Roland Lazenby, writing on LakerNoise, about Laker owner Jerry Buss and his financial brilliance. Which comes with some strings: "As for those teen-aged girls, Buss has long dated hundreds of them, usually only once or twice each, and then collected their photos in albums. He has not been above boasting about his conquests to some media and associates, which has led California newspaper columnist Scot Ostler to offer that the owner is clearly a case of 'arrested development.' Buss and his elderly friends gather in his owner’s box at Lakers games with their young dates, a sight that’s increasingly hard for Jeanie Buss, the owner’s daughter and Phil Jackson’s girlfriend, to stomach. One Lakers insider contends that only in Los Angeles could a team owner get away with such antics and basically get a free pass by the media."

Aaron Brooks has become Houston's go-to scorer, and he can get buckets from anywhere on the floor. His secret? Bowling.

When you play the Warriors, who only have eight players in uniform and always have trouble protecting the rim, get ye to the hoop.

Shaquille O'Neal hurts the Cavaliers in some ways, but cleaned up when the game mattered yesterday.

Wow. Amazingly terrible picture from the archives of Xavier McDaniel choking Wes Matthews.

Jerry Stackhouse says he and his new coach Scott Skiles have something in common -- neither sugarcoats things. Which is probably a big understatement.

Ryan Schwan of Hornets247: "There is one player that the Hornets have to have on the floor -- and playing well -- for the Hornets to have any chance of winning. That player is Emeka Okafor."

Feeling unsure about Jason Thompson and Spencer Hawes in Sacramento.

Kevin Arnovitz of ClipperBlog, in talking about what it would take for the Clippers to part with Marcus Camby, says "Good healthy small forwards with reasonable contracts are in short supply." When Nicolas Batum and Travis Outlaw are healthy -- which should be soon -- Portland would seem to have both a need for a big man and, with Martell Webster, some players who fit the bill.

Pacer fans: What game against the Miami Heat?

Morris Almond has been lighting up the D-League. What's it going to take for him to make it in the NBA?

Larry Bird, selling Ford Escorts. At least it wasn't a Pacer.