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NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day.

1. The Sporting Blog: Shoals' excellent response to Shaq and his, um, question of taste.

2. Part Mule: And photos of the posterior that Kobe is more likely to actually be, uh, linked to.

3. Dave D'Alessandro, The Star Ledger: Is drafting European players a thing of the past?

4. The Pyramid of Excess: Sure you've seen mock drafts. But of the third round?

5. Boston.com's Celtics Blog: Kendrick Perkins is hocking memorabilia on QVC. Already?

6. Chicago Sun-Times: Rose or Beasley? Vinny Del Negro's not talking.

NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day.

1. Sports by Brooks: The New York media isn't so thrilled about recognizing another Boston championship.

2. Dime: What's the missing piece for the Lakers?

3. Winston-Salem Journal: Has the trade that brought Kobe Bryant to the Lakers been misconstrued over the years?

4. Sactown Royalty: Now Ron Artest is 99% sure he'll stay in Sacramento.

5. Jones on the NBA: The curse of 17 did in the Lakers.

6. The Sporting Blog: Should the Celtics really have been running up the score like that?

NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day.

1. Sports By Brooks: Dr. J. will not take a photo with you if you think he's Bill Russell.

2. Sactown Royalty: Ron Artest may opt out after all.

3. Hardwood Paroxysm: Fight Ubuntu: the screenplay.

4. Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Gary Payton and Xavier McDaniel address 3,000 people rallying outside the Sonics trial.

5. Joe Sports Fan: Excellent analysis of the non-celebrity Laker fan demographic.

6. PJStar.com, via SLAM: Shaun Livingston is dunking again.

NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day.

1. Awful Announcing: Jeff Van Gundy calls James Posey a "knife fighter." If that's the case, maybe the Celtics should have tried to get him several years ago.

2. Sports By Brooks: The family-related reason Ray Allen left right after Game 5.

3. DraftExpress: A roundup of who's in or out as the early draft entry/withdrawal deadline approaches.

4. Chris Sheridan, ESPN: An update on who's likely to make the Team USA roster this summer.

5. Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Live blogging the Sonics trial, which began today.

6. 2002 WCF Champs: The Sacramento Kings!: Get your t-shirts advertising something that never happened. Really, Kings fan?

NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day.

1. TrueHoop: David Stern says McHale would have been suspended for the Rambis clothesline if it happened today.

2. Detroit Bad Boys: Coming around on the Michael Curry hire.

3. The Association: Secret photo of Lakers practicing to defend Paul Pierce.

4. The Sporting Blog: "Yao Ming is tall like rocket ready for take off."

5. D.C. Sports Bog: Caron Butler showing off some dance moves.

6. TMZ: Former Bull Jason Caffey has lots of kids, but not lots of money.

NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day.

1. Brian Windhorst, Ohio.com: Discussing Anderson Varejao's great flops of 2006-07.

2. Paul Coro, Arizona Republic: Shaq would endorse Brian Shaw as the Suns' new coach.

3. West Coast Bias: Tim Donaghy in the witness protection program as you'll-never-guess-who.

4. OC Register: News flash: Laker games are expensive.

5. Epic Carnival: Amusing alternative punishments for flopping.

6. Karen Leigh's Blog: First hand account of ballin' with Barack Obama.

NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day.

1. Upside and Motor: The Ronny Turiaf movement is working!

2. BallHype: Everything you've ever wanted to know about the elusive Combo Guard.

3. Red's Army: Wondering about KG's energy in Game 4.

4. Lakers-Fans.com: Via BDL, another hilarious video featuring Sasha "The Machine" Vujacic.

5. FreeDarko: The book is finished, and available for pre-order!

6. Odenized: Charles Barkley (Pot), meet the city of San Antonio (Kettle).

NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day.

1. BallHype: A graphic-heavy ode to Chris Paul and his youthful awesomeness.

2. Straight Bangin': A passionate and incredibly well-reasoned summation of why the Knicks should consider Chris Douglas-Roberts with the sixth pick.

3. foodcourtlunch.com: The post title says it all: "Tim Duncan Returns a Pair of Pants."

4. TrueHoop: A tremendous dispatch from ballers in Iraq.

5. Ball Don't Lie: Would Jason Terry rather have four arms and two legs or two arms and four legs?

6. Basketbawful: Ray Allen's jumper left Ray Allen for Jason Kapono? Juicy!

NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day.

1. Tirico Suave: If only all the teams at the Draft Lottery were represented by musicians.

2. Detroit Bad Boys: It's not ideal, but it's okay that the Pistons dropped Game 1.

3. Cuzoogle: Photoshopping the Western Conference Finals.

4. Lion In Oil: Anyone nicknamed Big Baby just has to have soft hands.

5. Ball Don't Lie: Hilarious video mocking Sasha "The Machine" Vujacic.

6. We Are The Postmen: Somebody's REALLY excited about that Bulls' number one pick. (PG-13)

NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day.

1. Bob Young, azcentral.com: Robert Horry's not the devil, but he might have made a deal with him.

2. With Malice: Time for Jerry Sloan and the Jazz to part ways?

3. Hardwood Paroxysm: Using Hot Spots to break down Spurs-Hornets.

4. Red's Army: Marginally creative headline, but sweet Paul Pierce video.

5. Cake Rocks the Party: "The Guide to Hating Your Spurs."

6. Deuce of Davenport: Winner of Best Headline for the "Dwyane Wade buys his mom a church" story.