NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day.1. Bleacher Report: The Utah Jazz have "the most disgusting fans in the NBA."
2. The Wages of Wins Journal: Statistically, the All-Rookie second team is better than the first.
3. Mark Murphy, Boston Herald: Is Sam Cassell getting benched?
4. Basketbawful: What it's like to lunch with Larry Bird.
5. Jerry Brown, East Valley Tribune: Mark Jackson is getting an interview with the Destroyer.
6. FreeDarko: ESPN does not know who Rodney Stuckey is.




