Links Fit For a Hoops Junkie

• I have just posted a new article in which I rank the five best backcourts in college basketball for the upcoming season. You might be surprised.
• I've also been contributing to the NBA Roundtable Discussions over at InformativeSports.com. Here's the latest.
  

The Bleacher Report File

• The Article of the Week: Coby Karl and Chris Lofton Share the NBA Road Less Traveled by John Lorge
• An Argument Worth Your Attention: Which NBA team has made the best moves this summer? Brandon Ribak thinks it's Orlando.
• Everybody's Got an Opinion! (Most Comments): Kevin Durant: Trying to Put Fallen Oklahoma City Thunder on the Map by Tyler Pollard

From the Professionals...

• The SLAM Contribution of the Week: Camp Report: LeBron James Skills Academy/King City Classic by Ryan Jones
• The Dime Magazine Rumor Mill: Harden, Thabeet Face Off in Vegas; D-Wade Gets Max Offer From Miami
• The 2K Sports Interview of the Week: Duke's Andre Dawkins: The Country's Top Recruiting Recruit by Jason Jordan
• The ESPN High School Hoops Check-Up: Reebok versus Nike. The war never ends, but it goes far beyond just sneakers. The two companies battled for the top recruits and the title of the best camp of the summer. Nike's LeBron James Skills Academy and King City Classic and Reebok's All-American Camp featured the best of the best of high schoolers.
• An Interesting Basketball-Related Find: Who is Frank Matrisciano and Why Is He Trying to Kill Blake Griffin? by ESPN's Andy Katz

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Basketball Links From Around the Web

• The Bleacher Report Pick of the Week: Why Lester Hudson Is the Steal of the Draft for the Boston Celtics by Leroy Watson
• Mainstream Article of the Week: Red-hot rivalries burn down the house by ESPN's Pat Forde
• I know it's a little late, and I know this isn't exactly small-time (suggestions are welcomed, by the way), but here's The Small-Time Article of the Week: Five Things I Might Know About The Draft by FreeDarko's John Krolik
• This week's Video of the Week is meant to honor a great man who will soon be receiving the Jimmy V Award for Perseverence at the upcoming ESPYs: Winning On and Off the Court by ESPN (and brought to you by the X's and O's of Basketball)
• The Slam Contribution of the Week is going to a writer who has not yet graduated high school, yet he finds himself in a rare situation: The Dwight Powell Diary
• It has been debated as to whether or not Danny Ainge is a good general manager. Some (or at least one) think he is a genius, while others aren't too hot on his decisions for the Celtics.
• The Dime Magazine Rumor Mill is at it again. This morning, they are saying the Blazers are after David Lee, the Bulls are trying to snag Jannero Pargo out of Europe, the Jazz don't want T-Mac for Kirilenko, and more.
• Next week the LeBron James Skills Academy will be taking place in Ohio. However, four camps have served as a precursor to what will take place in a few days. The top point guards, most notably Brandon Knight, Austin Rivers, and Marquis Teague, were putting in work at the Deron Williams Skills Academy. The country's best big men, including Fabricio Melo and Perry Jones, attended a camp hosted by Amare Stoudemire. Vince Carter's and Paul Pierce's Skills Academies were home to some of the nation's best wings and shooting guards, such as Harrison Barnes, Andre Dawkins, and Dwayne Polee.
• Finally, the top freshmen will soon be arriving at college campuses, prepared to contribute quite a bit to their team, whether it be a conference doormat (Cincinnati) or national power (North Carolina). Do you know where they are headed? The Bleacher Report's Jameson Fleming breaks it down.

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Summer Still Means Basketball

• I just wrote an article on Bleacher Report that breaks down the best undersized point guards of all time. Give it a look if you have the chance.



• The Bleacher Report Pick of the Week: Kobe Is Kobe, LeBron Is LeBron, Jordan Is Jordan, and That's That by Teddy Mitrosilis



• Mainstream Article of the Week: Satisfaction by Sports Illustrated's Chris Ballard



• Small-Time Article of the Week: Prep school is not for all top recruits by The News & Observer's Ken Tysiac



• YouTube Videos of the Week: Alan Stein Speeches, NBPA Top 100 Camp and University of Maryland Elite Camp



• The Ricky Rubio Mystery: Much has been made as to whether he will be a star in the League or a bust from day one.


• I've also been contributing to NBA roundtable discussions on InformativeSports.com, most recently No. 7 (which talks about Tyler Hansbrough, the Magic PG situation, and David Lee).


• The SLAM Contribution of the Week: The New Top 50