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 : Grizzly Bear Blues . Locked in a hotly contested battle for home-court advantage in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs, the Memphis Grizzlies suffered a major blow on Saturday night, when starting center Marc Gasol — whom we love , as all right-thinking basketball-watching individuals should — re-aggravated an abdominal tear, rendering him sidelined indefinitely . With or without Gasol, though, the Grizz must press on ... and doing so successfully will require liberal doses of uptempo small-ball and reserve big man Ed Davis. PF : HoopChalk . Atlanta Hawks big man Al Horford is awesome, but it seems like every time we talk about how Al Horford is awesome, it's always in the service of saying, "We never talk about how awesome Al Horford is." Well, Jared Dubin decided to break down just how — and specifically why — Al Horford is awesome. In summation: Al Horford is awesome, and if you click on this link, read the words and watch the videos, you will have a better understanding (and, hopefully, appreciation) of why. SF : The Point Forward . Now that we're all talking about how awesome the Denver Nuggets have been recently, Rob Mahoney considers whether one of the arguments frequently used to downplay their title chances — that they don't have a go-to superstar — really holds water.
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