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• NBA players storm Las Vegas for Impact League, union meeting | SI.com
• Derek Fisher to skip Impact Basketball League | ESPN LA
• With busy week, lockout reaches first major crossroads | NBA.com
• Love and money lure Adelman to Minny | Yahoo! Sports
• Find out here what your teams should do when the lockout ends | ProBasketballTalk
• Jerry West and Phil Jackson Were Not the Best of Friends | Lakers Nation
• Lockout League Offers Derrick Caracter A Chance He Needs | Forum Blue & Gold
• Essay: Evaluating The Wonders Of A NBA Amnesty Clause, Part VI | Shaky Ankles

Much more after the jump...

Lakers News

• Kupchak Talks Brown | Lakers.com
• Lamar Odom may play in Europe in 2012 | LA Times
• The Triangle: Who gets hurt worst by an extended lockout? | ESPN LA
• The Triangle: Kevin Durant and the Lakers | ESPN LA
• Free agent profile: Jason Collins -| LA Times
• Miami Heat would give Lakers trouble in NBA Finals | LA Times
• Lakers Q&A: Quin Snyder on being fired at Missouri | LA Times
• Derek Fisher denies he will play in Las Vegas Impact series | ProBasketballTalk
• Report: Derek Fisher to Skip Las Vegas League | Lakers Nation
• Jerry West recounts slights from Phil Jackson | Eye On Basketball
• NBA’s Best New Ink: Matt Barnes | Dime Magazine

NBA Lockout

• Pivotal stretch of NBA lockout starts Tuesday | NBA.com
• Jordan fined for comments about labor process | NBA.com
• NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver will not receive $1 million fine | ESPN
• NBA to pay players $190 million for underspending on salaries, source says | ESPN
• Derek Fisher denies texting on NBA lockout progress (Web links) | LA Times
• Derek Fisher plans to skip Las Vegas summer pro league | LA Times
• What if the Wizards threw a workout and nobody showed up? | ProBasketballTalk
• More summer hoops action: Philly vs. Melo League pro-am set | ProBasketballTalk
• NBA TV Rights: Predict Big | HoopSpeak.com
• Report: Jordan fined $100k for lockout comments | Eye On Basketball
• Dime’s Official Vegas “Lockout League” Roster Breakdown | Dime Magazine
• Goodman League: We Started This | Dime Magazine

Around the League

• Report: Adelman in as Timberwolves coach | NBA.com
• How the rankings of #NBARank shape up | ESPN
• Minnesota Timberwolves to hire Rick Adelman as new coach, sources say | ESPN
• AP Source: Brown, Rogers set to join Detroit staff | Yahoo! Sports
• Ex-NBA player accuses restaurant of discrimination | Yahoo! Sports
• Give David Kahn credit, he hit a home run this summer | ProBasketballTalk
• Quarterfinal knockout round set at EuroBasket | ProBasketballTalk
• Wesley Matthews can feel his toes again | Eye On Basketball
• Kevin Love believes Adelman is Wolves coach | Eye On Basketball
• Rick Adelman To Become A Wolf | Dime Magazine
• Shaq questions Dwight Howard’s Superman credentials | The Basketball Jones
• Carmelo Anthony wins prestigious Fashion Week award | The Basketball Jones
• Introducing ‘The Basketball Jones 40′ … | The Basketball Jones

Multimedia

• Video: Watch Ron Artest eat an entire orange (skin and all) | ProBasketballTalk
• Shook Ankles: Derrick Rose Doesn’t Discriminate | Shaky Ankles
• Video: Ron Artest eats an entire orange | The Basketball Jones
• Video: Michael Jordan shows off his rings for NBA 2K12 | The Basketball Jones
• Inside the Kris Humphries-Kim Kardashian proposal | The Basketball Jones