NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day.1. Brian Windhorst, Ohio.com: Discussing Anderson Varejao's great flops of 2006-07.
2. Paul Coro, Arizona Republic: Shaq would endorse Brian Shaw as the Suns' new coach.
3. West Coast Bias: Tim Donaghy in the witness protection program as you'll-never-guess-who.
4. OC Register: News flash: Laker games are expensive.
5. Epic Carnival: Amusing alternative punishments for flopping.
6. Karen Leigh's Blog: First hand account of ballin' with Barack Obama.
