Good morning, Michael Beasley will be the greatest Spur ever
That and much, much more in Monday’s NBA newsletter.
Good morning. Let’s basketball.
BLEDNOPE: There was a rumor that the Timberwolves were impressing themselves into the Eric Bledsoe situation. That rumor appears to be trumped up. Training camp is getting awful close, Suns and EB.
SPEAKING OF THE WOLVES ... Minnesota and Ricky Rubio are apparently having rocky extension talks. Too bad David Kahn isn’t still around, he would have already dropped the five-year max.
ANTHONY RANDOLPH’S LONG ROAD TO RUSSIA, by Steven Lebron.
TOP 10: Ben Golliver and Rob Mahoney wrapped up their top-100-in-the-NBA list. Check out the whole thing.
ART, BY SHAQ: Shaq held an art fair in Chicago, and it was awesome.
THOSE SCOUTING REPORTS: Howard Beck reports that the scouting reports that float around the NBA do have some unsavory stereotypes, but usually nothing as bad as what Danny Ferry read.
THE SPURS, OF COURSE: Michael Beasley works out for San Antonio. Pounding The Rock is curious as to why. I just want to know how long Gregg Popovich can keep a straight face. I imagine for quite long!
BASIC FACTS: Rasheed Wallace is a national treasure.
IN HONOR OF SHEED ... here’s Tony Parker’s greatest trick shot.
REUNITED: Andray Blatche has gone to China, where he’ll join Jordan Crawford and the Guanghui Flying Tigers. All they need is John Wall to reconstitute my favorite Big Three ever.
WELP: netw3rk did a hilarious spin on the scouting report issue that felled Danny Ferry, and some Pacers fans believed a section about Lance Stephenson and Roy Hibbert to be fact.
UH HUH: This little girl, who is the spawn of the wonderful Steve McPherson, nails A.I.‘s “practice?!” rant.
SOME HUSBAND: If you buy Mark Jackson’s wife’s single, Mark Jackson will call you personally. He will probably criticize your defensive stance while he’s at it.
R U KIDDIN ME? I know this is sorta “for charity,” which can excuse a lot of ridiculous requests. But there’s gotta be union rules against letting James Dolan ask Melo and Amare to join him on stage to break to world record for biggest kazoo band ever, right? It’s pretty clear that Phil Jackson laughed in Dolan’s face when he got the invite.
HIDE YO WIFE, HIDE YO VIDS: TMZ Sports is coming to a television set near you.
KD ON MENTORS: Pretty cool Esquire feature on the mentors of very successful people, including Mr. Kevin Durant.
CAN DERRICK ROSE SHOOT? Kirk Goldsberry asks the question, answers with pretty charts.
HEXAGONS AND HAIRLINES: Ed Maisonet shares five thoughts on the LeBron 12 release.
COACH K RESPONDS: Mike Krzyzewski says coaching Team USA does not create an unfair recruiting edge, and that photo on Paul George’s hospital bed was not staged.
SPECTACULAR: Various NBA arenas as recreated in Minecraft.
NOT GONNA LIE: I love Mark Cuban for this.
EVERY AMERICAN’S DREAM: Reporter drops f-bomb, quits on air, leaves anchor in catatonic shock. (NSFW Language, of course.)
RUN THE MEWS: I don’t point out active Kickstarters often around here. But we could actually get MEOW THE JEWELS, people. It’s within our grasp. Let’s do it. For charity. With no damn kazoos.
YES YES YES: The new Eater.com is here. Big features coming up throughout Monday. MMMM.
Oh my heavens that was a long GMIB. Happy Monday. See you next time.
