These are sick. They have Roy one and a Rudy one up currently. I think I might like them more than the white.

6. Portland. Andre Miller could be the piece the Blazers are missing to get this young bunch to championship level. But by the time the young pieces reach their prime, Miller might be too old.

From the Columbian.

League might use D-League refs until an agreement is reached.

Sean Deaveny column about the Roy extension. He says that although a lot of max contracts are flops that the teams come to regret later, this will not be one of them. Not that we didn't know that already, of course.

Is this just the beginning of a baseball-sized problem for the NBA? Their drug testing policy is usually pretty good, so hopefully not. I'm surprised it's Lewis, he's not a very muscular dude.

Great commentary on the nature of big NBA contracts.

No details on years/money, but you heard it here first.