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What do you do in Vegas when you have a couple million dollars but you're too young to get into any casinos?

If you're NBA rookies Karl-Anthony Towns and D'Angelo Russell you spend your days doing some seriously frosty training cues from the sports king of Vegas ... Floyd Mayweather.

Towns and Russell -- the top picks in this year's draft -- took a break from the NBA summer league recently and visited Floyd at his TMT gym to grab some pointers on being a superstar pro athlete.

Mayweather did more than just talk to the pair of pups ... he brought them to SubZero Recovery -- the state of the art cryo-lab he uses to bounce back during training ... and actually put the guys in the freezer.

The Cryo sessions last 90 seconds to 3 minutes ... and according to the guys at SZR, it helps to enrich blood, expel toxins and other cool stuff that helps to heal the body.

Welcome to the big leagues boys.

The Arnold Schwarzenegger and J.J. Watt bromance is HEATING UP -- with the two meeting up for a late-night gym sesh ... to blast out a few squats?!

Of course, the Houston Texans star struck up a friendship with Ahnold at the CMT Awards in Nashville last month -- and clearly, they've kept in touch.

So, with J.J. in L.A. -- it appears Arnold invited Watt back to his home gym ... where, according to Schwarzenegger, he challenged Watt to do 50 reps on his squat machine.

The result??

"He did 51. After dinner," Arnold said ... "Watch out, quarterbacks."

#BestBuds

Peter Berg got a ton of backlash for posting that meme featuring Caitlyn Jenner -- and now one of the haters is considering taking legal action against the director.

The issue? The meme features a pic of Jenner owned by a photo agency ... which immediately recognized Berg was using its property. So, now it's fired off a cease and desist letter to Berg's people ... demanding the photo be removed.

The agency, AKM-GSI ... isn't just upset the photo was used without permission (read: payment), it says it never would have allowed the pic to be used to mock Caitlyn.

Question -- How is Magic Johnson like Jesus?

Answer -- They both walk on water.

Check out Magic Johnson working out in his treadmill ... while on his YACHT ... off the coast of France.

They may not be together anymore, but Common still has Serena Williams' back ... and front ... saying criticism of her body is INSANE -- 'cause she has a physique that people pay a LOT of money for!!!

Williams' body has been the focus of a TON of news reports lately -- especially after "Harry Potter" creator J.K. Rowling ripped an Internet troll for comparing Serena to a man.

But when Common was leaving the gym in L.A. yesterday, he called the criticism "crazy" - saying, "That's a GIFT God gave her ... people pay for them bodies."

The Dez Bryant contract negotiation was HUUUGE for Jay Z -- 'cause after he scored the WR a fat new $70 MILLION deal ... Rob Lowe had one question -- "Does Jay Z represent actors?!"

First off, Lowe was outspoken about the whole Bryant contract standoff with the Cowboys -- tweeting earlier this week, "Pay Dez. #Cowboys #NFL This is a no-brainier."

So, when we broke the news to him last night at Craig's in West Hollywood -- the guy was PUMPED for #88.

Rex Ryan is about to jump out of a plane ... and shockingly it has nothing to do with his 4-12 record last season.

The Buffalo Bills coach hooked up with the U.S Army Parachute Team -- aka The Golden Knights -- to do a little thrill-seeking up near Niagara Falls.

Before the jump, Rex told the media ... "This is no big deal to me. I just like doing stuff like this ... thrill-seeking and things like that."

Ryan said the soldiers had given him 3 important pieces of advice when jumping -- but forgot the last two.

So, we'll see how this goes.

D.L. Hughley thinks it's absurd the legacy of Arthur Ashe lives on in Caitlyn Jenner, who simply "put on a dress."

Hughley was in NYC Thursday and was as clear as he could be ... it's a travesty that the ESPYs passed over Lauren Hill (the college basketball player who passed away this year from cancer) in favor of Caitlyn.

The comedian didn't stop there, trashing the way Jenner looks, comparing her to a Robin Williams character.

Hilarious moment at Ronda Rousey's boxing gym this week -- when she introduced Mike Tyson to her mother ... who hilariously told Ronda, "You can get some boxing tips from him!"

Yes she can.

A pair of rare signed custom Air Jordan sneakers -- made specifically for Kobe Bryant in 2003 -- has just sold for $25,000 ... TMZ Sports has learned.

