A look around the league and the web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out. C : Larry Coon's CBA FAQ . Larry Coon is an Internet legend. When his first collective bargaining agreement FAQ came out following the last lockout season, it helped a whole generation of us burgeoning NBA scribes figure out the following offseason, and the would-be boffo free-agent class of 2000 that followed a whole heap of teams using questioned-about cap machinations to clear space. This is required reading, re-skimming, bookmarking, what have you. You are not allowed to comment on a website, a message board, a blog, or on talk radio until you've gone over it. And this goes for you, professional scribes and TV talking heads. You don't get to just offer the "I don't know if that's cap-legal" caveat, after discussing a hypothetical deal. Now you know. Thank you, once again, Larry. PF : Hardwood Paroxysm . Curtis Harris on the late Knicks coach Andrew "Fuzzy" Levane. SF : Meloship of the Ring . Amar'e Stoudemire's late-game defense was pretty happenin' on Sunday. SG : Washington Post . John Wall is touring the playoffs with Sam Cassell, learning from the top PGs. PG : Grantland . Jonathan Abrams on the divergent careers of Tyson Chandler and Eddy Curry, 11 years on.

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Many pundits have speculated over the last few days about the potential of the New York Knicks trading Amar'e Stoudemire. The conventional wisdom seems to be based on several factors - his folly with the fire extinguisher, his checkered injury history, and most prevalently, lack of chemistry with Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler. One glance at the Knicks' Game Three against the Miami Heat at Madison Square Garden should provide some pause.

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Halfway through the 2011-12 NBA season, I wondered if Serge Ibaka could overcome Dwight Howard and win the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award. When Howard went down, I thought the Oklahoma City Thunder power forward could bring the award home. It was not to be as he lost out on the award to New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler.

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The New York Knicks' Tyson Chandler was named the NBA's 2011-2012 Defensive Player of the Year, the first Knicks player to earn the award.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler was named the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year on Wednesday, the first player from the storied franchise to win the award. Chandler received 311 points, including 45 first-place votes, to beat out Oklahoma City Thunder swingman Serge Ibaka, who finished second with 294 points. Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, who had won the award each of the previous three seasons, finished third with 186 points. With the 7-foot-1 (2.16m), 240-pound (108. ...

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Tyson Chandler won the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year award on Wednesday , as Yahoo! Sports' Marc J. Spears first reported on Tuesday evening, and the New York Knicks center has more than earned the honor. The veteran big man was gracious in his acceptance, calling his singular recognition more of "a team thing" during the press conference announcing his selection, while tweeting later on that he was "blessed" to be the first Knick in the team's longstanding defensive history to be given the award. Chandler has seemed to be the runaway winner for a few months now, especially since Orlando Magic center (and three-time winner) Dwight Howard seemed to flake out more and more. This allowed The Basketball Jones' Trey Kerby, in a pitch-perfect column , to point out the fact that Howard's team-based and individual defensive stats were actually on par or better than Chandler's in several instances, and that Howard (even in an off year of his own design) may still have been a victim of voter fatigue, 12 missed games, and his own submarining of Orlando's season. Trey's correct, even as he points out that Chandler deserved the award. With that point in place, it's probably best to move on to another surprising element of Chandler's turnaround, and one that tends to get lost as we tend to stay in the day-to-day realm of the NBA's shifts and feints. Tyson Chandler was always supposed to be at that podium, accepting that award. Then he wasn't. Then he was, again. Then he definitely wasn't. Though Chandler probably doesn't want to look upon this honor as a culmination and/or peak moment in his career, especially at just 29 years of age, he should be proud at what he's had to overcome just to become the first Defensive Player of the Year in Knick history.

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It was easy to criticize the strategy. The New York Knicks signed Tyson Chandler to an enormous near-max contract before the 2011-2012 season. In order to contractually align with NBA rules, as wacky as they seem to be many times, the team had to part ways with Chauncey Billups, it's only authentic point guard.

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GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) Always a team-first guy, Tyson Chandler had one individual goal.

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Tyson Chandler is the winner of the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year Award. NBA.com revealed that Chandler will receive the honor, showing just how much the New York Knicks improved on defense during the 2011-12 season.

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NEW YORK (AP) Tyson Chandler has been voted the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year for his impact on the New York Knicks, a person with knowledge of the award said Tuesday.

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