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Good morning. We missed you yesterday. Let's basketball.
AND THE SUN NEVER ROSE AGAIN: Derrick Rose has torn his meniscus again, and needs another knee surgery. Rose is likely to have two options: repair the meniscus again, or remove it. If he chooses the latter option, we could see him back in time for the playoffs. Otherwise, he's done for the year. Ricky O'Donnell reflects on the sad turn for D-Rose.
Needless to say, many NBA stars tweeted their sadness about Rose's latest setback.
OH DEAR: Rajon Rondo ignores instructions from Rick Carlisle. Carlisle calls a timeout angrily. Carlisle yells at Rondo. Rondo yells at Carlisle. Carlisle benches Rondo for the final 20 minutes of the game. The Mavericks beat the Raptors anyway. (Toronto has lost three straight but still sits in the No. 2 spot in the East.)
THIS IS BIG: Kirk Goldsberry on the potential revolution in defensive analysis.
LIKE MAGIC: Latest proof that Stephen Curry is in fact a wizard, this time against the Wizards! (The Wizards have lost four straight and nine of 11.)
TWO DAYS OLD, BUT ... James Harden put Ricky Rubio in a sticker book and dropped him off at a preschool.
"LOVING" IT: LeBron says a key to his physical excellence was dropping McDonald's from his diet. Upon being reminded McDonald's pays him a good deal of money, LeBron says he eats McDonald's every day. It's a silly, funny moment that also speaks to a pretty surreal truth: these elite athletes pitch junky food they can't really eat to be at their peak physical condition.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE SPURS? Tony Parker!
STRAIGHT CASH HINKIE: Sam Hinkie claimed Thomas Robinson off of waivers, which yanked him from the Nets and pissed off the Nuggets, who are now below the salary floor.
AWARD TIME: Paul Flannery and I predicted who will win the awards. Jason Patt's weekly MVP Race update notes that Russell Westbrook is certainly gaining. PLEASE LET THIS HAPPEN. (It's not going to happen. I won't get my hopes up. I won't let them break my heart again.)
SURE! The Hawks are Southampton.
GORDON HAYWARD'S ORIGIN STORY: Cool video piece on how the Jazz star made his NBA dreams come true.
KLAY THOMPSON IS SO GOOD ...: ... he can hit threes in the dark at an alarming clip.
BRILLIANT: A lo-fi solution to blocking the score of all Knicks games with something more hopeful.
LEBRON JAMES JR.: A future No. 1 pick. He really does play like his father in many ways. If you didn't know that was LeBron's kid, you could guess it just based on the way he drives and passes. Via Trey Kerby.
EVEN BETTER: He wears Number Zero like all the most fun young guards! All praise the Gilfather.
ANALYTICS 101: A good primer on advanced basketball metrics. Speaking of which ...
ANALYTIC RANKINGS! Kevin Pelton ranks the 30 NBA teams on their adoption of analytics as a tool. The three teams dubbed "non-believers" happen to be a combined 47-117 this season.
THE FIRST PERSON TO WEAR THE NEW YEEZY BOOSTS IN THE NBA IS ... Bango, the Milwaukee Bucks' mascot. As you expected.
BRODIE: Steve Nash claims he's the baddest 41-year-old on the planet, tells an internet troll to meet him in Temecula. Temecula is a fine town that doesn't deserve its new reputation as a haven for internet-inspired fistfights!
CRUEL WORLD: Daniel Orton got kicked out of the Philippine Basketball Association because he said that while Manny Pacquiao is a boxing legend, he's not a professional basketball player. Manny scored one point in a game against Orton's team. I wonder who Daniel Orton will be rooting for on May 2?!?
THIS IS TRUE: Jesse Farrar eulogizes the expiring contract era. Good riddance.
I LOVE THE 2015 DRAFT: Remember how Jahlil Okafor believes in mermaids like all reasonable humans? Karl-Anthony Towns has an imaginary friend Karlito who sits on his shoulder. As one does.
B-ROLL: Chris Ballard lets loose a Q&A with Joe Lacob following his long piece on the Warriors last week.
PAYDAY ALERT: Khris Middleton is going to have a lucrative July.
COACH VINO STRIKES AGAIN: So the Lakers beat the Celtics this weekend, and Nick Young and Jordan Hill celebrated pretty heavily with Jeremy Lin during the postgame interview. Kobe was on Jimmy Kimmel, and they showed the celebration, and let's just say Kobe was not amused.
HOW TO BEAT THE WARRIORS IN 10 EASY STEPS: Matt Steinmetz has some ideas.
AND FINALLY: Enjoy a 1-minute supercut of Pau Gasol screaming. There's little better to start your day.
Happy Wednesday. See you next time.
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