NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day.1. Detroit Free Press, via DBB. An account of the hours-long Chauncey Billups and Rip Hamilton goodbye chat.
2. The Sporting Blog. Which teams will surprise us by not falling back to the Earth (or being revived)?
3. Tim Kawakami. How Baron Davis and Robert Rowell screwed up two franchises.
4. Ball Don't Lie. Do NBA players/owners downsize on the eccentricity during a financial crisis?
5. Blog Maverick. Things Mark Cuban hates, in order: 1) To lose. 2) To lose. 3) The English language.
6. Blazer's Edge. A look at how one bad basketball moment can affect you for decades.
