NBA Essentials: Starbury and Godlessness

NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day.

1. Deadspin. A journalist discusses atheism with Stephon Marbury in a South Carolina hotel room. Key point of debate from Starbury: "... Why does green mean that's the color green? Why can't you say another word for green being green? Know what I'm saying?"

2. Ball Don't Lie. Good reviews for the LeBron doc.

3. Bend It Like Bennett. Every team needs a snarky, pessimistic blog to offer dystopic viewpoints about ... well, everything. The Thunder can fill in this bubble now.

4. The Blowtorch. Not all sneaker commercials are good.

5. Trailblazers.com. Not all Greg Oden karaoke videos are good.

6. Hardwood Paroxsym. Your favorite D-League mascot has a terrifying (fake) Twitter feed.