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Best Of The SB Nation Network: July 7, 2011

We have 305 fantastic sports blogs in SB Nation, so in case you didn’t have a chance to read them all today we’ve collected the best stuff right here. Get sports smart in no time fast!

Basketball

- Deron Williams headed to Turkey if NBA lockout impacts season.

- Welcome to Loud City delves into the puzzle that is the NBA financials.

- The dueling financials continue as the NBA refutes Forbes’ numbers.

Football

- Plaxico Burress to the Eagles? Bleeding Green Nation has the tweets.

- Hogs Haven notes that any team that wants Albert Haynesworth will have to trade for him.

- Salary cap casualties in the NFC East? Niners Nation has an extensive list.

- Revenge Of The Birds weighs in on the idea of Vince Young for the Cardinals.

College Sports

- Black Heart Golds Pants explains that the only sensible choice for a boy growing up in northwest Iowa is to love the Hawkeyes, revile the Huskers, and dance exuberantly in a grain silo against the wishes of town elders. It’s a Nebraska hate letter - Hawkeye style.

- If you prefer your hate correspondence electronically, BC Interruption documents the top-rated programs in the nation by social media usage. The biggest learning point? West Virginia recently got dial-up.

- Bruins Nation wonders who will take the snaps from center given UCLA’s recent quarterbacking carousel. The smart money says bet on Brehaut.

- EDSBS wagers that Lane Kiffin, though long gone from Knoxville, continues to give to the Tennessee football program. Baby oil Lamborghini rubdowns, anyone?

Baseball

- AZ SnakePit looks at some other Phoenix-area All-Star Games throughout professional sports in advance of next week’s MLB All-Star affair.

- Roto Hardball puts Dan Uggla under the fantasy microscope.

- The Good Phight wonders how the hell Placido Polanco is starting at third base in the All-Star Game.

- Bluebird Banter fondly remembers all of the Blue Jays in the 1992 All-Star Game.

Soccer

- Now that MLS has essentially reached the halfway point, those number-crunchers at Sounder At Heart have calculated each teams’s chances of winning the MLS cup.

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