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USA Basketball: USA National Team Photos - July 21

You think CP3 and Mike D’Antoni are working on their secret Knicks handshake? Picture this: Madison Square Garden with Amar’e Stoudemire, Chris Paul, and (wishful thinking) Carmelo Anthony in the starting lineup. Somewhere Alicia Keys is preparing to write a new song. 

Sidenote: rather ironic that in “Empire State of Mind” Jay-Z name drops both LeBron and Wade…

I got nothin. Reblog this with your best caption. Winner gets to have their face tattooed on DeShawn Stevenson’s neck.

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Great read over at CNNSI.com about the blowup between Isiah Thomas and Magic Johnson over Magic’s upcoming book “When the Game Was Ours.” In it, Magic accuses Isiah of questioning his sexuality. There’s also this gem:

“Isiah killed his own chances when it came to the Olympics. Nobody on that team wanted to play with him. … Michael didn’t want to play with him. Scottie [Pippen] wanted no part of him. Bird wasn’t pushing for him. Karl Malone didn’t want him. Who was saying, ‘We need this guy?’ Nobody.”