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The Chevron: By now, you probably saw or heard about Chris Bosh’s tweet asking his followers where he should try to end up next season. Eric Freeman found the whole thing more than a bit disingenuous. [The Baseline]

The Dali: The Houston Rockets actually have more than enough pieces they could use in a sign-and-trade to get Bosh. How ridiculous would that team be next year? [The Dream Shake]

The English: Erin Crawford stops by to tell what is was like to grow up as the daughter of the most hated official in the NBA, and how there’s more to Joe Crawford than what we see on the court. [Lady Ballers]

The Fu Manchu: Jacob Rosen disects the intricacies within the Lebron James – Paul Pierce matchup that is the center of the Cleveland-Boston rivalry. [Waiting For Next Year]

The Handlebar: In light of his inability to defend the screen and roll, is it time for the Celtics to sit Rasheed Wallace in favor of Shelden Williams? [Celtics Hub]

The Horseshoe: Philip Barnett brings in Clint Peterson of High Note Hoops to discuss what we can expect to see in the Laker-Jazz match-up. [Forum Blue & Gold]

The Imperial: In preparation for their second round match-up, Scott Howard looks at a historical retrospective of Phoenix and San Antonio meeting in the playoffs and does not find much good for the Suns. [Bright Side of the Sun]

The Lampshade: This is a little bit old, but Eddy Rivera put together an amazing video chronicling Dwight Howard’s fouls in the Orlando-Charlotte series, which he dubs “Foul-umentary.” [Magic Basketball Net]

The Painter’s Brush: With the Jazz advancing in the playoffs, one thing we keep hearing is how Deron Williams is the best point guard in the NBA. Bradley Hartsell explains how this is yet another case of recency bias taking over our mindset. [My Expiring Contract]

The Pyramidal: The D-League Championship is behind us, so Ridiculous Upside has morphed itself into a draft site. Scott Schroeder presents version 1.0 of his 2010 NBA Mock Draft. [Ridiculous Upside]

The Toothbrush: Kobe did a fairly ridiculous photo shoot for this month’s issue of GQ, and David Diep is here to debrief you on it. [The No-Look Pass]

The Walrus: Henry Abbott explains why owning an NBA team isn’t the money tree that it is commonly thought of as being. [TrueHoop]

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The Chevron: Fresh off his buzzer beater to sink Miami on Friday, Paul Pierce kind of, sort of explains the art of a game-winning shot. [Paul Pierce]

The Dali: To Rob Mahoney, every Mavs game is numbingly predictable and yet very surprising. Game 4 against the Spurs was no exception. [The Two Man Game]

The English: Sebastian Pruiti breaks down the textbook efficiency with which the Spurs were able to take apart the Mavericks’ 2-3 zone. [NBA Playbook]

The Fu Manchu: Andrew McNeill sings the praises of Dejuan “Bear” Blair, the ACL-less Spurs rookie who is quickly making a name for himself with his performance in this series. [48 MoH]

The Handlebar: After what looks to be yet another early exit for the disappointing Dallas Mavericks, can we expect another roster shake-up for next season? [ProBasketballTalk]

The Horseshoe: Zach Harper asks if Wolverine could take on the rest of the X-Men by himself, that is, if Carmelo Anthony is enough to carry a team. [Hardwood Paroxysm]

The Imperial: Amare Stoudemire reflects on a conversation he had with Bill Russell 4 years ago about achieving greatness. [NBA Fanhouse]

The Lampshade: Kelly Dwyer writes about how Antawn Jamison has taken an unorthodox floater and perfected it into one of the deadliest weapons in the game, and how he uses it to become the X-factor that the Cavs need in the playoffs. [Ball Don't Lie]

The Painter’s Brush: Henry Abbott has an interesting challenge for all you sports writers out there. Try writing a game recap without mentioning scoring at all. [TrueHoop]

The Pyramidal: The New Jersey Nets suffered one of the most disappointing seasons in recent history this year, but fans still have a lot to be optimistic about. [Hoops Addict]

The Toothbrush: Despite being projected as a lottery pick and being the best Euro available, Jan Vesely has elected not to enter the NBA draft. [Draft Express]

The Walrus: Kyle Weidie takes a long look at what Shaun Livingston brings to the table for the Wizards and how far they need to go in order to keep him. [Truth About It]

