The Grantland staff broke down the sad and depleted 2011 draft lottery and the players involved, and the Picasso of the Trade Machine, Bill Simmons, figured out the dollars and sense of this year’s possible dealings. Bryan Curtis wrote about what a fiberglass backboard can mean, and Nicholas Kulish visited Germany’s basketball championships after Dirk Nowitzki won his own. Rafe Bartholomew reviewed the (surprisingly) not-so-depressing “Classic Cavs,” while Wesley Morris looked at Bruin beards and Andy Greenwald tried to figure out who’s next in line to replace Tom Cruise.