- Zach Lowe and Danny Chau on Greg Monroe, who has been killing it.
- John Bennett at NBA Playbook has a smart video breakdown of the Knicks’ D against Memphis.
- John Schuhmann looks at how the Heat have improved against zone defense.
- At Cavs: The Blog, “A Premature Farewell to an Old Friend” by Colin McGowan. The trouble with this is that the Cavs say they aren’t trading Varejao.
- Danny Nowell at Magic Basketball, trying to figure out Jameer Nelson.
- Danny Nowell at Magic Basketball again: “Basketball games are supposed to be a fun and acrobatic celebration of human accomplishment, and not a seven hour suckfest of me wondering why Dwight Howard can not keep his elbow at a consistent angle over his head. It becomes a reductive, Dadaist torture, wherein I am forced to contemplate an miniscule, asinine movement over and over again until I am reduced to weeping on my sofa.”
- Watch all 39 of Dwight Howard’s free throw attempts from last night.
- Dwight’s advice for DeMarcus Cousins. Also, so happy that DMC will be receiving advice from Alex English.
- Evan Turner’s jumpshot is still a work in progress.
- Rob Mahoney on Monta Ellis.
- Kevin Pelton talking Warriors, including Nate Robinson: “I think Nate has gotten a bad rap in the league because of his emotions and his celebrations. At his core, he isn’t a selfish player, but he’s obviously best cast as a volume scorer. When he’s getting into the paint and knocking down threes, his ability to use a lot of possessions makes him valuable. He hasn’t done that as well the last couple of seasons, but was very effective as a bench scorer in New York in 2008-09. With Steph Curry out, and with Dorell Wright struggling, Golden State needs additional firepower from the backcourt, so I think this can be a good marriage of player and team.”
- Today’s edition of “The Wizards Are Terrible” by Mark Deeks and Kyle Weidie.
- I feel weird about linking to something you have to pay for, but if you have Insider, check out David Thorpe’s rookie rankings. He says Tristan Thompson looked far from raw against Utah.
- A couple of links if you want to catch up with Jonas Valanciunas. From the first one, his coach in Lithuania was on Dwane Casey’s staff in Minnesota. Did not know that.
- Since Michael Redd returned last night, we’ll finish this off with an oldie/goodie from Scoop Jackson. (Via Scoop disciple Holly MacKenzie.)
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