Rumors

Timothée Chalamet's wish to play Ernie Johnson in a biopic might come true ... 'cause the actor just got a big thumbs up from the "Inside the NBA" host himself!! Timmy C -- who portrays Bob Dylan in the new "A Complete Unknown" movie -- recently revealed he'd be down to honor the longtime sports TV show host on the big screen ... if he were to ever take on another biopic. E.J. got wind of Chalamet's comments on Thursday ... and he said the "Dune" star gave him a ton of cred with his family. "I can't believe Timothée Chalamet said that, but it made me a hero with my kids and grandkids."

TMZ.com

It was Maravich, of course, who first showed a young guard from Michigan the razzle-dazzle of the no-look pass. (“That’s where I saw all that,” Magic Johnson once said. “From Pistol Pete.”) It was Maravich who created the prototype for Curry and Steve Nash and Trae Young — and every NBA guard who ever hoisted a jumper off the dribble from 25 feet. It was Maravich — the Pistol — who was the progenitor of “Showtime,” the revolutionary with the shaggy hair and the floppy socks and the strange dietary quirks — plant-based, before that was a thing. When the holy terror of the basketball world had the ball in his hands, the aesthetic that felt like art, closer to Bob Dylan than Bob Cousy. “He was the original,” Pat Riley once said. “When you talk about ‘Showtime,’ you talk about creativity and bringing a whole different concept to the game of basketball. Pete was the original.”

The Athletic

Was he joking? One can never be sure of his intentions, but Rondo’s quote calls to mind an old Bob Dylan line: "Don’t ask me nothing about nothing, I might just tell you the truth."

SB Nation

Mutombo is a tireless fund-raiser for the project, and in a voice that is raspier than a hoarse Bob Dylan, he'll remind most everyone he meets that even a $20 contribution can make a significant difference in such a poor country. The biggest source of funding, though, has been Mutombo himself; he has donated some $23 million - a fact that is a staggering testament to the man, according to Patrick Ewing, who preceded Mutombo at Georgetown and helped teach Mutombo the game over hours and hours of summer practice in Georgetown's McDonough Gymnasium. "It's a miracle, what he's doing with the hospital," says Ewing, now an assistant coach for Stan Van Gundy and the Orlando Magic. "Not many people would do what he's done - sacrifice so much to help others." Risa Lavizzo-Mourey is president and CEO of RWJF. "Dikembe takes this very seriously," Lavizzo-Mourey says. "He's fully invested not only his money, but his intellect and the tremendous force of his personality."

New York Daily News