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If there’s a high-profile sports event going on, chances are strong that rapper Lil Wayne will make his way there.

Lil Tunechi was in attendance for Game 6 of the NLCS in San Francisco on Sunday and even sang “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during the seventh-inning stretch. His connection to the Giants is a strange but simple one: he and San Francisco second baseman Ryan Theriot are friends. The two are from Louisiana and are big LSU fans.

Weezy stuck around to watch the game, and tweeted his support for the Giants:

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If an NBA Finals matchup between the Thunder and Heat isn’t intriguing enough for you, there are plenty of side stories to follow. First and foremost, there is always the mystery of whether or not LeBron James can finally get over the hump and win a ring. If basketball isn’t your thing, you can keep an eye on the ridiculous situation between Lil Wayne and the Thunder that just never seems to go away.

After allegedly being denied a courtside seat in Oklahoma City during the Western Conference Finals, Weezy was able to purchase one for Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night. However, he is once again unhappy with the people of Oklahoma City — this time the arena staff who must have frisked him at the door or something.

Again I was treated like sh!t by the Thunder arena staff…dam..I hope da Heat beat da dog sh!t out em!!

— Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) June 13, 2012

Wayne was rooting for the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals after the nonsense that took place before Game 3 last series. Oklahoma City won four in a row after that, so Thunder fans should be happy the rapper is rooting for Miami.  The ironic part is Lil Wayne also had a problem with LeBron and Dwyane Wade last year when he was offended that they didn’t acknowledge him when he attended Heat games. The beef was later squashed, but the point is Lil Wayne desperately needs special treatment. Maybe it’s time for him to give up on the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

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In the latest with “Weezygate,” the unofficial title I just gave the pointless debacle involving Lil Wayne and the Thunder, the rapper is saying his denial of seats by the team before Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals has to do with race. Even though Kevin Durant and James Harden have already offered up tickets to him, Lil Wayne thinks that wouldn’t fix the problem.

“That’s not the point, though,” he told The AP on Friday. ”It’s the players stepping up but of course the players aren’t white. I don’t want to be sitting there on behalf of you and I’m sitting next to a (person) that’s like ‘I don’t want this (guy) sitting next to me.’ (Forget) you. … I’m in Forbes,” he added, laughing.

Whoa, whoa, Lil Wayne. Let’s pump the brakes for second here. The team said it simply did not have any seats available at courtside, where you purportedly wanted to sit. Sounds like reasonable enough logic to me. The Thunder are a hot ticket in Oklahoma. Seats are hard to come by for a lot of people.

And before you accuse the people of Oklahoma City of being racist, think of how this makes you look: A filthy rich celebrity — remember: he’s in Forbes! — throwing a tantrum and taking it to a silly racial level all just because he wasn’t given something really expensive for free. You’re in Forbes, so I’m sure you can afford to buy the seats if you really wanted them.

And, oh, by the way, since Lil Wayne tweeted “Go Spurs!” OKC is 2-0. Maybe the Thunder need Lil Wayne to hate them.

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Kevin Durant is offering his personal tickets to Lil’ Wayne so the rapper can attend Thunder playoff games after being denied by the team for Game 3.

Weezy caused a stir on Thursday when he tweeted that the Thunder denied him tickets to Game 3 of the Western Conference finals. The Thunder confirmed that Lil’ Wayne’s reps reached out to the team requesting courtside seats, but they told him they weren’t available.

MVP candidate Kevin Durant apparently heard about the story, and he’s willing to step up for the rapper.

“We need people like that around here,” Durant said, according to USA Today.

As a player, Durant is allowed tickets to games for friends and family. He says he’s willing to share them with Lil’ Wayne. If that’s the case, it goes without saying that Lil’ Wayne will be rooting for the Thunder if they meet the Heat in the finals.

Additionally, Thunder guard James Harden also invited Lil’ Wayne to Game 4.

@LilTunechi Come to the Next game. We got seats for u 5! Whooppp!

— James Harden (@JHarden13) June 1, 2012

Maybe there isn’t any bad blood between them.

Rapper Lil’ Wayne frequently attends NBA games, but he says he was denied by the team when he tried going to Game 3 of the Western Conference finals between the Thunder and Spurs in Oklahoma City on Thursday:

Was going to go to the Thunder game tonight but was denied by the team to be in their arena. Wow. Smh. Go Spurs!

— Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) May 31, 2012

It’s unclear what led to his apparent denial, but Weezy is known to have had beef with athletes in the past.

Both Black Sports Online and Jocks and Stiletto Jill are speculating that his denial is related to a girlfriend issue; James Harden is reportedly dating rapper Trina, who is Lil’ Wayne’s ex, and the inspiration for Kenyon Martin’s hideous tattoo.

The Thunder say Lil’ Wayne’s representative contacted the team about getting courtside seats for the game, but they were told the seats were not available.

“We’d love to have him at a game, but like anyone else, he needs a ticket,” a Thunder spokesman told The Associated Press.

I guess Weezy isn’t as big-time as he thought he was. I thought LeBron James and Dwyane Wade taught him that lesson last year.

UPDATE: All is well — Kevin Durant is offering his player tickets to Lil’ Wayne.

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If you can sit through more than eight minutes of Lil Wayne talking sports, feel free to watch the entire video below. If you simply want to hear Lil Wayne’s thoughts on the phenomenon that is Jeremy Lin, cut to around the 3:00 mark. Beware of some NSFW language at the end of the video:

There you have it — as if Lin didn’t have enough nicknames. Apparently Weezy is a Lakers fan, so he isn’t down with the Linsanity. That’s why he came up with the nickname “Lin Laden” for Jeremy Lin. I’m not sure Lin would agree with being compared to a terrorist, but perhaps the Knicks wouldn’t have beaten the Lakers if Kobe Bryant wasn’t so offended by the questions he had to answer about Lin before the game.

It may be offensive, but I guess Lin Laden is another compliment in a way. The nickname was earned by taking down Kobe, so that has to say something, right?

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We can stop worrying now.  I know everyone was extremely concerned when we informed you early Thursday morning that Dez Bryant was reportedly involved in an altercation with rapper Lil’ Wayne and his entourage.  Rumor had it Weezy’s boys were making fun of Bryant’s financial issues.  Shame on them.  In any event, Bryant says there is no issue and wants people to stop talking about it.

“Let’s quit with the false stories now….me and this man don’t have a problem with one another lol,” Bryant tweeted on Thursday according to NBCDFW.com.

But wait — a trip over to Bryant’s Twitter page will tell you that the tweet has since been deleted.  It was just an assumption to begin with that Bryant was talking about Lil’ Wayne, but the fact that he deleted the tweet makes the situation a little more puzzling.

Does he have a problem with Weezy and his people after all?  Is there some sort of potential lawsuit that resulted in Dez being advised to remove the tweet.  Did the big bad commish order him to ignore the reports rather than responding to them?  Maybe Bryant should try to sue Lil’ Wayne.  Weezy has plenty of money, and it sounds like Dez could use some help paying off his debts.

H/T The Dallas Morning News