Ryan DeGama of CelticsHub is looking into the future of the Celtics' future team defense. "The pertinent question here centers around how many pieces you can pull from Boston’s Jenga stack before the whole thing comes crashing down. Put another way, how much of Boston’s defensive excellence can be attributed to: 1) the system and schemes Tom Thibodeau, Doc Rivers and Lawrence Frank installed; 2) the effort and commitment of the players; and 3) the specific personnel on the roster rather than just specific types of personnel? The first two could carryover to the 2012-13 lineup. That third one is the really important question."

The Good Point discusses the legend of Rasheed Wallace and his only game with the Atlanta Hawks.

The Philadunkia crew is trying to figure out who is worth keeping and who should leave from the 76ers front office.

Gilbert Arenas believes the locker room gun incident got out for a reason. (via Bullets Forever)

Manu Ginobili doesn't think it will be a problem to insure Argentinian NBA players for international play.

J.M. Poulard of Warriors World and Daily Dime Live fame writes about the Dream Team and the special practice sessions we never saw. "For instance, there is the one story (most people have heard this story discussed in some fashion) of the Dream Team playing against a select group of NCAA players to get ready for the Olympics. This team of future stars featured the likes of Chris Webber, Jamal Mashburn and Allan Houston to name a few. In their first meeting, the collegiate stars defeated the greatest team ever assembled by a score of 58-52. Quite understandably, these college guys were less than humble after the fact. These collegiate athletes jumped around and started talking trash given what had just transpired. The NBA veterans took note of this and the teams met again the following day for a rematch. The Dream Team played against these college kids in a 30-minute scrimmage and proceeded to destroy them by 56 points. Order had been restored."

SLC Dunk would like you to know that even Gordon Hayward is planking.

Yesterday, Mike Schmitz of Valley of the Suns had a video of what Jared Dudley should do in the offseason. Jared apparently agrees with this assessment.

Jakob Eich writing from a German's perspective on how Dirk Nowitzki changed Germany and reinforced core values (Via PistonPowered).

From SLAM Online, Kobe Bryant playing 1-on-1 against basketball campers in Korea. The jumper looks a bit shaky but the defense is superb.