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The Chevron: Holly Mackenzie takes us on a picture-filled journey of the 10 most memorable shoes of the 2009-2010 NBA season. [Nothing Easy]

The Dali: Brian Crawford is bemused about how anyone could dislike Joakim Noah, whom he calls the second best thing to happen to Chicago since MJ left. [SLAM Online]

The English: Dave from Blazersedge was so put off by the TNT broadcast of the playoff games last night that he is vowing to never again buy a product that was endorsed by it. [Blazersedge]

The Fu Manchu: One criticism of Derrick Rose in his young career has been that he has trouble getting to the line. But perhaps that is not entirely his fault. [ShamSports]

The Handlebar: Mike Prada asks if the Wizards had the worst season of any NBA team this year. They’re certainly up there. [Bullets Forever]

The Horseshoe: Today’s NBA is characterized by quick coaching changes and landscape-changing trades, but the Atlanta Hawks are the one example of a team who had a long-term plan and stuck with it. [NBA Fanhouse]

The Imperial: Ron Artest hounded Kevin Durant last night, but perhaps we can glean from that game what the Thunder can do to free their superstar up. [Daily Thunder]

The Lampshade: Sebastian Pruiti is running a series on the post-game adustments each team needs to focus on in order to improve in their next game. Here, he says that the Utah Jazz need to clamp down on Denver’s shooters. [NBA Playbook]

The Painter’s Brush: Eddy Rivera provides a video breakdown of Jameer Nelson’s huge first half against the Charlotte Bobcats. [Magic Basketball Net]

The Pyramidal: Jon L wonders if being on a winning D-League squad makes you more likely to be called up to the NBA than a similarly skilled player on a lesser squad. [Ridiculous Upside]

The Toothbrush: If you read any playoff game recaps, make it the ones that Matt Moore, Rob Mahoney, Zach Harper and Jared Wade are churning out on HP. If you don’t, you might miss gems like this: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you. Andre Miller’s spirit animal is obstructing my hearing as it humps my ear.” (By the way, if you are still hungry for more, maybe check out my coverage of Hawks-Bucks on Talkhoops.) [Hardwood Paroxysm]

The Walrus: If you are going to read ANYTHING today, please make it be this Kelly Dwyer article on Kevin Garnett’s fall from grace. “He’s the basketball version of a distinguished gentleman suddenly turning into a right old coot in a senior citizen’s home, treating the help like dirt for reasons that don’t go beyond the fact that the distinguished gentleman needs help, now.” [Ball Don't Lie]

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The Chevron: If you only are willing to spend a total of 15 minutes getting caught up on the playoff match-ups, make sure you catch the Mini-Playoff Previews by The Basketball Jones. [The Basketball Jones]

The Dali: For more in-depth, positional breakdowns of all of the series, Zach Harper has enlisted an army of the best writers in the NBA blogosphere. (Pay particular attention to the by-line on the ATL-MIL preview). [TalkHoops]

The English: Rey-Rey Moralde goes team-by-team with 16 previews of what to expect from each playoff team, complete with an interview with a local expert for each one. [The No-Look Pass]

The Fu Manchu: Jared Wade talks to Kelly Dwyer of Ball Don’t Lie about his thoughts on the upcoming playoffs among other things, including their prediction for who would win in a fight between KD’s current and former bosses, on the newest episode of the “Talking About Practice” podcast. [Both Teams Played Hard]

The Handlebar: Zach Lowe looks at nine teams that could legitimately be considered as championship contenders and breaks down the weaknesses in each of them. [Off The Dribble]

The Horseshoe: Rob Mahoney switches it up and gets Mavs fans TOTALLY PUMPED UP with his latest installment of Moving Pictures. [The Two Man Game]

The Imperial: Tom Ziller and Bethelem Shoals combine forces to bring us the best mix of statistical wizardry and FreeDarko-esque writing we’ve seen during this playoff preview season. [NBA Fanhouse]

The Lampshade: Continuing a yearly tradition, Henry Abbott has recruited the best statistical minds in the NBA to participate in the annual TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown. [TrueHoop]

The Painter’s Brush: Ok, I assume you’re all done with playoff previews now.  We’ve all dreamt about being imbued with an NBA player’s skill set.  Michael Pina writes about how he’d love to steal the skills of… Delonte West?! [Hardwood Paroxysm]

