now it turns out that Evelyn Lozada, the ex-fiancée of Antoine Walker currently appearing in VH1's Basketball Wives, took some naked photos of her own. While it's unknown exactly how long ago they were captured and sent to that special someone, they hit the web very recently and have been widely disseminated since then. All that is known is that they originated from a man she previously dated to whom she sent the photos in confidence. As we've learned recently, though, it's not too uncommon for such shots to find their way out into the wide world.

"She looks like a little girl, but she's kind of thrusting her vagina everywhere." - Evelyn Lozada on Royce Reed's dancing.

You know you want to watch the clip. Go on, click it. Nobody will know. Seriously, this clip is about as entertaining as they get. Royce Reed apparently hasn't learned from her last public performance and decides she wants to perform at Evelyn Lozada's 34th birthday party. What ensues baffles the other women of Basketball Wives and, in the process, makes for some great television.

A week ago HoopsVibe set out to find the NBA's 25 hottest wives and girlfriends from our gallery of 500+ images, and the process turned out to be harder than we expected. After consulting a panel evenly split between men and women, conducting a few polls and shuffling the order a few dozen times, though, we finally settled on the list below. Read, enjoy, then get involved in the discussion by leaving your comment at the bottom of the page. Let's get right into it.

Once again, Royce Reed is at the center of the Basketball Wives drama, this time without even being present. When Royce still hasn't made an appearance at Evelyn Lozada's 34th birthday party a full two hours after it started, Jennifer Williams starts to get a little testy. Shaunie O'Neal's friend Rashidah Ali calls her out and a tense moment ensues. Check the clip out to see exactly what goes down.

After an interesting opening episode, I was wondering what mischief the women of VH1's Basketball Wives would find themselves in for the second show. Well, in the clip below the action turns to the preparations for Evelyn Lozada's 34th birthday party, which doubles as an independence party acknowledging the end of her ten-year relationship with Antoine Walker. She and her event planner visit different spots as they decide on a venue, but the real quandary concerns whether or not to invite Royce Reed, who in the previous episode embarrassed the other basketball wives with her dancing.

The problems are still piling up for Allen Iverson.  After splitting from the Philadelphia 76ers and divorcing wife Tawanna Iverson, you couldn't blame AI for acting a little out of character.  Reports hit the gossip pages suggesting that Iverson had something of a drinking problem and that his gambling behavior had resulted in his being banned from several casinos.  The purchase of a $4.5 million house seemed to confirm the split from Tawanna, and since then we've heard very little from the former NBA MVP.

After Greg Oden's doodle and George Hill's wang showed up online, I thought we'd seen the last of NBA dong for a while.  Nuh-uh.  Yet again a poor decision made about a year back has resulted in someone's junk being exposed to the world.  In this case, the baller in question is Dorell Wright, small forward for the Miami Heat.  After his girlfriend and baby mother Mia Lee posted a tweet in reference to Wright, a groupie and former hook-up responded by posting the compromising images that have put the 6'9" three in an embarrassing spot.  In the photos, Wright can be seen exposing himself during an online chat session.

Things aren't going well for Allen Iverson right now.  Two of the major elements of his life over the past ten years, the Philadelphia 76ers and wife Tawanna Iverson, have called things off with the diminutive guard in the past couple of weeks.  While Stephen A. Smith claims the former MVP has turned to gambling and alcohol to drown his sorrows, AI had enough cash left over to drop a cool $4.5 million on a pad in an ultra-rich suburb of Atlanta, his summer hometown.

 With the debate over Wilt Chamberlain's claim to have slept with over 20,000 women still raging, we hear from former NBA player Winston Bennett that he would regularly take over ninety women to bed in a month.

“Three or four women in one day was typical for me. It was like a drug. I had to have more.”

In his first proper interview with the media since the gun fiasco that saw him suspended for the season Gilbert Arenas opens up on all manner of matters.  The full interview with Esquire is interesting, but in particular the detail that he once owned 400-500 guns that he bought from a collector in his seventies is striking.  Here's the excerpt:

It has long been thought that the only player who could challenge Ron Artest's craziness was former NBA player Dennis Rodman. Artest has finally taken the final step to emulating The Worm. We told you yesterday that he was dying it, but here's the finished product.

