The 10-man rotation, starring Paul Pierce for President of Poland
A look around the league and the Web that covers it. It’s also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren’t always listed in order of importance. That’s for you, dear reader, to figure out.
C: Truth About It. Bartosz Bielecki’s explanation of why he decided to cast a write-in ballot in Poland’s presidential election for Paul Pierce is worth your time.
PF: NBA.com. A characteristically smart piece from John Schuhmann suggesting that, for the Atlanta Hawks to get back on the good foot against the Washington Wizards, they might need to focus less on ball movement and more on driving to the basket.
SF: Sports Illustrated. Lee Jenkins on why Sunday night — both the near-unwatchable game in which he played and his performance in it — might have marked the most important night in DeAndre Jordan’s career: “Jordan will be an unrestricted free agent on July 1, and the second the NBA amends the fouling rules, his stock figures to soar.”
SG: Hang Time. Lang Whitaker catches up with Memphis Grizzlies stopper Tony Allen, who’s the type of dude who’ll slide into your DMs if you don’t put him on your All-Defensive First Team but who’s “really not a ‘huddle’ kind of guy.”
PG: SB Nation, twice. Tom Ziller and Liam Boylan-Pett consider how the Grizzlies are short-circuiting the Golden State Warriors, with a special focus on the suddenly scuffling Draymond Green.
6th: Sports Illustrated. Rob Mahoney on the pros and cons of the Warriors going small against the bigger Grizzlies’ frontline.
7th: The Press Enterprise. Janis Carr comes in praise of the Clippers’ much-maligned bench, which has made significant positive impacts against the Rockets, led by Jamal Crawford and Austin Rivers.
8th: Blog-a-Bull. Alex Sonty rues the Chicago Bulls’ missed opportunities in Game 4, which they lost less because of a bit of late-game brilliance from LeBron James than because “they left a criminal amount of points on the floor.”
9th: Cowbell Kingdom. James Ham looks at the Warriors-Grizzlies series from the Sacramento Kings’ perspective. Which of the two drastically different roster-building/tactical approaches would be best for Vlade Divac, George Karl and company to try to emulate?
10th: Welcome to Loud City. Josh Huestis, a somewhat shocking 2014 first-round pick whom the Oklahoma City Thunder made the NBA’s first domestic “draft-and-stash” player last summer, might wind up starting his second pro season down in the D-League, too.
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