The Pyramidal: Scott Schroeder bids adieu to Rod Benson, who has played his last game in the D-League. [Ridiculous Upside]

The Toothbrush: The Disciples of Clyde re-enact the events leading up to the John Paxson-Vinny Del Negro shoving incident. [FDPtDoCNBAP]

The Walrus: Three years after the event that shaped his college experience, Coleman Collins remembers the Virginia Tech shooting. [TrueHoop]

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The Chevron: Today is April 14th, which means that it is Unsung Player Day! Chime in to pay tribute to your favorite unsung player. [With Malice]

The Dali: Our very own Carolyn Hastings sings the praises of the unsung player of the year for the Cavaliers, Sebastian Telfair. [And One]

The English: Zach Harper wants you to know all about the unsung player on the Kings, Donte Greene. [Cowbell Kingdom]

The Fu Manchu: Hard left turn to one of the most “sung” players in the league. Colleen Burns weighs in on the ongoing debate about LeBron’s sitting out these last few games, and is joined by Brian “The Cavalier” Spaeth and Rey-Rey Moralde for good counterpoints in the comments. [LadyBallers]

The Handlebar: Here’s a great post about how the Orlando became one of the premiere teams in the league, but more importantly it’s a chance for you to welcome Eddy Rivera’s new blog to the TrueHoop Network. [Magic Basketball]

The Horseshoe: Ben Golliver provides a video breakdown of Portland’s late game defense against the Thunder last night. [BlazersEdge]

The Imperial: Have you ever wanted to give Stan Van Gundy a facial hair makeover? Here’s your chance! [Orlando Sentinel]

The Lampshade: Neil Paine lists out who the stats say should win 6 big end-of-season awards in his 2009-10 APBRmetric awards. [Basketball-Reference]

The Painter’s Brush: How much do NBA Players actually need agents in contract negotiations? The answer, according to Robert Lucas, is a lot. [Red's Army]

The Pyramidal: Rod Benson, internet phenomenon and one of the most celebrated D-League players to never be called up to the NBA, announced that he has played his final D-League game. [NBA Fanhouse]

The Toothbrush: Mike D’Antoni uses Google. Take a look at his search story. [Posting and Toasting]

The Walrus: This might be the best article about USA basketball you will ever read. We all bow to Rob Mahoney. [Hardwood Paroxysm]

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The Chevron: If you want a chance at winning Dave Berri’s new book Stumbling on Wins, there are a bunch of contests out there for you. [NBA Playbook] [Nets Are Scorching] [Cowbell Kingdom]

The Dali: It’s a losing argument, but Royce Young makes the case for Kevin Durant as MVP this season. [Daily Thunder]

The English: Colin Powers has a nice interview with Shaun Livingston about his improbable return to NBA glory. [SLAM Online]

The Fu Manchu: Rob Mahoney looks at Jason Terry and Brendon Haywood and wonders how much starting positions actually matter to NBA players. [The Two Man Game]

The Handlebar: What are the characteristics of a good NBA nickname? [SLC Dunk]

The Horseshoe: Rahat Huq examines where Aaron Brooks and Kevin Martin rank among the great Rockets backcourt tandems of all time. [Red 94]

The Imperial: Everyone is hot on the OKC Thunder right now, but Peter Kim reminds us that we can’t forget where this young team came from. [The No-Look Pass]

The Lampshade: Zach Lowe looks at the difference in the Bucks before and after Bogut’s injury, and is disappointed that it is almost impossible for the Celtics to meet them in the playoffs. [Celtics Hub]

The Painter’s Brush: Jared Wade dives into his archives and pulls out the top 50 NBA commercials of all time. I’m fairly sure there is no contesting #1. [Both Team Played Hard]

The Pyramidal: Scott Schroeder muses about what may have been going through Marcus Williams’s mind when he decided to turn down an NBA contract in favor of staying in the D-League. [Ridiculous Upside]

The Toothbrush: Dan Filowitz presents us with what may be the first ever Slint-themed NBA playoff preview song. [FDPtDoCNBAP]

The Walrus: Dan Devine (a.k.a. @DevineBoston) pens an extensive review of the newest documentary in ESPN’s 30 for 30 series: “No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson.” [Ball Don't Lie]

