Sports 4 Dorks

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: Hampton
Roads Daily Press. Allen Iverson, who has had legal issues with guns in the
past, and once recorded an album that reportedly
glorified violence on several tracks, has donated $100,000 to a "Gun Buy
Back" program near his hometown. Good,
good, Gonella, good. I’m going to get a bit preachy and wonder aloud about
the difference that just half of the NBA’s players (with an average salary in
excess of five million dollars) could make in offering the same percentage
donation in relation to their salary to various programs of this one’s ilk.
PF: Dallas
Morning News. Mark Cuban is trying to give the notorious "Clipper Darrell" a gig
working for the Mavs. Yeah, that would really spur Mavs fans on: "hey, let’s root along with the
guy who is being paid to chant by the owner!" Hat-tip: J.E. Skeets.
SF: Sactown Royalty.
The Kings are trying to make Kenny Thomas less horrible at basketball.
SG: Empty
the Bench. Ten players who should be getting more burn. An interesting
list, including some good YouTube clips of a few guys who aren’t the sharpest
tools in the shed.
PG: New
York Daily News. A New York
wants everyone to know how he feels, and he’s using an expletive to get his
point across. I’m shocked. Shocked
and stunned (reference comes 2:25 in).
6^th: Wall
Street Journal. On Chris Bosh’s video:
"Both ads were done on the cheap. In Mr.
Bosh’s case, the shoot took all of an hour and cost him $20 — and $15 of that
was for the cowboy hat he sported, he says." Hat-tip: Andrew
Lawrence.
7^th: Elevation
Mag. The NBA wants to control the content on the website it pays for in
order to promote its product? I’m shocked. Shocked and stunned.
8^th: SI.com.
Paul Forrester on why the Rockets won’t be trading Tracy McGrady anytime soon.
9^th: Hardwood
Paroxysm. A fine interview with Paulsen, who runs the terrific (terrific!) Sports Media Watch blog.
10^th: Draft
Express. C.J. Watson details his chaotic jump from the NBDL to the Golden
State Warriors. Hat-tip: TrueHoop.

*The Dallas Morning News pulled a hamstring. Luckily Matt Turvey swoops in with the NBA week in review, plus a hilarious "interview" with Sebastian Telfair.