Don't Quit Your Day Job...

Tonight is the pivotal Game 5 of the NBA Finals, so I figured I'd take this opportunity to share a few standout rap tracks by NBA stars. (Admittedly, these come from 1994's seminal NBA rap album "B-Ball's Best Kept Secret".)

Here's one of tonight's stars - Jason Kidd - with his track "What the Kidd Did" featuring Money B of Digital Underground. Oakland in the house.

Here's perhaps the best of the bunch. It's one-time 76ers guard Dana Barros with his track "Check It". And it's honestly not that bad.

The late Malik Sealy rapped about how lucky he is in "Lost in the Sauce." Here are the lyrics to the chorus if you want to sing along: "Life's just one big jump shot/You're either on or you might be off/So try to maintain and refrain from the strain/And don't get lost in the sauce."

Cedric Ceballos teamed up with the late Warren G for "Flow On".

Here's Chris Mills doing "Sumptin' to Groove To".

And now Gary Payton (aka The Glove) with "Livin' Legal and Large"

Famously, Allen Iverson (as Jewelz) ran afoul of the league with "40 Bars".

And perhaps the most depressing rap song of all time: "Anything can Happen" by Brian Shaw. Listen - if you dare - as he raps about losing his entire family in a car crash.