NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day.1. Esquire. A well-written, artful piece by Lisa Taddeo looking at -- and talking to -- LeBron's Four Horsemen. (Watch out for falling F-bombs, young readers.)
2. FreeDarko. If a cadre of current and former major party nominees for the office of President of the United States, what would happen?
3. HoopsHype. Tex Winter discusses the personalities of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant.
4. Ball Don't Lie. Ladies of France: Rod Benson probably cannot hook you up with Tony Parker. Sorry.
5. TrueHoop. Henry Abbott has three stories he'd love to see more sunshine hit.
6. Ridiculous Upside. If you do 2001 all over again ...




