Mark Jackson tells everyone to show Warriors some 'respeck' during broadcast (VIDEO)

For arguments sake, let's just admit Mark Jackson essentially helped build the Warriors into a world championship team. And, since being unceremoniously dumped as coach of Golden State, the TV analyst has been announcing a lot of games for ESPN — and mostly in Oakland.

But the former NBA star still doesn't mince words — even if they might not be his own.

During Sunday's 121-94 Warriors victory over the Rockets in Houston, Jackson stuck up for his old team by channeling Birdman and saying, “Put some RESPECK on their name!”

Classic Jackson.

Mark Jackson hella funny 😂 @ESPNNBA pic.twitter.com/WLAz2ElBnI

— IG @COOP_ANDRETTI (@COOP_Corleone) April 24, 2016

Golden State went up 3-1 in their first-round series. Steph Curry sprained his knee just before halftime and didn’t return. He’ll have an MRI on Monday.

Total respeck.

Dwight Howard takes Kristaps Porzingis to school with ridiculous alley-oop (VIDEO)

New York Knicks rookie Kristaps Porzingis has become the toast of the NBA and it seemed it was only a matter of time before the Zinger got burned.

Against the Houston Rockets on Sunday, the 7’3” Latvian met his match when fellow big man Dwight Howard manhandled the rook with this two-handed alley-oop over the Knicks sensation.

Howard's had enough of the NBA talking about this rookie https://t.co/LajV7QqzKv

— 401 (@RakwonOGOD) November 30, 2015

Even though K-Por, KP, K-Zing or whatever you want to call him, ended up on the wrong end of a Superman poster dunk, he still finished the game with 20 points and 13 rebounds in a 116-11 OT loss to the Rockets.

Fan at Rockets-Grizzlies game hits half-court shot for $25,000, gets carried out (VIDEO)

There was one happy home town fan who didn't care about the  controversial James Harden "non-call" in the final seconds of the Rockets’ loss to the Grizzlies Wednesday night at the Toyota Center.

That's because this guy become the first local to sink a promotional half-court shot at the venue for $25,000.

The dude's heave from mid-court hit glass but was still on target for the 25 big ones.

$25,000 shot from half court! @houstonrockets

A video posted by Bun B (@trillog) on Mar 4, 2015 at 5:50pm PST

And if the 25 Grand wasn't enough, he even got the hero's treatment and was carried off the court on the shoulders of the adoring crowd:

Derek Fisher's timeout speech is worthy of 'Hoosiers' cornfest (VIDEO)

The New York Knicks were on their way to a 120-96 loss to the Rockets Friday night and are already the worst team in the NBA. So is there really anything coach Derek Fisher can say to rally the troops during a timeout?

Seems Fisher turned into 'Hoosiers' Coach Dale during a break in the action against the Houston Rockets on national TV and came out sounding cornier than an Indiana harvest.

"Just relax," Fisher told his grownup charges. "It's basketball. All the rules of the game are the same. The basket's the same height. They put their shorts on the same way you put yours on. It don't matter who it is over there. Believe in who you are. You can play the game."

After 34 losses and only 5 wins, Fisher has probably run out of phrases to motivate his team but this awkward rallying cry was more CYO than NBA.



So where's Shooter when you need him?