LeBron James’ Kicks, Manny Pacquiao Memes and the best of NBA Twitter & Instagram

Twitter and Instagram have added yet another avenue for basketball fans to connect with the personalities of their favorite NBA, college and high school players. It’s damn near impossible though for most normal people to stay up with everything that gets posted to Instagram on a daily basis, so we’re gonna help out the best way we know how: by collecting the best pics each week for our readers to cruise through at their leisure.

Here’s the best of this past week. Let us know what we missed in the comments section below. Click on the images for larger versions:

J.R. Smith talking sh*t after the Knicks beat the Lakers on national TV.

KG and Kevin McHale share an emotional moment following the passing of McHale’s daughter.

Playground star Baby Shaq played alongside Allen Iverson in China. (via @baby_shaq_tw)

The Pacquiao Unibrow. (via @gq_ju15)

Iverson drops Pacquiao! (via @mindofai9 and @louwilville)

Andray Blatche catches Reggie Evans. (via @drayday7)

Team Chicago took the Red Bull Midnight Run championship in the Barclay’s Center.

A very big Charlie Villanueva fan. (via @718_king_of_queens)

Deron Williams visiting Nicholas Heyward Jr. Park in Brooklyn. D-Will, Red Bull and the Nets are refurbishing the courts as part of Brooklyn’s Got Wings.

Andrew Bynum at Dave and Buster’s in Philly. At least he’s getting buckets somewhere:

L.A.-based photographer Estevan Oriol showing off some of the covers he has shot over the years, including an old-school Gary Payton Dime.

LeBron James pays tribute to the victims in Newtown, Conn.

What did we miss?

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