couple of neat feel-good type stories on NBA players :
SI Piece on Andrew Bynum :
CENTER ANDREW BYNUM IS ALWAYS TINKERING, WHETHER IT'S - 04.25.11 - SI Vault
deadspin article on unlikely connection between Kendrick Perkins and a couple NBA bloggers :
Deadspin, Sports News without Access, Favor, or Discretion
OKC was impressive yesterday, Durant especially (very in controll, made very good choices with the ball) but he got tons of help from various players.
They also hacked the hell out of Nene, deciding that FTs are better to swallow than dunks.
Pretty stinging comment from Karl on why Smith and Andersen didnīt play in the 2nd half ("when they came in the floodgates opened" or sth like that)
For the Spurs Manu was back and a +16 despite not hitting a 3, going 7-13 from the line and havin 5 TOs.
Spurs look so much more fluid when heīs in, takes pressure off of everybody else.