Two Links for a Holiday Weekend

What's Wrong with the NBA - TrueHoop By Henry Abbott - ESPN
We hear the stories all the time. There are problems with the NBA. If you wanted to make a story about what that means exactly, you might want to use the facts from this star's real biography...

The lesson, as always: Get a large enough group of young men, and there will be enough "bad apples" to go around, depending on how you define "bad apple".

Inside the NBA: A wee bit of news on Brandon Bass
I'd heard some NBA team had offered Bass a five-year deal worth in excess of $25 million. Dutt declined to confirm whether the Bobcats made such an offer, but I'm told elsewhere the Bobcats wouldn't be that team.

I guess that means so much for Brandon Bass in Charlotte, unless Dallas is interested in a reciprocal sign-and-trade for Felton, but I can't imagine that.