The 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers (Getty Images)
A look around the league and the web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out.
C: LA Times. A very cool look back on the champion 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers.
PF: DIME. The top five ex-NBA'ers that would make great team owners.
SF: TrueHoop. Beckley Mason on San Antonio's superb Kawhi Leonard.
SG: NBA Playbook. "Rajon Rondo, and the demise of the distributor."
PG: Piston Powered. Austin Daye and his "failure" of a season.
6th: Sacramento Business Journal: BREAKING: Sacto fans don't trust the Maloofs.
7th: SB Nation. Mike Prada with an interesting look at Goran Dragic's emergence.
8th: TBJ. Stan Van Gundy switches between Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi, blows my mind.
9th: SB Nation. The Gerald Wallace deal? Still a bad deal.
10th: Twitter.com/WolvesRadio. Alan Horton quotes George Karl, on Rick Adelman: "When Minnesota got [Adelman], I just said 'there goes our four wins, there's no way we're beating them four times [a year].'"
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