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Beast stats from Tony Allen: 27 pts, 5 steals, 3 blocked shots.

But Bynum is a Center.

K-Love doing work once again. On a side note, the nba.com TV companion refers Chuck Hayes as "Charles Hayes" and for a brief moment I was wondering who this player was.

If the Lakers do indeed get Melo and they lose Bynum...should Artest be kept as a sixth man or should he be gone for anything other teams can offer?

No one can score in the Raptors besides DeRozan and Bargnani.

Instead of getting a shot off down 3...Indiana gets a 5 second violation.

Takes time to learn the way opposing players move and he definitely have the tools to become a solid defender.

Well, Roy Hibbert is back and Vogel has been playing guys like Paul George and Danthay Jones, who have been solid. With that said, the most important thing that Vogel brought was confidence and the young players don't have to worry about O'Brien publicly criticizing them in a loss.

Blake Griffin. All you need is a PG who can pass, a few shooters and another big man and you're good.

Durant, really? Shawne Williams should have been selected. My money is on Ray.

The Cavs didn't/couldn't get any star players to complement LeBron (although looking back, they are probably kicking themselves for not pulling the trigger on the Hickson/Amare deal), but they did the best they can in getting players that are able to do certain things. LeBron was the man pulling the strings together. I am not blaming LeBron as he was a free agent and he could have done whatever the hell he wanted (although his "The Decision" thing pissed many people off), but he is definitely the cause for the Cavs' misery at the moment.

I guess it's because Duncan's minutes is limited and they are giving big minutes to George Hill and Gary Neal. Pop using DeJuan Blair as the starting C over Dice also have something to do with the change in opinion, at least to me anyway. Also, I, for one, thought Manu, Parker and Jefferson are in the declining stages of their respective careers but in reality, it's the opposite.

Haha I don't really remember that far back, but I do recall something similar in the Olympics. If you disregard the music then I felt this halftime show was fine, but that's just my personal opinion.

Source To be honest, this might be the first year in a long time that the Jazz have not been overachieving IMO and I can't picture anyone replacing Sloan any time soon.

I thought the lighting effects were cool.

^ Fully agree. 40 points from Aldridge. Considering this loss was at the Rose Garden, which is always a tough place to play at, I am not too concerned.

I believe the contract is guaranteed, so it would be pointless if they are only renting him for a couple of weeks.

Sooo...looks like Ray Allen will break the 3-point record against the Lakers...fittingly on TNT. Anyone know whether Reggie will be an analyst for that game?

^ Would this be due to their contracts or conflict in play style (especially with Miller and Roy)?

Good win. Not letting Z-Bo get his way down low was key.

According to David Aldridge: Source Thoughts on who out of the list would actually get traded?

Well deserved.

Link Another PG the Grizzlies have found in hope of giving Mike Conley some competition.

^ No one is officially in for the contest yet, it's just that Allen has declared himself available according to the source.

Awesome news. Him, Kyle Korver, Kapono (wherever he is) should all be in.