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Hilarious Video of the Night

http://youtu.be/e_fE14IwGUw

It’s almost that time of the year again, and some of us are almost as excited about the return of TNT’s Inside The NBA as we are for the actual season.

Instagrams of the Night

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Paul Pierce looks like he’s in pretty good shape as he enters his first year in Washington.

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Offseason work by Bradley Beal. Watch out for the Wizards this season as Beal and John Wall seem determined to come back with a bang following last season’s success.

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Jeremy Lin says his focus has been on his defense, footwork and explosiveness as he heads into his first season in Los Angeles.

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The late, great Dennis Johnson’s birthday would have been this past Thursday.

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A young Shaq, Karl Malone and Pip in this throwback to the ’96 Dream Team courtesy of Pippen’s IG account.

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The Bulls are excited about their new addition, E’Twaun Moore, who should help their  backcourt.

Old-School Clips of the Night

It really must have been a surreal feeling for an L.A. native to play and thrive for his hometown team’s arch rival.

http://youtu.be/-42c470-MjM

Perhaps, guys like Kobe and T-Mac adapted their off-the-backboard pass to themselves from this old-school connection between the aforementioned Johnson and none other than Larry Bird…

Mixtapes of the Night

Jaylen Brown showed all types of game at the adidas Nations tourney earlier this summer, but that clearly wasn’t the only tournament he played well in. S/O to the BallIsLife.com crew for another great highlight package.

Speaking of the BallIsLife crew, here’s the first compilation of their top “posterizing” dunks from a few years back.

Bonus Barkley

At times, Barkley’s golf swing is better than his pronunciation of certain names.

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Jeff Hawkins
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Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry (print and digital media). A freelance writer/stay-at-home dad since 2008, Hawkins started his career with newspaper stints in Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Upstate New York and Illinois, where he earned the 2004 APSE first-place award for column writing (under 40,000 circulation). As a beat writer, he covered NASCAR Winston Cup events at NHIS (1999-2003), the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (2003-06) and the NFL's Carolina Panthers (2011-12). Hawkins penned four youth sports books, including a Michael Jordan biography. Hawkins' main hobbies include mountain bike riding, 5k trail runs at the Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C., and live music.

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Jeff Hawkins Sports Editor

Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry (print and digital media). A freelance writer/stay-at-home dad since 2008, Hawkins started his career with newspaper stints in Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Upstate New York and Illinois, where he earned the 2004 APSE first-place award for column writing (under 40,000 circulation). As a beat writer, he covered NASCAR Winston Cup events at NHIS (1999-2003), the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (2003-06) and the NFL's Carolina Panthers (2011-12). Hawkins penned four youth sports books, including a Michael Jordan biography. Hawkins' main hobbies include mountain bike riding, 5k trail runs at the Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C., and live music.

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