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This is a must-read for NBA fans and a great article in general. My favorite part is when Elgin goes Clay Davis on chartered flights and the pampered NBA lifestyle and then asks casually, "You ever hear about the time we crashed in a cornfield?"

Also, Mike Dunleavy is a cheater. Tell your friends.

Quoted: But Elgin's 38-19-5 makes no sense whatsoever. I don't see how this happened. It's inconceivable. A U.S. Army Reservist at the time, Elgin lived in a barracks in the state of Washington, leaving only whenever they gave him a weekend pass ... and even with that pass, he could only fly coach on flights with multiple connections to meet the Lakers wherever they happened to be playing. Once he arrived, he would throw on a uniform and battle the best NBA players alive on back-to-back nights.

With the sun beginning to set on Steve Nash's career, Canada's most famous and most productive hoopster is taking stock of his future.

Whatever fun and excitement Ottawa delivered to the Raptors, everyone's favourite ectomorphs are into the next stage of the mostly meaningless month of October, namely the exhibition season.

Quote: Kobe Bryant & Co. plus Bynum in the first two months of the 2007-08 season equaled the top team in the Western Conference. Kobe & Co. plus Pau Gasol in the second half of the season equaled the Western Conference championship. Therefore, Kobe & Co. plus Gasol and Bynum should equal NBA champs, right?

ESPN's J.A. Adande analyzes the Lakers' upcoming season with a healthy Bynum added to the Bryant-Gasol powerhouse.

In compiling his report on the NBA's referee gambling scandal, Larry Pedowitz interviewed everyone from the men who blow the whistles to the bookmakers who set the Las Vegas betting lines.

When you play in 58 games and miss 188 over three seasons you catch plenty of grief. When you are seemingly following your father's path by starring in college and then being a disappointing pro, the scrutiny is intense.

y'ouch...picked to go 9th in the conference :oS

Quoted: How will the Chicago Bulls fare in 2008-09? Here's John Hollinger's forecast.

Jenny Craig Inc. drafted NBA basketball star Baron Davis on Friday as its first male spokesman, joining actresses Queen Latifah and Valerie Bertinelli in touting the company's weight loss products.

If there is a couch that properly accommodates a 6-foot-10 NBA all-star for an afternoon nap, Chris Bosh doesn't have it yet.