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Before he was released from Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, Lil Wayne got a visit from an NBA player who regards the rap star as a "big brother." "I just went to make sure my friend was good," the Los Angeles Clippers' Chris Paul told Yahoo! Sports on Tuesday after the team's a shootaround at Sleep Train Arena. "I don't really want to talk about what is going on [with Wayne's medical condition]. But as a friend, I just wanted to make sure he was OK." Wayne was released Monday after being hospitalized for nearly a week, according to a tweet from rapper Mack Maine. The Associated Press reported that the Grammy award winner was hospitalized for a seizure. Paul was among several celebrities, including rappers Drake, Nicki Minaj and Birdman, who visited Wayne. Yahoo! Sports

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"I listen to his music. He's my favorite," Paul said. "There are a lot of parallels with sports and stuff like that and his work ethic. He is unbelievable." The bond hasn't kept Weezy from rooting against Paul when the Clippers play Wayne's beloved Los Angeles Lakers. The Clippers are 3-0 against the Lakers this season, something Paul hasn't been shy about telling his buddy. "When I always beat the Lakers he is the first person I call," Paul said. Yeah, seriously." Yahoo! Sports

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Lil Wayne had no shortage of famous visitors last night -- Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul and his wife Jada stopped by Cedars-Sinai to see how the famous rapper was doing. Cameras also caught Drake, Weezy's protégé, visiting Wayne last night as well. As TMZ first reported, Wayne was hospitalized twice this week for seizures. His situation was dire last night, but his condition eventually stabilized. According to our sources, Wayne went on a Sizzurp binge between his hospital visits and doctors had to pump his stomach three time to flush the drugs from his system. TMZ.com

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Lil’ Wayne has beef with the Miami Heat. Why? Well, he told an audience in Miami Houston last night it was because he “f----- Chris Bosh wife.” Bosh got engaged to Adrienne Williams in 2010; the couple welcomed a young child into this cruel world last year. Lil’ Wayne – who was kicked out of a Heat-Lakers game recently – apparently hates LeBron and “She Wade,” too. Could it all really stem from this alleged incident with Chris Bosh’s wife? The Big Lead

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Lil Wayne has a song called Troublemaker. Surprisingly, it's not about his attendance at NBA games. The rapper left the Miami Heat-Los Angeles Lakers game Sunday afternoon and tweeted he was forced to leave because he was rooting for the Lakers. But Heat spokeswoman Lorrie-Ann Diaz told USA TODAY Sports in an e-mail that Lil Wayne was not kicked out but instead chose to leave. "So I'm @ da Heat game right, rootin 4 da Lakers kuz dats my team & would u believe they got police 2 make me leave?! Wow!" Lil Wayne tweeted at 5:01 p.m. ET. USA Today Sports

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One fan who was at the game said security approached Lil Wayne after he made a gesture. "Random guy yelled at Lil Wayne at #MiamiHEAT game. Weezy looked back, gave him a mean stare & gestured he had a gun," tweeted Danny Vega, who said he was at the game and sitting near Lil Wayne. "Weezy just got into argument with security at the #MiamiHEAT game. He got kicked out for gun gesture." USA Today Sports

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On the flip side, have you come to appreciate the other players' music? JJ Redick: The funny thing about it is that I grew up around hip-hop, because basketball and hip-hop are so intertwined in pop culture. I was the only white kid on my teams growing up, and we used to travel all over the country, so I used to be really into hip-hop. I grew up listening to Tupac and Biggie and Nas, Atmosphere, Brother Ali, some independent rappers as well. I used to actually write lyrics and battle-rap in high school, so I can definitely appreciate it. I'm not a huge fan of what's out right now -- I think that's partly why I don't listen to it as much. I've been a huge Kanye fan and a huge Lil Wayne fan and a huge Rick Ross fan, so when they put an album out I usually get it that day, and I'll listen to that for a while. Billboard

