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The former NBA champ closed the deal on the massive, 7,373 sq. ft pad, which features six bedrooms and seven baths. It's located in a super exclusive Coconut Grove gated community.

Marion lost money on the deal -- he sold it for $1.8 million after buying it in 2008 for just under $2.5 million.

Marion's been trying to unload the place for years. He was so motivated, back in 2010 he offered up a private jet and four club seats to Super Bowl XLV in Dallas ... but no one bit.

Chris Paul's friends and family are doing it BIG for his belated SURPRISE 30th birthday bash Saturday night ... flying in Lil Wayne from Haiti to perform for a bunch of his closest friends ... TMZ Sports has learned.

Paul's birthday was actually in May ... but we're told Paul's family pushed off the celebration because he wanted to wait until after the NBA playoffs were over.

Sources connected to Paul tell us ... the NBA star's family is sparing no expense on the party -- we're told it's already running north of $200,000!

Among the expenses, we're told Paul's people paid for Wayne's private jet from Haiti -- where the rapper put on a free concert with Chris Brown and boxer Andre Berto.

As far as the guest list for Paul's big 30, we're told all of the Clippers are invited -- including DeAndre Jordan -- and all of Young Money.

Last year, Paul got an autographed pic from his hero Tiffani Thiessen. Wonder how he'll top that this year?

His teammate has done it ... but Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan says there's no way he's following in Kroy Biermann's shoes -- and won't appear on "Real Housewives of ATL."

Matt and his wife Sarah would be perfect for the show -- rich, famous, not afraid of NeNe -- but while the couple says they're fans of the franchise ... they don't see themselves as part of Andy Cohen's Bravo empire.

Don't count them all the way out ... they do have reality show experience on HBO's "Hard Knocks."

Plus, with former MLB superstar Jim Edmonds joining the cast in "Orange County" ... it could be the start of an athlete trend in the future.

Gilbert Arenas' ex demanded an emergency restraining order against him this week ... claiming he threatened her life ... but the judge shot her down ... TMZ Sports has learned.

It's no secret Gilbert and Laura Govan -- the mother of his 4 kids -- hate each other's guts. Arenas recently smashed the car she drives with a cinder block after she allegedly threw his computer in the pool.

Now, sources tell us ... Govan went to court this week telling the judge Gilbert threatened her on Monday -- allegedly saying, "I want you dead or in jail or broke."

Arenas obviously denied threatening her ... and the judge ultimately ruled there wasn't enough evidence to warrant an emergency restraining order.

Talk about the ultimate power play .... 4 hot chicks in bikinis grabbed champagne bottles and blasted away on Chicago Blackhawks star Kris Versteeg at a Vegas pool ... and we've got the footage.

Versteeg was at the Encore Beach Club at the Encore on Friday to celebrate his brother's bachelor party .. when the girls decided to douse the Stanley Cup champ in bubbly ... just for fun.

Versteeg obviously loved it.

Dude's having a good month.

New York Giants linebacker J.T. Thomas believes in the "Treat Yo Self" mentality ... because after he inked his new $12 MILLION contract ... he picked up $55k in brand new bling ... TMZ Sports has learned.

Thomas hit up Avianne and Co. in NYC -- and scored himself an 18 karat gold Cuban link chain for $35k.

And because he didn't want that chain to get lonely, he got a 2nd piece ... a 25 karat ruby, surrounded by diamonds ... which ran him another $20k.

Tom Haverford would be proud ...

While the Woman's World Cup is nothing to laugh at ... there's some pretty funny freeze frames of the soccer studs going full force!

How should newly drafted Lakers rookie Larry Nance Jr. deal with the fact he called Kobe Bryant a "rapist" on Twitter back in 2012??

He might need to "bow down" and beg for his forgiveness ... so says Bryant's former teammate Brian Shaw.

Shaw -- who played for the Lakers from '99 to '03 -- acknowledged things are gonna be awkward between the two players when we saw him at LAX on Friday ... but he says the real lesson is simple:

51-year-old Ken Shamrock says there NO WAY IN HELL he's retiring from MMA after his fight with Kimbo Slice ... telling TMZ Sports he would take a rematch "in a heartbeat."

Shamrock says he's still recovering from that massive wound to his face in the loss to Slice during Bellator 138 last weekend ... saying, "The cut was to the bone so they had to do double layer stitches."

But despite the injury, Shamrock says he felt GREAT in the ring -- "I looked better than I have in ten years! Imagine now after I get some fights under my belt?!"

Shamrock says he feels he dominated the fight, but made one mistake that cost him the match ... and he plans to learn from the error in his next fight.

"There's no way I'm going to stop after one fight. I'm going to push the envelope some more."

