Bethlehem Shoals Presents: Quality Minutes, 12/2/11

B/R: 10 People with the Most to Prove This Season. Nothing quite like being a player who has had to spend the whole offseason gearing up to prove the whole world wrong. It's not just about the money—as Jonathan Powell points out, it's about guys like Russell Westbrook showing that they're stars in the making, not high-profile duds. 

B/R: 10 Players Most Likely to Get Dunked on in 2011-12. Sometimes you end up on a poster because you're always in there to make the play (JaVale McGee). Sometimes, it's because you might as well be a prop (Jermaine O'Neal). Ben Chodos gives us the most likely suspect to be secondary actors on YouTube hits.

SB Nation: Brandon Roy and Fan Ocholocracy: The Mess the Blazers Are In. If the last amnesty clause was nicknamed "The Allan Houston Rule", this one might as well have Brandon Roy's name on it. The Knicks didn't amnesty Houston; Tom Ziller explains why the Blazers may have an even harder time with Roy.

ESPN.com: Breaking Down Changes in the New CBA. No one ever really understands the CBA, except for Larry Coon. Certainly, no one is going to do a better job of familiarizing you with the new deal than Coon. 

B/R: Could Orlando Magic Ever Recover From Losing Dwight Howard? It's a legitimate question, with the monster big man potentially on the move. John Friel's shows us just how bad it could get.

SI.com: Loophole Could Get Chris Paul to New York. Wondering how exactly the NBA's best PG could end up with its most perennially greedy team? Having trouble making the numbers match up? Zach Lowe may have found the silver bullet that could unite CP3 with Amar'e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony.

B/R: 5 Most Underrated Free Agents on Market. Nicholas Goss tells us about the hidden gems, potential bargains and diamonds in the rough that your NBA team might land during this most ugly of free-agent seasons.  

Larry Brown Sports: America's Favorite Jewish Athlete Teaches Hebrew on Sesame Street. He wants to open a Hebrew school, and he wants all of America to know the power of the language. Is Amar'e Stoudemire really Jewish? Who cares?