Sunday morning's were once reserved for newspaper reading over a cup of coffee.

Tuesday proved very eventful in NBA land, highlighted by a pair of All-Star power forwards opting to re-up with the teams that drafted them.

With the table now set for the NBA Finals, as the Miami Heat will take on the Oklahoma City Thunder starting tomorrow night at 9 PM, I wanted to address a very important topic before we get all analytical on your asses.

When Orlando Magic and eventual Brooklyn Nets center Dwight Howard agreed to sign his one-year extension to "let the Magic try to keep him", a lot of people were pissed off at Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade when he made fun of Howard on Twitter for his overzealous use of the word "loyalty".

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While sports prognosticators forecast an Eastern Conference Finals full of egos, technical fouls and flops, the Western Conference has provided basketball fans everywhere with the prospect of a seven-game series worth salivating over.

If Tim Duncan retired today, he'd be remembered as the single greatest power forward in basketball history, owner of four championship rings and three NBA Finals MVPs.

I’m a big sucker for fan art – well, appropriate fan art – and that’s why I’ve been pounding my desk all morning over the news that the <a href="http://gigaom.com/2012/05/15/patent-troll-tries-to-mangle-hand-craft-site-etsy/">world’s biggest patent troll is going after Etsy’s new $40 million investment</a>.

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I hate the term "posterized".

I was hoping that by this point in the week I’d have some fun little anecdotes to share about how Orlando is shaping up for All-Star Weekend, but short of about 60 more homeless people than usual and some banners, I haven’t noticed much yet.

Don't let what happened last summer in South Beach or what could <a href="http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2011/12/lakers-supposedly-interested-in-acquiring-both-chris-paul-and-dwight-howar">potentially occur</a> in Los Angeles or New York fool you.

Ahh, the All-Star selections.

<a href="http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2010/12/video-jr-smith-dunks-on-gary-neal"> The San Antonio Spurs may be virtually unbeatable but J.R. Smith still has their number when it comes to posterizing the defenders. Last time, <a href="http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2010/12/video-jr-smith-dunks-on-gary-neal">it was Gary Neal</a> who was victim to an aerial attack.

<a href="http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2010/05/tss-2010-nba-playoff-preview-western-conference-semi-finals-phoenix-suns-vs-san-antonio-spurs"> On the surface, calling the San Antonio Spurs and Phoenix Suns history a "rivarly" may not be accurate. The Spurs have clipped the Suns four times in the past five seasons. But while it may not be a "rivalry" in the literal sense, bad blood most definitely remains. Losing to a team multiple times over multiple years fosters and helps build that sense of resentment. The lasting image of Robert Horry <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcIhHOplWws">shoulder-checking Steve Nash</a> into the announcers table is one of the more memorable and infamous events in playoff history.

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The NBA is ready to launch another Donaghy-free season and we couldn’t be happier.

I think I hate adidas right now.

And then there were two.

David Stern has to be happy after the Conference Semifinals.