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The Chevron: Tom Martin channels h and takes apart what he calls the “Stupidest Article of the Year.” [The Dream Shake]

The Dali: The most shocking part of the above-referenced article was that it came from NBA Fanhouse, which is usually home to incomparably fantastic analysis and writing, such as this post discussing the relative value of Chris Bosh by Tom Ziller. [NBA Fanhouse]

The English: Henry Abbott looks at the case studies of Darren Collison and Marcus Thornton to discuss how playing time is vital to the development of young players. [TrueHoop]

The Fu Manchu: Using that information, how can the young Bobcats improve on their first ever playoff berth? [Queen City Hoops]

The Handlebar: The Thunder’s struggles in crunch time have been well publicized this season.  Royce Young suggests that they start looking past option 1 (Kevin Durant) and option 1a (Kevin Durant) to Jeff “Shaft” Green. [Daily Thunder]

The Horseshoe: This has been stated many times before, but it deserves to be reiterated. If you don’t already have a rooting interest for the playoffs, start getting into the Oklahoma City Thunder. [But The Game Is On]

The Imperial: Brian Spencer checks in with the number 1 overall NBA draft picks for the last decade to see how each has found their place in the league. [Empty the Bench]

The Lampshade: Tom Haberstroh explains that blocks doesn’t only need to be a defensive statistic and (re-)introduces us to the “Percent Blocked” statistic. [Hardwood Paroxysm]

The Painter’s Brush: Rahat Huq revisits the worst part of last season for the Rockets, when Yao Ming went down with an injury against the Lakers. [Red 94]

The Pyramidal: Now that the D-League Playoffs are underway, Matt Hubert revisits the past season by the numbers. [D-LeagueDigest]

The Toothbrush: Kobe signed an extension with the Lakers last week, and by doing so, extends his long relationship with Lakers fans, such as Philip Barnett. [Forum Blue and Gold]

The Walrus: Harlan Schreiber takes a look back on now Hall-of-famer Dennis Johnson’s career in the NBA and in life. [Hoops Analyst]

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The Chevron: You really hate to see a player go down with a gruesome injury, especially someone of Andrew Bogut’s caliber.  Noam Schiller laments how much we have been robbed of because of this unfortunate circumstance. [Both Teams Played Hard]

The Dali: With his athletic defensive potential, Jordan Hill could soon be Yao Ming’s new best friend. [The Dream Shake]

The English: The Blazers are faced with a dilemma with Greg Oden this off season. Do they sign him to a long-term extension or let him test the waters of restricted free agency? [Blazersedge]

The Fu Manchu: In case you haven’t heard enough of them already, here are the top 9 annoying end-of-the-season storylines that are likely to be hammered into your eyes. [Basketbawful]

The Handlebar: It’s incredible how tight the Western Conference playoff picture is, with only 3 games separatine the 2 and 8 seeds. Rob Mahoney reminds us not to worry too much about trying to manipulate who you end up playing though, since so much can happen between now and the end of the season. [The Two Man Game]

The Horseshoe: Noam Schiller (second link today!) tries to figure out the reason why Carl Landry does not seem as aggressive in Sacramento as he did in Houston. [Cowbell Kingdom]

The Imperial: Megan Wilson (a.k.a. @shegotgame) examines NBA style, and scolds players and coaches for mismatching items. [Nothing Easy]

The Lampshade: Tom Haberstroh celebrates Andrew Bogut’s season by delineating 10 of statistics that you might not have been aware of. [Hoopdata]

The Painter’s Brush: Kevin Arnovitz gives a video breakdown of the plays and decision-making that led to the Lakers’ nightmare fourth quarter against the Spurs. [Land O'Lakers]

The Pyramidal: The D-League playoffs are exceedingly hard to predict because the imminent call-ups and send-downs (?) that might be looming that can cripple or bolster the teams. Nonetheless, Scott Schroeder makes his best to give a primer on how it will all go down. [Ridiculous Upside]

The Toothbrush: If you’ve ever wondered, “What is the exact gameplan that the Utah Jazz need in order to beat the Los Angeles Lakers?” you are going to love this flowchart. [SLC Dunk]

The Walrus: Zach Harper hates how Andrew Bogut’s injury basically means the end of the incredible Bucks season, who figured to be a dangerous force in the playoffs for whomever they ended up matching up against. [Hardwood Paroxysm]

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