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 : The Classical . As a New York Knicks fan, I kind of — OK, not "kind of" — hate Paul Pierce. He's proven ruinous and murderous to my favorite team's fortunes more times than I care to remember. But this "Why We Watch" piece by Red's Army chieftain John Karalis , describing the wizardry, alchemy and mystery of how No. 34 continues to beguile defenses throughout the NBA — including, I suspect, the Knicks' defense tonight — spoke to me. I hate what it said, which is about as pure a recognition of real as I can muster. PF : BuzzFeed Sports . Our dude Jason Concepcion — a.k.a. @netw3rk — wrote 2,000 words of Los Angeles Lakers fan-fiction pegged to the notion that Mike D'Antoni is a (maybe not-so) hard-boiled detective. It is not suitable for work, but it is after work hours. Have fun, friends. SF : TrueHoop . There are plenty of off-court/front-office/outside-narrative arguments for why the Los Angeles Lakers stink right now. Beckley Mason offers one legitimate basketball reason — Steve Nash kind of can't guard anybody right now.
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