The best assorted links from across the web (and what you should watch on TV tonight) for Wednesday, January 18th. Photo h/t to Barry Petchesky. After the jump, our starting five:

We already know Dwyane Wade is talented, but one of my favorite things about him is effort – he doesn’t give up. He’s one of the most aggressive players in the NBA at saving the ball from going out, superstar or not. In this play, he threw a bad alley-oop pass to rookie Norris Cole but made up for it, and in pretty spectacular fashion.

That young man behind Timberwolves’ coach Rick Adelman really did not like that call against the Wolves, but his outfit just might make him a star.

We wrote about Miami Heat fans’ burgeoning love affair with relatively unheralded rookie point guard Norris Cole the other day. We at SportsGrid aren’t Heat fans ourselves, but we do have one in our midst. So we decided: why not have an actual Heat fan write about the excitement of Norris Cole? What follows is exactly that.

Like most NBA teams, the Miami Heat have a little intro video for home games before they take the court. Unlike most NBA teams, that intro video features players standing in front of their neon-lit names with popped collars and scarves. So, yeah, it’s basically the most Miami Heat thing ever.

Talk about embarrassing. Rajon Rondo might want this one back. Early in the 3rd quarter of tonight’s game between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat, Rondo got out on a fastbreak and, instead of finishing at the rim as expected, somehow managed to airball the layup.

Other viewing obligations prevented us from our customary Thursday night TV schedule last night. Obviously, hard to complain about that when the alternative was an event like Game 6, but we did miss out on some Halloween-related sports tie-ins…most notably, courtesy of The Office.

Answer: you have Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul, and Carmelo Anthony play against hipsters from Williamsburg, the Bayou Women’s League, and a Jewish Under 40 team. This is how the Jordan Brand makes lemonade out of lockout lemons.

During the NBA lockout talks in New York City last night, Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade and NBA Commissioner David Stern reportedly got into a little bit of a spat.