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TP enjoying ‘La Vida Loca’ in Vegas with Smirnoff during lockout

Spurs guard Tony Parker appeared to have few worries about the NBA lockout or the upcoming FIBA European championships during a recent visit to Las Vegas. 

Parker was pictured at the Tao nightclub in Las Vegas with ‘Dancing with the Stars’ alum and recent Playboy model Karina Smirnoff in a recent post on the .

The couple appear to be enjoying a magnum of one of Parker’s favorite French champagnes, Veuve Clicquot.

The sultry Smirnoff has been a staple on Dancing with the Stars during its long run. And she’s been just as busy away from the ballroom after being linked romantically with Mario Lopez and Dancing with the Stars dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy before she became engaged to Detroit Tigers pitcher Brad Penny last October.

The NBA season appears to be far away from any thoughts for Parker — at least in the picture.

And considering who he’s with, can we really blame him?

Delonte West ready to take his talents to Home Depot during lockout

Boston guard Delonte West is facing many of the same financial hardships of other NBA players during the lockout.

But West, who has made $14,083,519 during his seven-season NBA career, is doing something about making ends meet while he can’t count on a regular paycheck.

The Big Lead.com reports that West hashoping for work while he can’t play in the NBA.

West has already been told by a judge thatto pursue an overseas career during the lockout because he can’t leave the country.

You will remember that Westand was sentenced by a Prince George’s County (Md.) judge to eight months of home detention, two months of probation and 40 hours of community service in a deal that allowed him to retain his NBA career.

West had been charged with six weapons offenses and two traffic violations. He pleaded guilty to carrying a dangerous weapon — an eight-inch bowie knife — and illegally transporting a handgun in the incident in suburban Washington.

Miss ‘Coach B?’ Check out Bonner’s latest video wackiness

Lockout be damned, “Coach B” is at it again.

That’s Matt Bonner, of course, aka Coach B, wacky purveyor of basketball tips and life lessons.

Bonner’s latest video efforts center around promos for a benefit basketball game in Toronto, scheduled for Sept. 10. Bonner is recruiting teams to play in the event. The idea is to raise money for Athletes for Africa and the St. Albans Boys and Girls Clubs.

Cost to enter a team is $500, but teams are being encouraged to raise additional money. The payoff: The top money-raising teams get the right to draft some celebrity players. These include Bonner and Nick Collison, of the Thunder. The real draw, though, is Arcade Fire front man Win Butler, who is both very tall and a bona fide indie rock star. He also happens to count Bonner a good friend.

Here’s a link to a video promoting the event that features Bonner on the art of trash talking.