We also asked about allegations that the fight was fixed -- Shamrock said the accusations are complete B.S.

As for a possible rematch with Kimbo -- "I would take that in heartbeat."

Gift bags full of swag are nice, but NBA draftees Cameron Payne and Satnam Singh Bhamara hit up a party this week that actually gave out something useful ... free dental work!

Payne (who was 14th pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder) and Bhamara (who made history by being the first Indian born player to be drafted into the league) hit up an art show in Manhattan on Wednesday night where all the proceeds went to provide dental care for those in need.

It was your typical art show -- about 150 guests, invite only, Moet champagne passed around -- except for the dental chair set up by Dr. Lee Gause -- the dentist who hooks up Floyd Mayweather with his insane mouthpieces -- to provide guests with free cleanings for the guests.

The ballers -- including new Portland Trailblazer Mason Plumlee -- got an added bonus ... a complimentary, customized mouth piece, which usually runs around $300.

NFL Hall of Famer Michael Irvin says he's very concerned about his friend Warren Sapp ... saying he's reached out to Sapp several times ... but Sapp doesn't seem to understand the gravity of his situation.

Irvin appeared on The Dan LeBatard Show with Stugotz on 104.3 FM in Miami yesterday moments after we broke the story that Sapp had been charged with domestic violence for allegedly attacking his longtime GF.

"I worry about him man, there's no doubt," Irvin said ... adding that he texts Sapp all the time.

But the problem, Irvin says ... is that Sapp seems to be convinced that everything's fine -- even though he's clearly in a very bad place.

Irvin even brings up Sapp's prostitution arrest during Super Bowl weekend -- and says he tried to talk to the guy about it ... but couldn't seem to get through to him.

On a completely unrelated note ... Irvin also talks about his Hall of Fame jacket -- and how he accidentally got some "Lewinsky" on it while breaking it in with his wife on the night he was inducted.

Good times.

Diddy may have caught a huge break from a chiropractor who just came forward with a stunning allegation against UCLA coach Sal Alosi, claiming Alosi is prone to fistfights, and even had one with a New York Jets superstar.

TMZ Sports has obtained a letter from a female chiropractor sent to Jets brass in 2010 ... raising serious concerns about strength and conditioning coach Alosi. According to the chiropractor, Alosi got into a "fistfight" with Pro Bowl cornerback Darrelle Revis. The doctor added Alosi has a pattern of abusive behavior and the Jets needed to get him under control.

We've learned the chiropractor sent the letter to Diddy's team, and it could be a secret weapon. The D.A. will review the assault case for possible felony prosecution, but if the main victim looks unsympathetic and even violent, it's way less likely they'd go forward. Juries don't like unsympathetic "victims."

The chiropractor also complained Alosi verbally abused and humiliated her, even trying to prohibit her from treating players because he was pissed off over petty issues involving towels and water.

It's unclear how the Jets handled the chiropractor's allegations. Alosi was suspended during the 2010 season for tripping a player during a game, and he resigned from the team at the end of the season.

Chris Brown just jumped on a private jet destined for Haiti ... but it's no vacation -- we're told he's putting on a free concert to help out the locals ... and it's all thanks to boxer Andre Berto.

Berto and Brown have been friends for a while and Andre -- a Haitian American -- is passionate about the current crisis between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

FYI -- The D.R. is currently cracking down on Haitian migrant workers living in the Dominican, deporting them by the thousands ... and the Haitian Prime Minister called it a "humanitarian crisis" because many of those people don't know where they're going to live, work, etc.

So Berto asked Brown if he would fly to Haiti to put on a concert to lift the people's spirits -- and Brown obliged.

We're told the crew is on the jet right now.

This is one of the coolest videos we've ever seen ... Delon Wright overcome with emotion the second he was selected during the NBA Draft last night ... while his family goes wild!!!!

Wright -- along with his close friends, parents and brother (fellow NBA star) Dorell Wright -- took over Hyde on the Sunset Strip to watch the Draft together.

The moment commissioner Adam Silver announces Delon's name as the 20th overall pick to the Toronto Raptors ... well, it's just awesome.

For the first time since that whole kettlebell thing ... Diddy's son Justin Combs was back out in public last night -- hitting up a Hollywood nightclub ... and TMZ Sports has the pics.

Combs and an entourage rolled through Playhouse ... and tried to keep things low key.

In fact, on his way out ... Justin covertly climbed into a waiting SUV to avoid the paps.

Justin's night out could be a sign that he's trying not to let the UCLA incident bring him down -- plus, he was there until roughly 3 in the morning ... so, we're guessing he was having a good time.

As we previously reported, there has been no official decision made about Justin's future with the team -- but several key players want him back.