Link o'Day

Sparks lose in Candace Parker's return - Los Angeles Times
In LA it's all about the stars but unfortunately for the Sparks, the stars on the Mercury were the difference as Taurasi and Cappie with great help by young Bonner in the 3rd trounced Candance Parker's rusty return

Box Score

Suns

• Hill a Celtic? | Comcast SportsNet New England
  This guy says Grant Hill will sign with Boston
• HoopsHype - NBA Rumors
  Kidd to stay in Dallas. And you know what that might possible could maybe mean for the Suns
• 2009 Phoenix Suns Summer League Roster - Breaking it Down - Ridiculous Upside
  I will have my Summer League Game Plan post done at some point this week, hopefully before Wednesday. I will be in Vegas July 12 to 18.
• 2009 NBA Summer League Rosters | NBADraft.net
  Rosters and schedules!
• NBA.com 2009 NBA Summer League Game Schedules
• Taurasi incident is very disappointing " Mechelle Voepel

[Update by Phoenix Stan, 07/06/09 8:33 AM MST ]

• azcentral.com blogs - Coro's Suns dish: Nearing some decisions
  Coro isn't all that sure that Hill will go to Boston. Thinks the Knicks have a better shot b/c he could start there but also thinks the Suns are still very much in the running

Other

• 2009 Orlando Pro Summer League - What To Look For? - Ridiculous Upside
  Orlando Summer League starts this week! The six teams participating are Orlando, Indiana, Oklahoma City, Utah, Boston and a combined Philadelphia/New Jersey team
• Lance Armstrong (lancearmstrong) on Twitter
  Lance is making his come back...not thrilled about that but I am a HUGE fan of the TDF. I don't/can't watch bike racing at any other time of the year but I am totally hooked on le Tour. If I had the time, I would watch every second of every race. Go figure.
• Andy Roddick and Roger Federer's Shakespearean saga of a match - Los Angeles Times
  This was a GREAT match...a little bit too much power tennis for my liking but that epic 5th set was just a fantastic battle of will. In the end, Andy cracked first whiffing on a couple of ground strokes and that was it. Roger now takes the lead with 15 majors
• I Feel the Need....the Need for Sheed (in Green) - CelticsBlog
  I thought he was going to retire if he didn't get $9m/yr?
• How a Lower Luxury Tax Could Kill 10 NBA Teams -- NBA FanHouse
  A work of art...
• SportingNews.com - Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Bloated Sports Salaries
  Multimillion dollar player salaries may not make much sense if you try and judge them according to the standards of the real world workplace. But sports aren't real, they're big-budget escapism meant to distract, embolden, and entertain us. Theocracies, military dictatorships and China all understand this; they go back as far as civilization itself and aren't going to lose their elevated status just because our country hits an economic snag. And dare I say that if there's one thing we can all agree on about America, it's Ben Gordon's $10 million really doesn't register with us as hard currency any more than Monopoly money does. It's a fantasy number, of interest only to those egg-headed fans who bother to comb over salary figures in their spare time.