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Good morning. Let’s basketball.

LABOR OF LOVE: Andrew Wiggins signed his rookie deal, which means if the Wolves choose the Cavs’ reported deal for Love the No. 1 overall pick can’t be moved for 30 days. So we probably have at least one more month of the Love Affair.

WELP: Chris Paul is now also talking about boycotting the season if Donald Sterling remains in the NBA by the end of the summer.

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! The Cold War between the Rockets and Chandler Parsons continues. James Harden piped in, saying everyone on the team other than he and Dwight Howard were and are “role players.” Parsons called the statement “ridiculous” and sent an enflaming tweet. Life is good.

BLAKE OUT: No Blake Griffin in Spain for the FIBA World Cup. #Boogie4America

THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE BASKETBLOGOSPHERE: netw3rk profiles SB Nation contributor Mark Deeks for Grantland. What a damn sentence.

THE HUESTIS AFFAIR: Here are a few links on the whole Josh Huestis imbroglio, which appears as if it will settle without a fight from the union or the league. The TL;DR explanation of why this is a thing: Huestis is agreeing to play for peanuts in the D-League this season (at least) as a condition of being picked No. 29 in the draft.

- My early read of the situation.

- Royce Young’s early read from the Thunder’s perspective.

- Huestis’ agent explains the reason for the deal.

- Zach Lowe with the union’s perspective and more.

- J.A. Sherman and I debate the topic.

That’s probably enough Josh Huestis talk for this century.

A HORRIBLE PRANK, REALLY: New SB Nationer Sarah Kogod writes about Richard Jefferson’s uninspired serial prank on Brandon Rush.

KLAY CHAT: Rob Mahoney goes deep on Klay Thompson, his value and why you trade him for Kevin Love.

Happy Friday. See you next week.

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