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 : Daily Thunder . Amid talk of how Dwight Howard might make the Houston Rockets a title contender, or how Doc Rivers and a bunch of wing shooting depth might make the Los Angeles Clippers a title contender, or how Andre Iguodala might make the Golden State Warriors a title contender, Royce Young raises what seems like an important point: The Oklahoma City Thunder still are a title contender, regardless of whether an injury-fueled early playoff exit made us forget that fact. PF : ESPN Los Angeles . And if the Clippers really want to be legitimate title contenders, they're going to need an awful lot of improvement from center DeAndre Jordan, especially on the defensive end, as Fred Katz writes. SF : SB Nation and Sportsnet.ca . Canadian writers James Herbert and Holly MacKenzie both caught up with Toronto Raptors swingman DeMar DeRozan at the USA Basketball mini-camp in Las Vegas, with Herbert's piece focusing on the Compton, Calif., native's relationship to fellow L.A. products Jrue Holiday, Klay Thompson and Paul George, and MacKenzie training in on how fatherhood and finding himself the second longest-tenured Raptor has changed DeRozan's personal and professional lives.
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