 I have no words.  Luckily, I do have a picture.  Enjoy, and let us know what you think of Ron Artest dying his hair blond by leaving a comment below.

Things just keep getting worse for Allen Iverson.  AI has struggled on the court, moved through multiple teams and recently left the 76ers to tend to his unwell daughter Messiah in Atlanta.  Well, it turns out that the same day that he parted ways with Philly he also began the process of splitting from his wife.  Tawanna Iverson, who has been married to Allen for eight years, filed for divorce in the Fulton County Superior Court Tuesday, stating that their marriage was "irretrievably broken".  Tawanna is also seeking temporary and permanent custody of their five children, who range in age from 17 months to 15 years.

Could the breakdown of his marriage have contributed to Iverson's decision to call it quits on the season?  Will the stress of parting from the mother of his kids ultimately lead to his retirement from the NBA?  Let us know what you think by leaving a comment below.

Fresh from the TMI files comes another of KK's discussions of her definitely-not-a-publicity-stunt marriage to the Candyman.  Now it transpires that while Khloé Kardashian and Lamar Odom aren't planning children, Khloé isn't using the Pill either.  

"We're just being a healthy married young couple. I'm not sitting here staring at an ovulation calendar. I'm not saying to Lamar, 'Okay, it's time, let's go!' Yes, I'm not on the Pill, but people stir my words around."

 When you stop playing defense, doesn't that imply that you're trying for a baby?  Is this the way people who like surprises plan a family?  If you know, please inform us.

 Somebody gave a video camera to music producer/freelance leprechaun Jermaine Dupri, and the handsome little guy used it to record a series of video segments detailing his post-Janet Jackson existence as a dude with a decent amount of money.  Naturally, his baller lifestyle took him to All-Star Weekend 2010 in Dallas, where he ran into the inimitable Shaquille O'Neal.  As always, the big guy only needed a chance to talk and entertainment flowed forth from his general direction.  If you want to skip ahead, the big guy shows up a little after the 3:20 mark.

Kenya Bell is, by all accounts, a very intelligent woman.  She may have a little too much free time on her hands, though.  


 

The former Miss Michigan and wife of Milwaukee guard Charlie Bell has loaded only a few videos to her YouTube page (one of which is private but looks fascinating), but so far they're quite, how you say, entertaining.  Just watch them.  Please.

There are smart ways to spend your money, and there are dumb ways.  Then there's this.  Marquis Daniels, no-time All-Star and current 6.2 ppg bench player for the Boston Celtics, felt it appropriate to order a pendant made in the likeness of his head, covered in diamonds.  No foolin'.

Apparently, this is the time of year when NBA exes leak cellphone camera snaps of their former baller boyfriends to the public.  Greg Oden's doodle was the first to hit the web, and now we discover that George Hill, reserve point guard for the San Antonio Spurs, has also made an appearance online in his birthday suit.  

It's not quite the same this time, though.  It's worse.  Much worse.

Khloé Kardashian has a plan to keep Lamar Odom faithful on road trips.  That plan, as you may have guessed already, is terrible.  It is in a scene in her soul-crushingly dull reality TV show that we discover that the largest of all the known Kardashians has taken a break in her studies on Quantum Theory to formulate a scheme to make sure her new hubby doesn't stray when the Lakers are playing away from Staples.

If you haven't heard stories of epic debauchery from NBA locker rooms, you haven't been listening hard enough.  The difference between those mythical tales and this one, however, is that here the events are practically confirmed by a very, very reliable source.  In Roland Lazenby's new book "Jerry West: The Life and Legend of a Basketball Icon", West practically confirms some of the shenanigans that took place in the locker room of the Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s.

Fans of HoopsVibe will know the name Siohvaughn Funches (pictures here and here) by now.  The ex-wife of Dwyane Wade popped up in the gossip section here a couple of times, most recently when she accused Dwyane of giving her an STD, and subsequently when Flash sued her for the allegation.  

Retirement may be dull for some folks, but life doesn't look too bad for Michael Jordan right now.  Not only is the GOAT free to roam the world in search of sun, sea and golf, but he has a pretty pleasant situation at home in Miami.  Throw in a gorgeous girlfriend in Yvette Prieto and a Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano and MJ is the envy of most men on the planet.