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: Eye on Basketball and NBA.com. Zach Harper and Steve Aschburner on why the rampaging Atlanta Hawks deserve as many as four Eastern Conference All-Star berths, despite having no megawatt household-name players.
PF: Sunday Shootaround. Then again, maybe the Hawks do have stars, even if the rest of the world doesn't quite notice it. Here's Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens to Paul Flannery in a good column about Atlanta "perfecting the details and expanding the idea of what’s possible" for the Hawks: "I don’t know what qualifies as a superstar, but I know this. Nobody in the league can keep Jeff Teague in front of them. Nobody."
SF: NBA.com. Ian Thomsen talks to Mike Conley Jr. about where he came from, why he never thought he'd be where he is today and how he got there, all during a visit to the National Civil Rights Museum.
SG: The Cauldron. In which Joseph Flynn argues that Pat Riley is the Devil.
PG: The Columbian. Erik Gundersen kicks off what promises to be a fun series on the Portland Trail Blazers' assistant coaches by introducing us to Dale Osbourne, whom Blazers wing Will Barton credits with keeping him in the NBA.
6th: Inside the Lakers. Mark Medina chats with Goran Dragic about his impending free agency, how the Phoenix Suns have worked out the kinks in their three-point-guard lineup, what he learned from Steve Nash and more.
7th: Golden State of Mind. Andy Liu on Steve Kerr taking a page out of Gregg Popovich's book, resting some starters and limiting minutes for others, and continuing to shuffle the Golden State Warriors bench to try to keep everybody in the flow.
8th: TIME. A thoughtful piece by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on his concerns that the way we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday can give short shrift to the full scope of the message of the movement he led.
9th: CNET. A look at some of the emerging technologies that the Golden State Warriors are considering and testing for inclusion in their forthcoming new arena, which thankfully no longer looks like a toilet. One of the rare NBA arena stories in which "increase stickiness to the ecosystem" doesn't mean something gross.
10th: Jazz Notes. Tony Jones on sophomore shot-swatter Rudy Gobert, whose strong play — 8.2 points on 62.3 percent shooting, 9.3 rebounds, 3.2 blocks, 1.5 assists and a steal in 27.3 minutes per game over his last 15 games — has created some real competition for frontcourt minutes with the Utah Jazz and is giving first-year head coach Quin Snyder some tough choices to make.
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