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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: Chicago Sun-Times. Joakim Noah's college coach, Billy Donovan: "Jo's biggest problem is that he just wants to win, and when he sees things that are getting in the way with winning he has a tendency to be somewhat demonstrative or loud." Great. I wish his teammates were the same way. Doesn't matter. Don't show up late to work; don't yell at your boss. Meanwhile, the Blowtorch is cracking me up, and they have the skinny behind the Noah suspension.
PF: Depressed Fan. Angry blogger writes a trade suggestion column, and the GM of his favorite team emails him to tell him ... well, not much. Still, we like the interaction.
SF: New York Post. Stephon Marbury may miss the rest of the season after ankle surgery, and New York Post editors clap in unison. They're obviously out of headline puns.
SG: Salt Lake Tribune. The Utah Jazz party photos that we can't link to (no complaints there, actually) are from a pretty innocuous get-together; and, honestly, anyone who assumed anything else was being a bit daft.
PG: Louisville Courier-Journal. Shawn Kemp's kid is well on his way to an NBA career. I'm going to copy that last line to my clipboard for the next 24 years, just to save time.
6th: NBAStuffer. A pretty cool breakdown of how teams tend to do at the end of long road trips. We're not giving away the best of the bunch, so click on the link.
7th: Sixers 4 Guidos. A borderline-offensively named 76ers blog polls NBA bloggers on their choices for the MVP and Rookie of the Year.
8th: Local10.com. Here's your gratuitous Glen Rice link. We have to say, ten years ago and back before Google could pick up pictures of just about anybody, securing a shot of Christina Rice was quite the coup. SLAM! Magazine even made a point to throw her into a late 1990s profile of Glen.
9th: Truth About It. DeShawn Stevenson, still The Locksmith. Nice.
10th: CelticsBlog. Calming me down when I want to scream at Danny Ainge for passing on (at the very least) calling up a reserve point guard on a 10-day contract.

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  1. mcwelk
    1. Posted by mcwelk Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:14 pm EDT

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    Malaprops to Masha K. Her take on the New Year's Party is here: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&u=http://www.sports.ru/blog/kirilenko/3922304.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.sports.ru/%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
  2. MDZ
    2. Posted by MDZ Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:14 pm EDT

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    I wonder how many of Shawn Kemp's kids are named Shawn Kemp Jr.?
  3. Sheryl J
    3. Posted by Sheryl J Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:58 pm EDT

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    Well i am glad the coach had sense to put noah in least he made points in the game last night hopefully noah will come to practices on time and put all this behind him because he has such great potential for the bulls and the next time coach needs to make the decision on his suspension not the team mates who if they can't set a example theirselves need to keep their mouth shut you are on the team to help the younger players not put them down since you have some that need to retire anyway,
  4. JD
    4. Posted by JD Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:30 pm EDT

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    KD, I got good news. My dog just learned to sit. There's hope for your boy!

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