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Kevin Hart: I need your Top 5 of all time. Victor Wembanyama: That’s hard to say, I can give you a starting five. Hart: OK give me a starting five. Wembanyama: Stephen Curry, Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Tim Duncan and Shaquille O’Neal.

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Kevin Hart: How would you match up against a player like Shaquille O’Neal today? Victor Wembanyama: One on one? Hart: Be honest. Wembanyama: Nobody guards star players one on one. Shaq, I don’t know if he has ever been guarded one on one in his career, neither have I. Shaq is one of my favorite players and also one of least favorite journalists.

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Kevin Hart: I’m aware that you are a huge Kevin Durant fan. Is that true? Victor Wembanyama: That’s right. Hart: Did you try to model your game after KD? Wembanyama: I wouldn’t say model, but definitely got inspired.

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By the time a head-shaven Victor Wembanyama derobed to hop in an “ice bath” and cut it up with comedian Kevin Hart on stage at Fanatics Fest in June, the basketball card market for the San Antonio Spurs star had already started to rebound after his injury scare a couple of months before. Wembanyama’s 2023 Panini Prizm Silver rookie card, a more limited and shinier version of his base rookie card, with a Gem-Mint 10 grade from PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator) sold for as high as $950 in early February according to Market Movers — an online card sales monitor. Granted, that’s nowhere near the $2,500 price tag examples of this card fetched in March 2024 when Wemby hype was at its peak, but the near $1,000 price displayed growing confidence in the long-term value of his cards.

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With the trade deadline and “All-Star Weekend starring Kevin Hart” now in the rearview mirror, the NBA picture has come more into focus. The haves and the have-not-enoughs are clear. One league exec was on the line Tuesday to note his early call was still valid. “There’s no way you can look at the league now and say that Boston, Cleveland and Oklahoma City aren’t on a different level. I told you that almost two months ago,” he said. “The only way anything changes by the end of the season is injuries, but you’ve got to be looking at three of the four conference finals teams here. Those guys have separated themselves.”

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Scott Agness: Pacers Sports & Entertainment has announced a new partnership with Hartbeat, founded by Kevin Hart, to be the official "cultural curator" beginning with a music and comedy festival over WNBA All-Star Weekend in July.

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The NBA All-Star Game has come and gone, with another milestone marking the end of Turner Sports’ 40-year domestic partnership with the league. Its new format, with a four-team tournament, had some positives in the sense that player effort was clearly elevated over the last several years—a low bar to clear, to be sure—but it was marred by endless play stoppages for commercials, Kevin Hart, and Mr. Beast. At one point, Hart eulogized an Inside the NBA that is very much not dead, but rather migrating to ESPN next season while still being produced by TNT. Sources who were in the Bay Area this weekend—in hotel lobbies and at cocktail parties and sponsorship events—say several changes for the weekend are being discussed for next year even before Sunday’s game tipped off.

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Players expressed satisfaction with the action on the floor, but pointed out Sunday's tournament featured too many stoppages, as comedian Kevin Hart entertained the crowd at Chase Center with commentary and banter that halted play. "To be honest, I didn't like it at all," said Trae Young, a member of Chuck's Global Stars. "I didn't like the breaks. The games were so short. Obviously, we can score. So, they're trying to, I feel like, trying to extend the game, extend the TV time with the breaks and things like that."

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Nikola Jokić to Kevin Hart: “I thought you were someone’s kid”

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Tim Reynolds: Kevin Hart will be the on-court emcee for the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday.

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LeBron James appeared in a sports betting commercial for Draft Kings with comedian legend Kevin Hart. Having Hart in the skit, something funny was bound to happen. True enough, the comedian roasted James' age and made fun of him for being an old athlete wanting to play for the NFL. The skit started with James receiving an NFL betting offer from Draft Kings, which he blurted out loud. Hart, not knowing what the Los Angeles Lakers star meant, let his intrusive thoughts win and savagely roasted the King. “Aren’t you a little too old to play football? They want somebody to run a 40, not somebody that is 40. When the coach calls your number you're gonna say ‘G 56! Bingo!' How you gonna celebrate a win? You gonna give everybody butterscotch candy? Prolly out your pocket with no wrappers on. Just give them raw candy. That's nasty by the way.”

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ClutchPoints: LeBron James: “I just got an NFL offer!” Kevin Hart: “Aren’t you a little too old to play football? They want somebody to run a 40, not somebody that IS 40. How you gonna celebrate a win? You gonna give everybody butterscotch candy?” 😭😂

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The Art Of Dialogue: Kevin Hart responds to Katt Williams on NBA Unplugged.

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Kevin Hart is taking a leaf out of Peyton and Eli Manning’s playbook. The comedian is to host a Manningcast-style alternate broadcast for the NBA’s new in-season tournament. NBA Unplugged with Kevin Hart, which comes from Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions and Hart’s own Hartbeat, will air on ESPN2 on December 9

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