The Association is back in action, friends, and Carmelo Anthony has given us the first brutal dunk of the ’09 – ’10 season. Our victim is one Paul Milsap of the Utah Jazz. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. Carmelo controls the vertical.

People often talk about how our Sportscenter-inspired obsession with highlights is detrimental to kids’ learning of the fundamentals, but I disagree. Here’s an example of a highlight that can be used to teach the youngsters that if you get lazy and inattentive with your outlet passes, someone will elevate and destroy you. This was viciousness on display. This dunk is anti-autotune. After I saw it I ran out and committed felonies. Plural…