Basketball Fiend

1. Details of the Lamar Odom-Kloe Kardashian prenup are frankly irrelevant to the world of basketball, but I know you’ll find them interesting so here goes. “Khloe wanted: a flat sum of about $500,000 for every year they were married, $25,000 a month in general support, their new house, a new luxury vehicle at the end of every lease cycle, $5,000 a month for shopping, $1,000 for beauty care, AND courtside Lakers tickets for everyone in her family.” (Courtesy of Ball Don’t Lie via RadarOnline.com.)

2. Sports Media Watch reports a major change to NBATV Tuesday nights. Gary Payton is out. Kevin McHale is in. Also, Ahmad Rashad has been replaced with TNT mainstay Ernie Johnson. As long as McHale isn’t in charge of personnel decisions, I’m okay with the move. Chris Webber on the other hand? I think he’s going to miss his boy.

3. With the signing of Ben Gordon and the “next franchise player” tag attached to Rodney Stuckey, it appears Rip Hamilton is the odd man out in Detroit. Will he be traded? Probably. Where will he be traded? I don’t know. Hopefully Sacramento. We’ve got Kenny Thomas’ expiring contract!

4. ESPN.com is expanding its True Hoop network to include Marc Stein, Chad Ford, Chris Sheridan, J.A. Adande and John Hollinger. Does this mean we’ll see the Worldwide Leader’s first Insider-only blog? I hope not, but I wouldn’t put it past them.

5. Al Horford claims Paul Pierce owes him $10,000 from a bet made during the 2008 playoffs. To me, the issue isn’t Pierce welching on the bet. It’s the fact that Horford is whining about $10k. Isn’t that, like, $5 in NBA money? C’mon, Al…

Bonus link!

Hoops4Life put together a fantastic video tribute to preps-to-the-pros prodigies Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and LeBron James. The editing is top notch and the storyline is just as good. Tip of the hat to the guys over at H4L. (H/T also to Ball Don’t Lie for the link.)

[Photo courtesy of NY Daily News.]

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