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The Rush: NBA stars are ready to play and so is Arizona, allowing pro sports to resume Saturday

Arizona will allow major sports leagues to resume play starting May 16, NBA superstars presented a united front to commissioner Adam Silver in favor of resuming the season, Johnny Manziel comes dangerously close to a cliff-diving disaster, Chiefs WR Sammy Watkins believes in some interesting things like soul jumping and teleportation, and in honor of Dennis Rodman’s birthday, we ask you which athlete you’d most want to party with in Las Vegas! Tweet us your answer @YahooSports.

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JOHNNY MANZIEL: Yeah!

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- (SINGING) Yeah. Don't ask me how I'm doing.

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JARED QUAY: That was Johnny Manziel celebrating the news that the state of Arizona will allow major league sports to resume play on Saturday, May 16. All right. Now I'm just joking. Johnny Football just being an idiot slipping off the side of a cliff.

The Arizona part is for real, though. Fans won't be allowed in the stands, but it's better than nothing. And I know one league that may be trying to get the ball rolling.

According to Yahoo Sports' own Chris Haynes, Players Association president Chris Paul and some of the league's biggest stars hopped on a conference call. They presented a united front in favor of resuming the NBA season. And I'm talking about the biggest of the bigs-- guys like LeBron, KD, AD, Kawhi, Giannis, Steph, and Dame. On the call, Commissioner Adam Silver said he couldn't guarantee player safety, but the league would try its best.

Damn. LeBron must really want that fourth ring, 'cause I just know he's behind all this-- cold calling guys in the middle of night like--

- The hardest choices require the strongest wills.

JARED QUAY: In an interview with Bleacher Report, Chiefs receiver Sammy Watkins revealed his belief in alternate dimensions, teleportation, and spell casting. And he also thinks he's an alien.

[ALIEN RATTLED BREATHING]

And if that ain't enough to process right now, Watkins said there's a moment last fall where he thinks his soul may have jumped into his teammate's body. My man is a walking Christopher Nolan movie.

Sammy Dubs ain't the only sports star who deserves his own sci-fi flick too. Dennis Rodman is turning 59 years old today. Man, he's so old that he ain't gonna have to dye his hair no colors no more. He's gotta dye it back black black, 'cause he gonna be gray.

Thanks to the documentary "The Last Dance," we know Rodman once took a 48-hour Vegas vacation in the middle of a NBA season to party.

- Wish me well.

JARED QUAY: And that got me thinking, what athlete would I like to party with the most in Vegas? Well, it ain't Rodman, 'cause he gonna need a walker and aspirin, and he just gonna be too much maintenance. We want to know who you would go on a Sin City bender with. Tweet us at Yahoo Sports and let me know. I'mma go with Shaq for a bunch of wild reasons I'll tell you later.

Anyways, happy birthday, Worm. Wait a minute-- that's a weird nickname. Dennis Rodman, let me get you a better nickname. How about Old Man? [? Y'all ?] [INAUDIBLE].

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