Good morning. Let us basketball.
All the opening night links you can handle in Tuesday’s NBA newsletter.
Good morning. Basketball is back. So let us basketball. Warning, though: you’re getting multiple Taylor Swift links.
BASKETBALL! Three games on Tuesday, including the wondrous League Pass tip-off between the Magic and Pelicans (8 p.m. ET). TNT will give us Mavericks at Spurs (8 p.m. ET) and Rockets at Lakers (10:30 p.m. ET). Because everyone wants to watch Kobe and the Lakers, especially now.
FREEDARKO FOREVER: Bethlehem Shoals got the band back together for an incredible Every Game Preview for GQ. Christmas in October. Bring back the mirth.
NO ONE RANKINGS SHOULD HAVE ALL THIS POWER: Drew Garrison is heading up SB Nation NBA’s Power Rankings this season. Here’s the debut, with the Spurs on top.
KAWHI SO SERIOUS: I wrote about the Spurs’ history of winning concessions from their stars and Kawhi Leonard’s refusal to take a discount for the benefit of Peter Holt.
THE NUGGETS GONNA NUG NUG NUG NUG NUG: An amazing “Shake It Off” parody video from your Denver Nuggets.
RIACHU WAS PRETTY GANGSTER: Lessons from Ty Lawson’s AMA.
FROM THE ANNALS OF SPECTACULAR IDEAS: Adam Figman previews the season with the help of Jadakiss, Bun B and eight other rappers.
AUTOCORRECT, Y’ALL! It looks like autocorrect led Warriors partner Peter Guber to send an email to employees saying he plans to learn “hoodish” when he meant “Yiddish.” That or Guber is an idiot who doesn’t learn lessons and actually meant to say “hoodish.” I trust that it was a mistake and am now most offended that in his apology to the team Guber tried to pass off “unintendedly” as a word.
T-SWIZZY IS THE EPITOME OF THESE KNICKS: Check out Melo looking bewildered by Taylor Swift in a No. 13 Knicks jersey.
BRAZIL AND R&D: Zach Lowe explains the NBA’s new Brazilian league subsidy and further experimentation with the game.
PREVIEW TIME! Be sure to check out SB Nation NBA’s season preview. BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE.
ERR: Could the Jazz be this year’s Suns? I think not.
NEAT: Good Robin Roberts interview with new Spurs assistant Becky Hammon. Howard Beck is also on the Hammon beat with a great profile.
PERK IS DIPLOMATIC: Kendrick Perkins says it doesn’t matter if he starts.
#NOTNICE #FORREAL: Kevin Durant had himself a Monday on Twitter.
THANKS LEBRON! The Cavaliers will debut the largest LED scoreboard in any NBA arena this week.. And then they will set it on fire.
Basketball! We'll be covering the games Tuesday night and all season, so check us out at SBNation.com/NBA. See you next time.
