Friday And-1 links: Can the Brooklyn Nets be hip?

Here is our regular look around the NBA — links to stories worth reading and notes to check out (stuff that did not get its own post here at PBT) — done in bullet point form. Because bloggers love bullet points like 8-year-old girls love gymnasts.

• Really fascinating post over at Nets Are Scorching: How do you define hip? And once you define it, can the Nets be it in Brooklyn? These are the questions that keep Jay-Z up at night.

• Here’s an interview with Carmelo Anthony, talking about dropping 37 on Nigeria all by himself.

• Jimmer Fredette and Justin Timberlake are friends. Why doesn’t this surprise me?

• Really interesting thoughts on Brandon Roy and how he fits in with Minnesota (our own Matt Moore did a killer job on this topic as well).

• Anthony Tolliver hasn’t signed anywhere yet because he wants to make $2 million a year or more, like he did last year. Good luck with that.

•  This interview showed me I have one thing in common with Kyrie Irving — a love of musicals and musical theater. (Seriously. Both of us. That and a love of hoops. But that’s about it.)

• Don’t look for rookie Doran Lamb to get big minutes in Milwaukee this season.

• Joel Przybilla is close to making a decision on where to play next year. It’s that point in the summer where that becomes interesting.

• Realize that pretty much every move David Kahn is making in Minnesota is done with the fact he will have to pay Nikola Pekovic a lot of money when he becomes a free agent after next season.

• Anthony Morrow talks about his path to the NBA.

• Big man James Singleton says if he doesn’t get an offer he likes, he will play for more money in China.

• Scottie Reynolds has signed to play in Italy.

• Andray Blatche isn’t getting much interest on the free agent market yet. Shocking, just shocking.