The New York Knickerbockers are coming to town Sunday night and that means it's time to check in with my man Modi, the mastermind behind one of my favorite blogs Cosellout.

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(Boulder-CO) Wouldnt you just know that after I ripped the Nuggets for playing a pitiful fourth quarter against the Grizzlies they would answer back with their best first half of the season?  read more »

I had hoped to do my first One Game Breakdown by now but after the Pau Gasol trade added a late first rounder to the Memphis Grizzlies mix, I had to start watching more games that included more of the late 1st round hopefuls. Hopefully this is the year the Grizzlies get a little lottery luck. Now the more college games that I watch, it is becoming very apparent that there are very few players who are capable of coming in and helping a NBA team next season. The question for Chris Wallace and the Grizz staff is: Do you take the player most ready to compete now or the player with the most long range potential? I think the answer is different depending upon the player. I also think that the Grizzlies have to hit a home run in this draft. They need a player that will be making a big impact on games. They don't need a stat machine. They need an impact player. There are five important things that the Grizzlies need this summer:  read more »

You don't hear much about the Warriors and Bucks as trade partners, but with the Bucks wanting to play Let's Make a Deal it might be worth considering. From Gery Woelfel [The Woelfel World of Sports - The Journal Times]:

Today we've got a Q&A with the one and only Jim Eichenhofer, who is the publications and new media manager for the Hornets. If you've ever read the Hornets magazine, Hornets.com, or a game program at the Arena, you're probably familiar with Jim's work. Here's what he had to tell us...

First of all, can you tell us a little about your background and how you came to work for the Hornets?

Let me start by saying thank you for inviting me to do this. You and Ryan Schwan do a great job and I know I speak for many people who follow the Hornets in saying that the writing and sense of humor that Hornets247 consistently provides makes this website a very entertaining read.  read more »

Just when the Miami Heat thought they finally hit rock bottom, along came more indignity. Chris Bosh scored 24 points, Andrea Bargnani added 22 and the Toronto Raptors handed the hapless Heat their biggest loss of the season Monday night, a 114-82 debacle that was never a contest. The Raptors shot 66 percent through the first three quarters, jumped out to a 23-point lead in the first quarter and...  read more »

Just when the Miami Heat thought they finally hit rock bottom, along came more indignity. Chris Bosh scored 24 points, Andrea Bargnani added 22 and the Toronto Raptors handed the hapless Heat their biggest loss of the season Monday night, a 114-82 debacle that was never a contest. The Raptors shot 66 percent through the first three quarters, jumped out to a 23-point lead in the first quarter and...  read more »

When you only see a team twice a year (are the Raptors EVER on ESPN?), the impression you get of that team may have little resemblance to reality.  Maybe they don't match up well against your team.  Or maybe they just have two bad games.  But after watching the Clippers win this game, I have been wholly unimpressed with this Raptors team this season.  Of course, though the team leads the NBA in three point shooting, they were 3 for 15 in the December game and 6 for 21 tonight.  So that could have a little to do with it.  That's another thing - for two weeks the Clippers have seen mediocre shooting teams go off on them from beyond the arc - tonight, the best in the NBA shot 29%.  Over time, a team's defense impacts their opponents' shooting.  read more »

Chris Bosh scored 21 points and T.J. Ford had 13 points and nine assists in his return to the starting lineup as the Toronto Raptors beat the Detroit Pistons 89-82 on Wednesday night. Rasho Nesterovic had 15 points and Jose Calderon 13 as Toronto won for just the fourth time in 15 games. The Raptors avoided falling below .500 for the first time since a Nov.  read more »