<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"># The Pistons, much like the rest of the league, aren't picking up technicals at the rapid rate seen in the early days this season. The technicals, however, are starting to mount for Rasheed Wallace. He has an NBA-leading nine, putting him seven from the suspensions threshold. -- Detroit News # "I hate to stop and hate to rehab," Yao Ming said. "I'm tired of that in the last two years. I know I can get back in very good, great shape. I know that's very, very hard. I know I can do that, but it's very, very hard." Yao said he was unsure if he would be back for the Feb. 18 All-Star Game but "didn't want to rush it." -- Houston Chronicle # Jeff Van Gundy offered his candidate for line of the night when asked if defensively challenged John Lucas III warranted more playing time: "If you could take a saw to one half of the court and eliminate it, then he would." -- Chicago Tribune # The Hawks took to the road for the second straight time without recently signed power forward Slava Medvedenko. The Ukrainian big man is dealing with a sore back that kept him on the inactive list for Saturday's win over the Los Angeles Clippers. He didn't make Friday's trip to Toronto because of issues involving his work visa. -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution # "This is the NBA," Bucks forward Brian Skinner said. "Sometimes you've got guys and sometimes you don't. We have guys who will obviously have to pick up offensively. We have guys who have to go out and produce now." -- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel # With his 900th win now secure, Phil Jackson is ninth in career NBA victories. Dick Motta is eighth with 935 victories and Red Auerbach is seventh with 938. -- Los Angeles Times # Terry Stotts was an assistant under George Karl with Seattle and Milwaukee before Karl fired him in 2002 and their relationship suffered. But Karl, who coached the Nuggets on Monday against Stotts' Bucks, said it's mending although they're no longer best friends. "It was something I had to do professionally," Karl said. "He thought it was wrong. It takes time (to heal)." -- Rocky Mountain News # Nuggets guard Julius Hodge said he doesn't expect to return to the NBADL. "I feel like I'm ready right now," he said. -- Denver Post # Now we know why the Magic tried to get Dwight Howard listed as a forward on the all-star ballot. If he were, he would be runner-up at the position to LeBron James and have enough votes to start for the Eastern Conference in the Feb. 18 game in Las Vegas. Howard would have had more votes from fans than Toronto's Chris Bosh. The NBA, however, said Howard was a center. Which he is, of course. -- Orlando Sentinel # Former Raptors centre Loren Woods was signed yesterday by the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League -- Toronto Sun # In his last seven games, Larry Hughes is averaging 19.0 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.9 assists while shooting 53.8 percent on 3-pointers (14-of-26). "I'm turning the corner," said the 6-foot-5, 184-pounder, who missed 10 games with a high ankle sprain. -- Medina Gazette</div> Larry Hughes has been a key factor to Cleveland claiming the best record in the East right now.
The most surprising thing is Larry Hughes' 3 pt. %. That's a hell of an improvement and you have to ask what he's been doing differently.
<div class="quote_poster">Bobcats Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Automatic one game suspension.</div> I think you get fined too. Not sure the amount, but it increases with each technical.
Larry Hughes slowly getting back to his for in Washington? He's gotta be the 2nd option consistently for them in Cleveland. Good luck to him.
Hell yeah Larry has stepped up. It's logical that LeBron can't carry his team only by himself. Wallace's neourvs aren't strong as I can see.
