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Surprising Louisville Stalls on Potential Ride From Good to Great

WASHINGTON -- Preston Knowles' head was hanging as he sat at his locker in Verizon Center Monday night, not long after Louisville's rally against Georgetown fell short, 62-59. Like his teammates, he had played a role in the 15th-ranked Cardinals' dud of a first half, and in the charge back into the lead in the second half,...

Marco Belinelli Wants to Remain With New Orleans Hornets

DENVER -- Working his way through three nations, Marco Belinelli finally has found a basketball home. Now, he wants to stay put. Belinelli, after a voyage from his native Italy to Golden State and then to Toronto, landed this season in New Orleans. When he becomes a restricted free agent this summer, that's where...

The Works: Andrew Bynum Creation Myth; J.R. Smith-Kevin Durant Spectrum

In The Works today: a basketball version of baseball's tried-and-true OPS, and we preview the Grizzlies and Raptors. But first, a thesis on how Phil Jackson (and Kobe Bryant) created a monster named Andrew Bynum. L'Enfant Terrible Phil Jackson, upset with Andrew Bynum's lengthening timetable for recovery from knee...

Julian Wright and Why Changing Scenery Matters

Twitter is like an ocean. Sometimes, it spits forth great, speckled beasts. Just as often, you make due with used trash bags and dry mud. There's no denying this fact, though: It cannot be ignored, or else the whole thing becomes an exercise in absurdity and "watching to watch something" pessimism. That's why, as...

Player to Watch: Julian Wright

FanHouse previews a player to watch from each NBA team in advance of the 2009-10 season.Julian Wright can jump very high. When I say that, I don't mean that he jumps really high for normal people. I'm talking, he jumps high for NBA guys. For grasshoppers in relative height. When I caught him in front of his old college...