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The 10-man rotation, starring DeAndre Jordan's '90-pound sandbag of regret'
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: The Classical. There's a way of writing about the NBA that's all Colin McGowan's own, and it's been on display throughout his "They Can't All Be Winners" mega-preview of the state of the NBA's teams heading into the 2015-16 season, and it's bright and shining in his consideration of the Los Angeles Clippers, made once again strong by DeAndre Jordan's "90-pound sandbag of regret."
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PF: San Jose Mercury News. Marcus Thompson III was there when Stephen Curry met 10-year-old Taliq Davis, and man, is his account worth revisiting.
SF: The Players Tribune. NBA veteran Dorell Wright's open letter to his brother, Toronto Raptors rookie Delon Wright, about what to expect, what to do and, more importantly, what not to do in his first professional season.
SG: Miami Herald. Ethan Skolnick isn't yet sure whether this iteration of the Miami Heat can be truly excellent, but he sees plenty of reason for South Floridians to have hope for an awful lot more than what they got last season.
PG: RealGM. Jonathan Tjarks on the bet Stan Van Gundy made when he gave Reggie Jackson a five-year, $80 million contract: that physical tools matter more than a track record of accomplishment in his four-out, spread pick-and-roll system.
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6th: Salt Lake Tribune. Trey Burke tells Gordon Monson that this year's going to be different, because this year he's taking his craft seriously: "It was me, the things that I was doing off the court holding me back. I just had to sit back and realize, sit back and make decisions on what type of player I wanted to be, and ask myself what sacrifices I wanted to make. A lot of those things had to be like food and had to be certain activities, certain … um, uh … all types of things." If the actions back up the words, the playoff-hopeful Utah Jazz might not suffer quite as much from the absence of Dante Exum as we might have thought.
7th: San Antonio Express-News and The Nation. Gregg Popovich, no stranger to political and social commentary and forever looking for ways to expand the horizons of his multinational roster, invited Olympic track legend John Carlos — one half of "one of the most indelible images of the civil rights movement" — to training camp to speak to his San Antonio Spurs on Saturday, and as Dave Zirin writes, "These last two days meant something soul-deep to Dr. Carlos."
8th: Mashable. Sam Laird takes a trip down memory lane to celebrate the NBA of 1995-96, when Kevin Garnett was still just a kid, the late Anthony Mason played more minutes than anybody, and we didn't yet know that we were watching Shaq and Penny's last ride.
9th: Denver Post. After saying he just wants "a coach that believes in [him]" after two down years under Brian Shaw, Denver Nuggets power forward Kenneth Faried can't stop singing the praises of new head coach Michael Malone: "He's an intense coach, and he loves his players and he doesn't criticize your talents, but praises them [...] now I have a coach who just loves me all out."
10th: KSL.com. A cool story about how one young man's off-hours project of redesigning the logos of all 30 NBA teams, just for fun ,landed him a design gig with the league itself. The lesson, as always: Scouts are always on the lookout for new talent.
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