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Quando Rondo joined his affiliates Louwopp, Jumpout Blacc, and 333Pab in celebrating the news that Lul Tim has been granted a $100k bond by uploading a picture of Tim on Instagram, Saturday.

 The captionless photo shows Tim in a kitchen and includes Rondo’s song, “Blue Opps.”

333Pab wrote in his post, “@lul_timm3 Pluto otw next welcome home cuz!”

“Ain’t no more free lul tim. Welcome cacc cuz,” Jumpout Blacc added.

Senior Public Information Officer Tracy Flanagan confirmed to XXL that Tim’s $100k bond was posted on Friday: “He’s still in jail. He does have a $100K bond and must be fitted with an ankle monitor.”

Tim was charged with murder in the November 2020 killing of King Von at the Monaco Hookah Lounge in Atlanta.

“Honest truth, I wouldn’t wish jail on my worst enemies,” Von’s manager, Track, admitted to VladTV in February. “That’s just how I am, how I’m built. Honest truth, I could care — that’s his situation and he gotta deal with it. That’s his team. Whatever’s going on with them, that’s on them. Me, personally, I know what I’m dealing with losing my brother and his family and just making sure we keep everything going. I don’t really think or even consider what’s going on on that side. That’s for them to figure out what they got going on.” 

The Brooklyn Nets made another huge addition to their loaded roster, Saturday, by signing veteran big LaMarcus Aldridge. Aldrige was bought out by the San Antonio Spurs, earlier this week.

“Agent Jeff Schwartz of @excelbasketball confirms Aldridge’s commitment to signing with Nets to ESPN now,” Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted. “Nets have secured Aldridge and Blake Griffin in the buyout market. Brooklyn is loaded for a title run.”

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Aldridge, a seven-time NBA All-Star, played his first nine seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers and his last five with the Spurs. This season, he is averaging 13.7 points and 4.5 rebounds while shooting 46.4 percent from the floor.

“Five years of unforgettable memories… Thank you, San Antonio!” he wrote on Twitter, Thursday.

Aldridge joins a Nets team that has made numerous acquisitions this season. Back in the Fall, James Harden was sent to Brooklyn from the Houston Rockets and earlier this month, the team added veteran power forward Blake Griffin.

The Nets currently sit at second in the Eastern Conference standings with a 31-15 record.

Former Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond is still searching for a new team after also being bought out of his contract this week. Early reports suggest he is considering both the Knicks and Lakers.

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Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, who recently labeled himself the best defender in the league, spoke at length about the pay discrepancy between men’s and women’s sports teams on Twitter, Saturday. Green’s tweets were posted as the UConn Huskies and Iowa Hawkeyes faced off in Saturday’s Sweet 16.

“I’ve been seeing a lot of talk about the pay gap between women and men. Especially in sports. It’s not even close,” Green wrote. “But let’s stop allowing y’all complaints to fall on deaf ears due to numbers. As long as y’all make the argument about pay, while the revenue stays the same they will continue to point at the revenue not being high enough to cover bigger salaries. While that is true in damn near every business, how do we take that card out of their pockets? That’s the key to changing the pay.”

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Jonathan Vanian of Fortune reports that the average salary for a WNBA player during the 2019-20 season was $75,000 and that the average salary for an NBA player in the same season was approximately $7.7 million.

Green continued:

There’s no argument for lack of revenue unless you make those that say they stand for women actually stand up. The NBA wasn’t always the global game that it is today. It wasn’t always driving as much revenue as it does today. But there were people behind it, building the platform, and more importantly telling INDIVIDUAL stories and building up the interest in the players. That’s how the game took off. Who’s building up y’all platform? Who’s telling the individual stories of how great y’all are? Building the interest and transforming women’s basketball into a global game?

At the start of March Madness, the NCAA faced substantial criticism for the differences between men’s and women’s training facilities and more.

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Cassie and her husband, Alex Fine, welcomed their second child, Sunny Cinco, on Monday. The couple announced that the baby girl was born on Instagram, Saturday, with a series of family photos.

“On Monday, March 22nd, 2021 @ 10:22 am our hearts got bigger. Welcome to the world baby girl! We love you so much Sunny Cinco Fine!” she wrote in the caption.

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Fine also posted a lengthy and emotional message on Instagram which he titled “Letter to my Daughters.” The post reads:

I woke up this morning with you two and your mama and took a moment to let it sink in that we created the perfect family that isn’t perfect but its filled with so much love. I always thought my purpose was to inspire others through wellness and give back to those who are less fortunate but I was wrong. That is my legacy and you two girls are my purpose, I am put on this earth so I can help you shine and have your beautiful lights touch a lot of people. Just holding both of you I know you are destined for absolutely amazing things and I’m put on this earth to support what you two love doing. I’m so happy you two are so close on age like myself and my brothers because you will quickly learn that iron sharpens iron and you two will make each other better. I hope you read this when you go to your prom, graduation, when you’re married with your own families (I have to approve of course), and even when I’m gone (not for 100 more years don’t worry) to understand how much my heart is filled with joy, pride, and love for my 3 girls. I am happy you chose me as your Da.

Cassie and Fine announced that they were expecting a second child back in December 2020.

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WWE Hall of Famer Brian “Road Dogg” James has been hospitalized after suffering an apparent heart attack, according to his wife, Tracy James, who broke the story on Facebook, Saturday. Tracy says that they are currently awaiting test results and have more scheduled to be conducted.

“I want to thank everyone for the prayers and text,” Tracy wrote on Facebook. “Brian most likely suffered a heart attack late Thursday night after returning from Orlando. He has had test run and we’re currently waiting for the results. he has also seen a kidney specialist and will have a stress test done. He’s always been on bp meds for high bp. Just please pray all the test come back for something we can fix. I am a total wreck but I’m trying so hard to be positive! Please pray for Brian He feels horrible and for God to please heal my husband so he can come home! Thank y’all all so much!”

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Brian fought in the WWE from 1986 through his retirement in 2015. He was selected to the Hall of Fame in 2019 as apart of the D-Generation X tag team collective from WWF’s Attitude Era.

Hours later, Tracy provided another update on Brian’s health: “Kidneys came back clear and a heart cath is scheduled for Monday and they will determine then what’s to be done.”

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Halle Berry called out former 97 Rock radio host Rob Lederman, Friday, for racist comments he made on-air regarding women’s skin tones, earlier this week. Lederman was subsequently fired by the station, at which he hosts the “Morning Bull” show.

“Disgusting. It’s ridiculous this type of nonsense is still being broadcasted across airwaves,” Berry wrote on Twitter. “ALL Black women are beautiful and worthy, Rob Lederman. GTFOH.”

Lederman described Berry’s, Serena Williams’, and Gayle King’s skin tones by comparing them to toaster settings.

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The renowned actress has dealt with her share of crass comments from men in recent weeks. Berry recently fired back at one troll on Twitter who responded to a photo of her. 

Since being fired for his racist remarks, Lederman has apologized and admits that what he said sounds “horrible.”

“I could easily see how someone could be offended by that. I get that,” Lederman told The Buffalo News. “It sounds terrible, and it is terrible… Now, can I take back those words? No. If you listen to them, were they meant to be hurtful? Absolutely not.”

Lederman’s bosses at Cumulus Media released a statement confirming that he had been fired to People, on Thursday.

“CUMULUS MEDIA operates from a clearly-defined set of programming principles and there is no question that Rob Lederman’s comments made on The Morning Bull Show are in direct violation of those principles,” the statement read. “We swiftly terminated him and suspended the remainder of the show’s on-air talent. We apologize, and deeply regret the incident.”

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