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Good morning. Let’s basketball.
BACK TO L.A.: The Lakers have a coach, and it’s Byron Scott. L.A. is all about those former Cavs coaches, so David Blatt can at the very least look forward to that. I wrote that Scott is a good choice, but the Lakers’ problems run much, much deeper.
THAT’S A WRAP: All coaching vacancies have now been filled. Kevin Zimmerman presents one challenge each new head coach faces going into the season.
NO LOVE FOR USA: Kevin Love won’t be playing in the FIBA World Cup. Paul Millsap is now in the mix. Meanwhile, Coach K talked to Marc Spears about the U.S. program.
[WHISTLES TUNE]: Nate Silver on the Harlem Globetrotters and Washington Generals, a piece which includes this sentence: “If they entered the NCAA tournament, the Globetrotters would deserve to be slotted in as something like a No. 4 or 5 seed.”
JAVALE! JaVale McGee stars as Wiz Khalifa dressed as Leonardo in the Funny Or Die parody of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme video. Right.
WELL THAT’S GOOD: Eric Bledsoe seems to understand that the Suns are using restricted free agency to destroy his chances of getting a max deal, and that it’s not personal.
JOAKIM NOAH IS REALLY GREAT: Here’s a story on Noah and Chicago.
COOL STORY, LEBRO: LeBron will wear No. 23 in Cleveland. Just in case there is a single kid who didn’t burn his jersey in 2010 ...
MUDIAY AND HUESTIS IN CONTEXT: My buddy Andy Hutchins on what the Emmanuel Mudiay and Josh Huestis developments mean for the NCAA.
MORE UNION DRAMA: The NBA players’ union should have a new executive director this week, but Kevin Johnson has pulled out of the process in another skirmish and who knows? Who knows?
SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT: Mark Cuban trash-talked Fat Joe during a heated sneaker auction.
POUND IT: Fist bumps are less germy than handshakes, study says. Bro hugs not mentioned.
Happy Monday. See you next time.
