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: NBA.com. Magloire and Jerebko have been suspended for their preseason altercation.
PF: Bucks Diary. Are NBA refs biased against NBA rookies?
SF: Making The Silver Dancers. Why, yes, I have been watching this online reality show all afternoon.
SG: SRI. Dwight Howard(notes) on replacement refs, playing with VC and his struggles at the free throw line.
PG: NaS. Who should start for the Nets at SG: Chris Douglas-Roberts(notes) or Courtney Lee(notes)?
6th: Basketbawful. Brian Skinner(notes), Darius Miles(notes) and Lamar Odom(notes) believe in a thing called love.
7th: NBA FanHouse. Ziller: "When Eric Gordon(notes) pulls up from 28 feet, it looks perfect. Every time."
8th: OCRegister.com. Ron Artest(notes) has a problem was with Chuck E. Cheese. "They don’t deliver."
9th: Truth About It. Wizards star Antawn Jamison(notes) talks about the benefits of doing Yoga.
10th: Facebook, via DBB. "There will be lots of affordable Pistons memorabilia — and there could be some really old, interesting relics if you look hard enough — available at the Detroit Pistons garage sale at The Palace on Saturday from 11:30-2:00."

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Trey Kerby of The Blowtorch searches high and low across the Internet for NBA-related goods you never knew you needed. You know, phenomenal swag. Email Ball Don’t Lie any relevant products you find here.

Good news, unathletic white guys. We’ve got just the t-shirt you’re looking for. As long as you don’t live in Washington, D.C. and/or have a gigantic neck tattoo of a President, you’re allowed to wear this LeBron James(notes) "Prince James" t-shirt.

Available from Zazzle for as low as $24.45, and designed by dp design, this shirt depicts LeBron James as a wee boy, when he was just a prince. Michael Jordan hadn’t died yet at the time of this photo, so LeBron hadn’t yet ascended to the throne. It’s a well-executed idea, and it serves as proof that LeBron doesn’t have a receding hairline, it’s just naturally that far back.

At least that’s what he tells everyone.

Ball Don’t Lie’s Swag Rating: Three Muggsy Bogues …

via Ryan Corazzington

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