There are stuffed animals the size of Muggsy Bogues, and Gilbert Arenas won them all

Good morning. Let’s basketball.

HIBACHI LIVES: The one and only Gilbert Arenas went full Hibachi on the Orange County Fair, won all of the stuffed animals for his kids (including a Muggsy Bogues-sized Minion) and got banned from playing more basketball games for the rest of the day. (There is actually fair policy on this.) We miss you, Agent Zero.

99 PROBLEMS BUT FUTURE FREE AGENTS AIN’T ONE: The Sixers have a branding problem in that due to their strategy free agents do not want to play for them. But this is irrelevant because they do not want to sign free agents. When they do, they will likely be better. Teams that win can pull free agents. Hence, it all rides on the success of Sam Hinkie’s plan.

DELLY BACK: One-year deal with Cleveland, but he’ll still be a restricted free agent in 2016.

FANCY THAT: Jazz management is going to try to extend the life of EnergySolutions Arena instead of asking Salt Lake to help build a new gym. Weird.

MORNING TIP: David Aldridge’s always excellent Morning Tip is especially good this week with a long essay on Becky Hammon and a Roy Hibbert Q&A. He also makes a superbly salient point about the Pacers’ Hoosiers-inspired jerseys planned for this year. What about showing some throwback love to the 1955 Crispus Attacks High team led by Oscar Robertson? That team was the first all-black squad to win the Indiana state title.

ON FIREWORKS AND MORE: CelticsBlog’s Jeff Clark interviewed Wyc Grousbeck, the controlling partner of the team. Neat!

ONE LONG AUDITION: I really enjoyed Bram Kincheloe’s piece on Vegas Summer League as one long audition tape for hundreds of potential NBA players.

FASCINATING: We’ve long had empirical data showing teams perform worse with no rest in between games. Adam Yudelman is investigating why, and discovers that teams on the whole have worse shot selection on the second half of a back-to-back. Really interesting finding.

JAZZ FLUKE: Liam Boylan-Pett argues that the Jazz and Rudy Gobert are no flukes and will make a run at a playoff spot in 2015-16.

HEART: Ronny Turiaf, one of my favorite dudes in the NBA over the past decade, writes for The Players’ Tribune about the heart issues that almost ended his career prematurely.

NOTED: Bol Bol, the 15-year-old son of the dearly departed Manute Bol, is 6’11 with the skills of a guard. He’s going to be a thrill to watch in college and hopefully the pros.

LET’S JUST BE HONEST: Larry Bird acknowledges that MJ would kill him in a game of 1-on-1 right now. Speaking of MJ, he will NOT turn down.

THE RESWAGGIFICATION: Nick Young is swagging out game-winners at L.A.‘s Drew League.

Happy Tuesday. See you next time.