Weird Week in 🏀: Serge's big scarf energy and Aaron's high hopes

Every Sunday, theScore highlights the week's lighter moments from around the basketball universe. Here's what caught our eye this week.

Scarf Wars: The Farce Awakens

Toronto Raptors bon vivant Serge Ibaka has a message for the world: As far as fashion sense goes, the gregarious big man is as self-made as they come.

Ibaka fiercely resisted the notion that OG Anunoby inspired him to start wearing scarves:

The debate over which Raptors mainstay has the superior sartorial flair has taken on a life of its own. Move over, Lenny Kravitz; Serge is coming for the scarf crown.

After Ibaka dropped 22-and-10 against the Pacers on Friday, he provided ESPN's Jorge Sedano with some insight into his approach to fashion, further fanning the flames of the meme-worthiness of the scarf saga.

Regardless of whether or not OG was the man to introduce him to scarves, Ibaka seems to be getting most of the credit for the accessory's rapid popularization around the sports world.

His former Thunder teammate and current analyst Kendrick Perkins proudly wore a massive purple scarf on set Saturday (which may or may not have been made out of the hide of McDonald's mascot Grimace).

Pictured below: OG wondering how he let Serge become the face of men's winter fashion.

It seems unlikely the scarf wars are anywhere close to being done.

When selflessness goes too far

LeBron James and Anthony Davis have done a good job sharing touches this season, but this probably isn't what coach Frank Vogel drew up.

The tweets don't lie

Jennifer Lopez and Shakira drew a lot of attention for their hip-shaking halftime show at the Super Bowl. Before you could even Google what a "zaghrouta" was, familiar faces around the NBA were already declaring that they too found the performance extremely ... enthralling.

Former NBA player Quincy Pondexter was more upfront about his intentions - A-Rod be damned.

You're not the only one, CJ.

How the Western Conference was won

Shoutout to Denver Nuggets broadcast partner AltitudeTV for this awesome, western movie-inspired trailer featuring the seven active players who pulled off a 98-95 win in Utah on Wednesday.

Come to think of it, "Gary Harris" is a fairly appropriate nickname for someone named Gary Harris. Why didn't I think of that?

Always had high, high hopes

Speaking of the high altitudes of Colorado, Shaquille O'Neal apparently thought Aaron Gordon had his head in the clouds earlier this week. The Hall of Famer peppered the Orlando Magic forward with double entendres throughout his giggly studio interview hit on Tuesday.

(You'll want to turn your volume up a bit for this.)

(You'll want to turn your volume back down now.)

Obscure collector's item of the week

If you know, you know.

Always practice safe color commentary

This last clip comes from the college ranks, where the great Bill Walton was up to his usual shenanigans.

In the content biz, we call this native advertising. Never change, Bill.

Come back next Sunday for more oddities, inanities, and obscenities from the wonderful world of basketball - and send nominations and submissions to [email protected].