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I look back on Cedric Ceballos the way I look back on a couple of crazy ex-girlfriends — when it was good it was exciting and wild, when it went bad it crashed and burned spectacularly. There was thee 50-point game against the Timberwolves, the start of the 95/96 when he scored 25 for six [...]

Here’s a fun little sumer diversion (via the always amazing Henry at True Hoop): Over at the site Rum and Monkey you can answer a few questions and, just like that, find out what NBA player you are. I’m Jason Kidd (although I swear I have never hit my wife).

I was there the night the building opened, when Bruce Springsteen walked on stage for the first notes of “My Love Will Not Let You Down.” I cheered later when he looked out at Staples Center and said “too many (luxury) boxes.” I was there for maybe the defining basketball moment in the building’s history [...]

The new blog Maverick Moneyball has put together the newest Carnival of the NBA, and done it with a movie theme. It’s great to see what the other bloggers are doing here in the slow season. And he made an oddly ironic choice with pairing this blog and “The Matrix” — my brother-in-law won an [...]

Not a lot of basketball to watch these days, so why not enjoy maybe the greatest shot in Laker history one more time — Jerry West in the 1970 NBA Finals.