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SLAM: You hosted a basketball camp this past summer in Michigan. How’d that go? Jonas Jerebko: It went great. That’s something I always wanted to do. I kind of wanted to do it at home—coming from Sweden, I wanted to give an NBA experience to the kids over here. But I just felt like the best situation was in Detroit and I wanted to have my own basketball camp. We got about 50 people signed up for it, and then we decided to fill the camp up—we wanted to have a full camp—so we got in contact with an AAU team down in downtown Detroit, and we gave that team free scholarships for the whole camp and we just decided to fill the camp up with free scholarships. We had kids from all over Michigan send applications via YouTube on why they should come to the camp for free. Kids were driving three hours [to come]; we had kids from downtown who couldn’t even get to the arena, so we went and picked ‘em up. The kids got free t-shirts and gear—Lil Wayne was really nice and sent a lot of Trukfit gear. SLAM

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SLAM: Wait, what? JJ: I don’t really know how he found out about it, but somehow Wayne got word of it and was kind enough to send gear for all the kids. SLAM: That’s awesome. Did you get to speak to him at all? JJ: No, I didn’t. I would want to thank him though, but he’s a busy man. He was kind enough to sponsor my camp with a lot of t-shirts, and I’m very thankful for that. SLAM

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Lil Wayne was a no-show for Thursday night's game 2. But fallout from his negative comments continued to reverberate around the arena and the country. NBA super fan Jimmy Goldstein, who sat two seats away from the rapper Tuesday night, said he was shocked by Lil Wayne's harsh judgment of the arena and city. “I couldn't believe that,” Goldstein said shortly before the start of Thursday night's Game 2. “I get such great treatment (here). Better than any other arena.” Oklahoman

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Lil Wayne got to see a Thunder playoff game inside The Peake, after all. The rapper was sitting courtside for Game 1 of the NBA Finals between OKC and Miami on Tuesday night — after buying his own tickets, a Thunder spokesman told Yahoo! Sports. Oklahoman

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Marc J. Spears: Thunder expect rapper Lil Wayne to attend Game 1 of the NBA Finals tonight. Wonder if he'll be sitting next to KD's mom courtside this time? Twitter

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Rapper Lil Wayne didn't have tickets to attend Game 3 between the Thunder and San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night. Turns out, he should have checked with three-time scoring champ Kevin Durant. Durant says he has two extra front-row seats he is willing to share to bring celebrity status to Chesapeake Energy Arena for Game 4 Oklahoman

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The Thunder's James Harden also reached out to Lil Wayne, tweeting, “Come to the Next game. We got seats for u 5! Whooppp!” Oklahoman

Oklahoma City Thunder, James Harden, Lil Wayne 

The Thunder say Lil Wayne is welcome to attend a playoff game in Oklahoma City, but needs to buy a ticket just like everyone else. The rapper created a stir Thursday night by posting on Twitter that he was “going to go to the Thunder game tonight but was denied by the team to be in their arena.” Washington Times

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'Lil Wayne is a 'Lil wrong when he says he was denied entry into tonight's playoff game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs -- fact is, he just didn't have a ticket. The rapper just tweeted, "Going to go to the Thunder game tonight but was denied by the team to be in their arena. Wow." TMZ.com

Oklahoma City Thunder, Lil Wayne 

But a rep for the OKC Thunder tells TMZ ... "We did not deny him," adding, "His representatives contacted us about tickets and we told them we are completely sold out." TMZ.com

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"He's inspired not only songs, but he's inspired me in life in general just the way he attacks things, the way he never backs down, the way he fights through injury. .... I believe he's the greatest player to touch a basketball. " - Lil Wayne, being interviewed at the Staples Center during Game 5, about Kobe Bryant IamaGM.com

Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Lil Wayne 

Lil Wayne was sitting courtside at a recent Lakers playoff game, cheering on his favorite player, Kobe Bryant, whom the rapper says has inspired much more than just his music. "He's inspired not only songs, but he's inspired me in life in general just the way he attacks things, the way he never backs down, the way he fights through injury," Lil Wayne said. "Not only do he fight through injury, and not only do he play through injury, he excel through injury. I take those type of things and I just apply them to my everyday life." Los Angeles Times

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