In honor of The NBA returning to our lives, your friendly neighborhood Dash Mane is reaching into his Pocket archives to retrieve only roundball related stories. Queue up “Sweet Georgia Brown”, which I graciously provide to you below, and enjoy the links.

Starting at Guard From The Pen of ESPN.com scribe Ethan Sherwood Cross is “The Spirit of Game 7″, a riveting tale of the closing seconds of a 2 decade old game 7 involving Hakeem Olajuwon’s Houston Rockets and Shawn Kemp’s Seattle Supersonics, that reads like a case story from Nobel Laureate Daniel Khaneman’s “Thinking Fast and Slow”. Do you notice anything amiss in the closing seconds of the video below?

Starting At The Other Guard From The Keen Basketball Mind of CSKA Moscow head coach Ettore Mesina, “Starting From Scratch”. In this blog post the European basketball coaching legend and former Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach discusses his approach to team building, personality management, and the imparting of knowledge and strategy to players. Businessmen and woman would do well to make note of the last paragraph where the accomplished coach shows his willingness to seek out and implement the ideas of those who are below him in the chain of command.

At The Forward Positions, Both From Slam Online are The Top 15 Rookie Plays or The Preseason and The Top 50 Plays of The Preseason

*WARNING THE TWO LINKS ABOVE INCLUDE PAGINATION AND A LOT OF ANDRE DRUMMOND*

And Finally At Center From The Good Folks At Hardwood Paroxysm “The Hardwood Paroxysm 2012-2013 Preview Guide”  This 100+ page preview features in depth coverage of all of 30 franchises. Expected season narratives, off-season player movement, advanced statistics, and record predictions are all included in a robust well illustrated package. Download and enjoy.