Magic Wands: May 8, 2009

-Hardwood Paroxysm's ode to Tracy McGrady finally "making" it out of the first round.

-Inside Hoops reported last Friday that the Rocky Mountain Revue summer league will not be played this summer in Salt Lake City. That means the Orlando Pro Summer League (at RDV Sportsplex) and the Las Vegas Summer League are the only ones left. Could this mean Orlando's summer league might be open to the public this season?

-So I decided to be a tool and play around with the NBA's Playoff Highlight Vault. It is actually pretty cool and they have some nice and obscure highlights to go through. They are sprinkled around the page (trying to get rid of all this boring text, right?).

-A mock draft already? Wow, a little early Tom Ziller of NBA Fanhouse. We have not even had the lottery yet. But I will bight.

-Follow your favorite athletes on Twitter.

-If you ever get the chance to learn more about Red Auerbach take it. I have read John Feinstein's book on Red Auerbach and I am sure I will get around to reading Bill Russell's (one of my all-time favorite players) thoughts on Red.

-Jewish law states that tattoos are rejecting the body God gave you. Now Daily Thunder contends, tattoos are a rejection of the basketball skill God gave you... or a nice way to cover them up.

-Ball Don't Lie ranks the national NBA announcing teams. Really think Jeff Van Gundy, Mike Breen and Mark Jackson should be ranked higher.

-The Magic are 16th in NBA social media. Not having a Facebook is hurting.

-John Hollinger (Insider only) wonders who picked the NBA Defensive Team. There were some fishy votes in there (including who left Dwight Howard off the first team besides Stan Van Gundy, who is required to do so?)

-Introducing the best game of Sporcle ever! Enjoy.