Roundball Rock.

AOL Fanhouse: Mike Freeman of CBSSportsline.com writes an article based on a premise so laughable one would have to imagine that he wrote it while drunk. NBA blogger Bethlehem Shoals and college basketball blogger Michael David Smith both take Freeman to task for his theory that the Florida Gators could defeat four or five of the worst NBA teams.

“Put the Gators and the Grizzlies on a neutral floor, and if they play 10 times the Gators might be able to keep it within 20 points once. Greatness in college basketball should be appreciated in its own right and not cheapened with silly comparisons to the NBA. I look forward to Freeman’s upcoming column about how the Tennessee women’s team would beat the Knicks.“

TrueHoop: Advice for college players headed into the NBA.

“Cornwell is fixated on the notion that budding young basketball players must make it their job to also become budding young business people. Just as coaches and trainers hone a player’s game, an agent, he says, must embrace a long-term goal of teaching the player business savvy. …

The goal, Cornwell says, is to be a fully empowered adult, competently filling the role of president at the personal corporation an agent has helped him assemble. Cornwell says Greg Anthony, Desmond Howard, Pudge Rodriguez, and Donovan Darius (who was reading “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” in a restaurant when Cornwell first met him) are examples of athletes who have become great business people.“

The Brushback: Sportswriter Charley Rosen puts his money where his mouth is and downs LeBron in a game of one-on-one.

“‘I?ve said all along that Lebron?s defense is woefully inadequate,’ Rosen said after the game. ‘He?s quick enough to swipe at the ball, but his footwork and body-balance are deficient. Also, his outside shooting is just not consistent enough, as evidenced by the three wide open 18-footers he missed today. I knew going into this game that I would have an easy time beating him. He has considerable skills but his game remains too unpolished to defeat somebody who actually knows what they?re doing.’“