Just when you think it's a Finals off day and things might be a little slow, you wake up on Father's Day to the breaking report that the Memphis Grizzlies have traded Desmond Bane to the Orlando Magic for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope,

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The Memphis Grizzlies did something strange when they traded Desmond Bane on Sunday. Obviously, the deal itself was unusual. Rarely do teams ostensibly planning to contend trade away 27-year-old core players.

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Hallelujah, the rebuild is over. No, seriously, this time, it’s really over. It’s finally, officially, historically, euphorically, dramatically, emphatically over. After a dozen years of painful rebuilding and an endless pursuit of acquiring draft capital,

Absolute Batman may lack many of the innate advantages of DC's traditional Dark Knight, but one thing he has going for him is sheer mass. Writer Scott Snyder famously joked that this is "The Batman Who Lifts,