Hint: it was this guy. Video after the jump.

The Timberwolves’ Ricky Rubio having such a strong start to his NBA career is good news for Wolves fans and good news for the league in general, but it’s also good news for a non-NBA reason: it adds intrigue to this year’s Summer Olympics.

It’s easy to forget now after all the Lob City talk, but before Chris Paul was traded to the Clippers, he was briefly traded to the Lakers. One of the Lakers who’d have been sent packing: Pau Gasol. One wouldn’t expect Gasol to be thrilled about that, and according to Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski, he wasn’t. Is that why he gave Paul’s head that little tap last night?

Pau Gasol and Chris Paul got into it a little bit at the end of tonight’s Lakers/Clippers game, a game which the Lakers won, 96-91. And like the cool kid hyping up his not-as-cool friend, Kobe Bryant was chirping in Pau’s ear all the way.

When it came out last month that Kobe Bryant and wife Vanessa were getting a divorce, some took an interest in the fact that the couple apparently had no prenuptial agreement. Well, that apparently worked to Vanessa Bryant’s advantage.

Whatever last night’s 73-70 Lakers victory over the Mavericks lacked in offensive execution (a lot), it made up for in drama at the end…drama Kobe Bryant was all too happy to hold over a certain former teammate’s head.

The Lob City well-rounded basketball team Los Angeles Clippers beat the Lakers last night, 102-94. The win moves the Clippers to 6-3, and they delivered from a (non-lobbing) highlight perspective, too.

Magic Johnson has had an interesting career, being one of the best point guards ever to play the game and all. Welp, he added to his personal lore (although for entirely different reasons) when he attempted to do a highlight package on tonight’s game between the LA Lakers and the Utah Jazz.

The Nuggets lost 92-89 to the Lakers today, and while such a close loss is always disappointing, this one was especially bad…because with just a couple seconds to go in regulation, the game should have been tied at 91.

TNT’s Kevin Harlan called a gem during Tuesday night’s Lakers-Jazz game. No, it wasn’t because of his astute basketball observations or delightful banter with fellow commentator Reggie Miller (although we’re sure Harlan’s effort was full of that stuff). No, we enjoyed Harlan’s Tuesday night performance for other reasons.