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• The ESPN power rankings are awful post-Marc Stein
  • Stein has landed at the New York Times
• Metta World Peace's new gig as a player development coach
  • The NBA G League
• Dwyane Wade's a backup for the first time in his career
• Quick hits
  • Earl Watson lost his job
  • Eric Bledsoe lost his too
  • Josh Jackson was being rude, just not in the way you think he was
  • Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant lost their cool, and Curry lost $50,000 too
  • The Cavs have suffered two awful losses
    • Cavs vs. Magic
    • Cavs vs. Nets
  • We already have some unfortunate injuries
    • Milos Teodosic
    • Anthony Davis
  • Andre Drummond has learned to shoot free throws, for now
  • Ben Simmons looks like the real deal
  • Josh Smith returns to the NBA, but he never left our hearts
  • High fives; nature's performance boost
• Arik mentioned an amazing interview with Allen Iverson from Quite Frankly, which you can (and should) watch on YouTube