The story behind the kicks is interesting ... at the time, Kobe had recently cut ties with Adidas and didn't have a shoe deal in place.

So Nike -- looking to court the young superstar -- made him custom size 14 Player Edition Air Jordan VII’s.

He wore one of the models during his famous 46-point game against the Knicks on February 6, 2003.

A pair of the rare shoes eventually got to Mike Nguyen -- co-owner of the famous IndexPDX sneaker shop in Portland -- who tells us the second he put 'em up for sale, he was bombarded with offers from serious sneakerheads.

They sold hours later to a hardcore shoe collector -- but Mike says the buyer wishes to keep his ID under wraps.

As for Kobe ... he eventually signed a deal with Nike and he's still with 'em to this day. Guess the strategy worked.

Jagshemash! ... bad news for Borat -- you might get your face bashed in by one of the baddest men on the planet -- a boxer from Kazakhstan who's got a serious ax to grind over the 2006 flick.

NIIICE!

The man with the beef if Gennady Golovkin -- Triple G -- who's KO'd the last 20 fighters he's faced.

Gennady was out in L.A. for the ESPYs this week --so we had to ask how he felt about Sacha Baron Cohen's portrayal of his homeland in the movie that made more than $260 MILLION worldwide.

Bottom line -- he wasn't happy about it ... calling it "not funny," "stupid" and "dumb."

Peter Berg's in full damage control mode ... saying he has nothing but the "utmost respect for Caitlyn Jenner" ... after posting a meme about her earlier today that many people called "transphobic."

The "Ballers" producer/co-star just went to Instagram and wrote, "I have the utmost respect for Caitlyn Jenner and I am a strong supporter of equality and the rights of trans people everywhere."

It's a much different tone than the one he took earlier -- when he posted an Internet meme that ripped ESPN for giving the Arthur Ashe Courage Award to Jenner instead of a military vet.

The original meme Berg posted included a pic of both a double amputee military vet and Caitlyn Jenner and included the caption, "One man traded 2 legs for the freedom of the other to trade 2 balls for 2 boobs."

In his new Instagram post, Berg tries to clarify his stance -- saying, "I also believe that we don't give enough attention to our courageous returning war veterans, many of whom have sacrificed their bodies and mental health for our country and our principals- principals that include the freedom to live the life you want to live without persecution or abuse."

Jerry Jones has become a HUUUGE fan of Jay Z -- praising Dez Bryant for tapping Roc Nation Sports to negotiate his contract ... and saying Hov is a "wonderful" person.

The Cowboys owner called Dez from New York City to congratulate him on his brand new 5-year $70 MILLION contract ... when he went out of his way to give credit to the hip-hop mogul.

"My hats off to you," Jones told Bryant ... "You did a good job associating yourself with Jay Z. He's wonderful ... I spent hours with him last night."

The AARP is attacking Tiger Woods over a comment he made about the retirement group earlier this week -- proving once again, he just can't win.

Woods brought up the American Association of Retired Persons when asked on Tuesday if he was going to retire from golf any time soon.

Woods replied, "Retirement? I don't have my AARP card yet ... so, I'm a ways from that."

Well, the AARP took exception to the comment and fired back on Twitter:

"@TigerWoods It's better to be over 50, than it is to be over par."

Ouch.

Caitlyn Jenner's breasts defied the odds last night ... and people won a TON of money because of it ... this according to the gambling site that put up a prop bet on CJ's cleavage.

As we previously reported, BetOnline.ag offered gamblers the chance to bet on whether Caitlyn would show off the gals during the ESPYs -- and before the show, the odds said she would.

But while CJ flaunted a plunging neckline when receiving the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage -- there was NO CLEAVAGE -- so the website says it did NOT pay out for pro-boob bettors.

Surprisingly, the site says 78% of bettors put their money on "no" -- so the public wins thanks to Caitlyn's classy fashion choice.

Future is NOT happy with that photo of Russell Wilson pushing his son in a stroller -- saying if he was the kid, he would've jumped out and SLAPPED Russell in the face.

The rapper appeared on "The Breakfast Club" and told Charlamagne tha God he's upset with his baby mama Ciara for allowing her new BF to get so involved in the parenting their 1-year-old.

Future blames Ciara for setting him up -- but still blames Russell for trying to insert himself into his kid's life after only dating Ciara for a few short months.

"At the end of the day, I'm not for the publicity stunts. Leave my son out of the publicity stunts. Just leave him out of your relationship."