Tuesday Morning Dump

- Nice read from TrueHoop on Earl Clark.

- Another great read, this time about Dionte Christmas. Read it, and see if you don't pull for him.

- Seth Davis gives us some insight from the team USA trials.

- A nice look into the growing trend of coaches pulling players out of Africa.

- The guy that Brandon Jennings played behind in Italy think Jennings is better than Ricky Rubio.

- FIU says, again, that they aren't interested in Lance Stephenson.

- Taylor Griffin was the #1 pick in the Harlem Globetrotters draft.

- Tulsa coach Doug Wojcik signed a new six-year contract.

- William & Mary is getting rid of their Indian mascot, and they are taking suggestions. How about the ... asparagus?

- Former USC guard Stais Boseman was arrested on suspicion of carjacking.

- Great article looking back at the NBA Draft when it was as much as 21 rounds long. This best passage:

The defining story, though, from the days of the 10-round draft belongs to Landon Turner, who was paralyzed in a car accident only four months after helping Indiana to the 1981 NCAA championship alongside Isiah Thomas. Unbeknownst to Turner, Hoosiers coach Bob Knight had reached out to Boston's Red Auerbach. The Celtics used the final pick of the 1982 draft -- 225th overall -- to select Turner in recognition of the player he would have been. Turner said the gesture came as a "total surprise." It didn't end with the draft, either. Auerbach sent Turner watches to commemorate the Celtics' championships in 1984 and 1986, watches that Turner still keeps in a safe at home.

- Florida's athletic budget is recession proof.

- Ridiculous shot.

- The top ten dunks from the playoffs: