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We'll start off today's links with this fine shout-out to the Raptors Internet massive. We run tings!
Here's a nice piece on Will Solomon stepping up in Jose's absence. I love the picture in this article. It looks like Will fell and hurt his head and big brother Bosh is rubbing his boo-boo.
There's a weird comment from Dave Perkins at the end of this column: "(Joey) Graham was buried this game and one thing about Sam: when he buries a guy, he runs up and parks on top of the grave, too." Hey, I criticize a lot of Sam's methods but I don't think he buries players without justification. Joey Graham is a lost cause. Nice guy, but he's not an NBA-quality basketball player. — and no amount of consistent playing time is going to change that.
More bad news on Nathan Jawai: an Australian newspaper reports that he has an enlarged heart and he might never get to play in the NBA.
Interesting statement from Doug Smith in his blog: "Sam's job? Safe. Very safe. Safer than many wish. Sorry to disappoint." Really, Doug? Safe enough that Sam will still be coaching this team if they don't make it to the second round of the playoffs this season? I doubt it. And that's not my definition of "very safe". Doug: You've been in this business long enough to know that you shouldn't ever take a GM's word at face value when it comes to players getting traded or coaches getting fired.
Mark Cuban is being charged for insider trading. From what I can tell, everybody does this but you don't get charged for it until you piss off somebody powerful or somebody in the SEC decides to go Celebrity Headhunting.
John Hollinger talks about the growing trend of bigger lineups like the one the Raptors sent out yesterday.
Channing Frye lists the six sweatiest players in the NBA. If they ever create a "sweaty basketball player Hall of Fame", Patrick Ewing would be the charter inductee.
Charlie Villanueva won a rather strange award.
Gourmet Spud delivers the NBA-related funny once again with a suggested scenario of what would happen if Starbury was traded to the Spurs.
Nate Robinson busts some moves before a game.
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