For all of Anthony's size, skills and shooting abilities, the fact that he's perceived as someone needing to hog the ball to be effective is precisely the reason folks are raising eyebrows at the thought of his return to the lineup, pondering if he'll be able to mesh with Lin. They'll be quick to lean on the reasons behind D'Antoni's desire to keep Raymond Felton and Danilo Gallinari as opposed to recognizing that Anthony, according to teammates, was the one imploring D'Antoni to put Lin in the lineup in the first place -- knowing the team needed a legitimate point guard and not Anthony playing point himself in order for the team to have a chance at success this season.

Tanking? There's no tanking in Basketball!

Warriors may be willing to trade for Howard even if he walks away:

The Warriors, I’m told, are realistic about their chances here, but they like the idea of sitting Howard down, and giving him the Lacob/Guber/Jerry West/Mark Jackson spiel.

Then they’d see what happens.

Also, one source indicated that Lacob wouldn’t want Howard to walk away for nothing, but is at this point willing to consider letting that all happen–as a last option–to clear out the Warriors’ cap situation and re-start.

The Warriors weren’t going to do this for Paul. They are willing to entertain the notion of a clear-out for Howard.

Again, Lacob likes his core. But if he had a shot at Howard, he’d apparently risk giving up two or three of his favorite pieces and if it meant re-starting when/if Howard left, Lacob seems to be OK with it.

For the chance to re-sign Howard.

Lin is expected to be in the starting five after his stunning performance Saturday.

"Who runs the best practices?"- Henry Abbott
"DOn Nelson!"- Al Harrington

"Why's that?"- Abbott

"Just cause, it was always scrimmages, throw the ball, and run up and down"- TNMT

"Would he yell?"- Abbott
"Yeah sometimes. Depends how he was feeling that day. If he had his favorite dog in the world, Lucky with him etc"- TMNT

I hate the term "Dub"-stitutes

Can someone post a link/clip of Tyler's minutes from last night? Heard he looked good in the limited time.

Right now, the Mavericks are positioned to have enough cap space to make a run at one max-salary unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2012. If they can move Marion, who has a player option worth $9 million for next season, in exchange for a player or players who come off the cap after this season, they will have room to go after two max players. That is their ticket for recruiting both Howard and Deron Williams.

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Tonight seems like a good time to remind that FTA correlates with winning better than FT%.