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At this point, seemingly half the NBA is on Twitter. It's a wild world of training updates, questions as to which movies they should go see, and explanations of their Call of Duty prowess. Every so often, though, you also get a picture into the more interesting aspects of NBA life. This feature is your window into that world.

Kris Humphries: @BlackBoiPachino stop tweeting and get some rest we need a big game from you tonight.

Johan Petro: Hotel massages are to expensive!!;((( if ya know any good masseuse in cleavland please let me know!!

Brandon Jennings: Steve Nash Is #Nice. I don't know how he does it at that age

Tyson Chandler: Had a great time at the Art Academy today! As soon as I get brave enough I'll share some of my work.. Lol

DeMar DeRozan: Walking out the mall an @Sonny13 & @IamAmirJohnson fell in a water fountain. Please hit em up and see if they ok. ... I just realize @eddavis32 is walking around with a Lady GaGa shirt on & some open toe sandals.

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Few NBA superstars love joking around like Dwight Howard(notes). In a league where some great players are criticized for not reaching out to fans, Howard almost does it too much, making jokes about all sorts of things and generally seeming like he's trying a little too hard to make people like him.

However, that makes him a great fit for "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," which DH visited Tuesday night for an interview in advance of Wednesday night's contest between his Orlando Magic and the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. In typical Fallon fashion, the two decided to have an extra bit of fun by shooting random objects like gyros, Travel Scrabble, and fanny packs full of tourist essentials into a basketball hoop. This is funny, because you do not usually try to shoot these things like you would a basketball.

Throughout the clip, Dwight makes some great gags like pretending to eat his gyro and using a disposable camera to take a picture with Jimmy. It's classic Dwight, and the

There's a cliche that NBA coaches eat, drink and sleep basketball. For the most part, people mean that figuratively rather than literally. You know, not only because it's a bad idea to eat and drink leather, but because most coaches have families and at least some interests other than basketball, even if they're pretty dull ones like golf and scrapbooking.

Then there's Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau, a basketball obsessive who's probably in the lab figuring out a way to sleep basketball as we speak. Unlike other coaches, who may take a bit of time off from studying film and devising game plans to watch a movie or help their children with their homework, Thibs appears to do nothing of the sort. Take it from Derrick Rose, as reported by K.C. Johnson for the Chicago Tribune (via TBJ):

"I've never played for a coach who was that focused," Rose said of Tom Thibodeau, admiringly. "There's nothing else -- no kids, no wife, no leisure time to watch TV. I'm dead serious. There's nothing else

Rational basketball fans often complain that too many of today's big men block the ball out of bounds instead of controlling it and starting a fast break. That was the favored play of Bill Russell, the best defender in basketball history, and it's definitely a lot better than giving the ball back to your opponent with time left on the shot clock.

Of course, it's even better if you grab the ball entirely instead of just controlling it off the backboard. That's exactly what the Wizards' JaVale McGee(notes) did Tuesday night against Wes Matthews of the Blazers, completely grabbing the ball instead of knocking it away from the basket. It's the best block of the year, and maybe even better than this LaPhonso Ellis classic from 1994. In fact, it's such an impressive block that it could arguably be called a steal. Or, heck, let's just give JaVale both on the stat sheet. He earned it.

McGee is one of the more frustrating players in the league, an athletic dynamo who alternates looking like a

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At this point, seemingly half the NBA is on Twitter. It's a wild world of training updates, questions as to which movies they should go see, and explanations of their Call of Duty prowess. Every so often, though, you also get a picture into the more interesting aspects of NBA life. This feature is your window into that world.

Derrick Brown: Books give knowledge, knowledge is power, power corrupts, corruption is a crime, and crime doesnt pay. #keepREADINGandYOULLbeBROKE

Jeff Adrien: Just ran in some chucks. Smh

Sean May: No way a dog is supposed to be this big?? yfrog.com/h7tfnbqj

Larry Sanders: Idk which house party I like more..1 or 2...I'm thinkin 2 right about now lol

Chris Douglas-Roberts: You can't watch the Flintstones #atBYU. Wilma & Betty's clothes are too revealing

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The Detroit Pistons have fallen hard after their success in the mid-'00s, turning from perennial contenders to perhaps the league's most overlooked franchise. Saddled with several terrible long-term deals, little hope to improve anytime soon, and one of the league's least watchable rosters, they are a depressing mess. I hate to be so critical, but it's sadly the truth.

Of course, things might not be so awful at the Palace of Auburn Hills if management would get its act together and just fire head coach John Kuester already. In just this season, Kuester has grossly mishandled a feud with Rip Hamilton, inspired a player protest that involved skipping a practice, and just generally lost the team in every way possible. He will almost certainly be fired -- it's a matter of when, not if.

As such, several Pistons have given Kuester a new nickname. From Marc Stein for ESPN.com's Weekend Dime (via Eye on Basketball):

Despite the justified heat Detroit's vets got for their unpardonable mutiny, that apparently hasn't stopped some of them from privately referring to their coach as Sean Penn ... as in "Dead Man Walking." But Kuester can't claim to be blameless in the deterioration of the Pistons' culture and has to know that he'll soon be asked to leave, even if no one is quite sure who will be doing the asking.

I suppose it's possible that this isn't a bad nickname -- I mean, Penn did a great job of portraying inspirational gay rights leader Harvey Milk and is perhaps best known for playing a super-chill surfer dude. Maybe the Pistons vets have made amends with Kuester and want everyone to know he's an awesome leader who also knows how to kick back and catch some tasty waves.

In addition to being the most evil people in the NBA, the Heat like to give back to the community. That's why they held their annual Family Festival, the largest fundraiser for their charitable foundation, this weekend in Miami. It was a chance for fans to meet their heroes like LeBron James(notes) and Dwyane Wade(notes), and also do their best to avoid the team's terrible mascot and anthropomorphic ember Burnie.

Surya Fernandez of Hot Hot Hoops was on the scene and shot this wonderful video of the festivities. Yes, your eyes are not deceiving you: That is LeBron James playing the drums, Mike Miller(notes) looking incredibly bored, and Pat Riley getting his groove on to a version of Bob Marley's "Jammin." It turns out that Riles is not only a love machine, but a wonderful dancer, as well.

So the next time you want to mock the Heat for being selfish, remember that they were willing to make fools of themselves in public for charity. Or, I don't know, maybe they thought they were acting

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At this point, seemingly half the NBA is on Twitter. It's a wild world of training updates, questions as to which movies they should go see, and explanations of their Call of Duty prowess. Every so often, though, you also get a picture into the more interesting aspects of NBA life. This feature is your window into that world.

Ricky Rubio: Be ready @Joeingles7 I gonna take all ur money 2nite playing boo-ray!!

Wilson Chandler: watching E.T. lol ... wasn't nothin poppin in this town till E.T. came round lol

Andrew Bogut: Just saw an add for a 4 door mini. Haha wow I should get one for a giggle!

Steve Nash: RT @adamlevine: happy being me & everything..but i probably wouldn't have minded being steve nash. Hes pretty bad ass.(wish I could sing)

Marcin Gortat: Well nice dunk BG!!! Good charge MG!!:) smart play hold ur ground big fella-dont jump!!! Please put me on Sport center ESPN!!!

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