There was no insider on Friday and so far not today either.
Here is the peep show for today...........
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Peep Show
By Chad Ford
NBA Insider
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Monday, February 9
Los Angeles Lakers: Phil Jackson doesn't know how to deal with Kobe Bryant and Kobe isn't helping much, either. "That's a hard question to answer," Jackson said in the Los Angeles Times. "I don't think there's a place where we can start where things are. I don't know, things are never in any spot. It's like quicksand; we're always sinking. One level deeper or one stratum to go before we know what's the bottom out. So, it's hard to say." But he did have one solution. "If he was available to play," Jackson said, "it would be entirely different." But it didn't seem like that was coming in the immediate future. "It's the first time we were able to see the damage that's been done to his finger, and he's got a ways to go," Jackson said. "He can barely bend his finger still."
Billups
Detroit Pistons: Listening to Chauncey Billups, you'd never get the impression that the Pistons just lost their third game in a row. "We played some great basketball," he said in the Detroit News. "We executed, we got every shot we wanted, everyone was sharing the ball. It was beautiful. Outside of about four or five minutes, we played great." But that's exactly what happened as Billups' last-second shot missed and the Pistons lost by three to the Mavs on the road. "It just always comes down to the same things, taking care of the ball and being unselfish," said Ben Wallace. "It comes down to doing stuff to help your teammates get open. We did it for most of the first half (and built a 15-point lead), then we started looking for ourselves. We started trying to outscore them and we forgot about the defensive end."
New York Knicks: Keith Van Horn is happy that his team won again for the fifth straight time but not about the fact that he contributed only 12 minutes to the cause. "I got into some foul trouble early and that really cut down on my minutes," Van Horn said in the New York Post. "That group that was in at the end of the fourth quarter was playing really well. Sometimes you have to leave groups in that are playing well." But head coach Lenny Wilkins said that he shouldn't get used to it. "I always thought that Keith Van Horn was a little better player than I had seen," Wilkens said. "I think he is starting to feel comfortable. He shows he can rebound. His defense is improving. He is making a real contribution."
Washington Wizards: Ever wonder how the Wizards would feel if they got everybody healthy? "I was joking with Larry (Hughes), saying we've got two guys capable of getting 40 and I'm capable of getting 60," Jerry Stackhouse said in the Washington Post. "We've got some offensive firepower. Kwame and Brendan have been great. They have really stepped up their games over the last two weeks and they're playing at a high level and that makes it easy on all of us." And at least one opposing coach agreed. "They've made a lot of different changes now with Stackhouse coming in and Arenas," Cleveland coach Paul Silas said. "That's a totally different ballclub."
Robinson
Philadelphia 76ers: Don't look at Glenn Robinson. He doesn't have the answers. "We haven't been winning, so something is wrong," he said in the Philadelphia Daily News. "There have been games where we didn't play defense, there have been games we played bad offense, there have been games we should have won, with a 14-, 15-point lead, and didn't win. Who do you blame for that?" But he did think that he should still be getting more time. "I really don't even want to talk about [my minutes]," Robinson said after scoring nine points and shooting 3-for-15 from the floor in 30 minutes. "That's the way [Randy Ayers] coaches. That's his style. I don't agree with it, but I said all I had to say a couple weeks ago."
Here is the peep show for today...........
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Peep Show
By Chad Ford
NBA Insider
Send an Email to Chad Ford
Monday, February 9
Los Angeles Lakers: Phil Jackson doesn't know how to deal with Kobe Bryant and Kobe isn't helping much, either. "That's a hard question to answer," Jackson said in the Los Angeles Times. "I don't think there's a place where we can start where things are. I don't know, things are never in any spot. It's like quicksand; we're always sinking. One level deeper or one stratum to go before we know what's the bottom out. So, it's hard to say." But he did have one solution. "If he was available to play," Jackson said, "it would be entirely different." But it didn't seem like that was coming in the immediate future. "It's the first time we were able to see the damage that's been done to his finger, and he's got a ways to go," Jackson said. "He can barely bend his finger still."
Billups
Detroit Pistons: Listening to Chauncey Billups, you'd never get the impression that the Pistons just lost their third game in a row. "We played some great basketball," he said in the Detroit News. "We executed, we got every shot we wanted, everyone was sharing the ball. It was beautiful. Outside of about four or five minutes, we played great." But that's exactly what happened as Billups' last-second shot missed and the Pistons lost by three to the Mavs on the road. "It just always comes down to the same things, taking care of the ball and being unselfish," said Ben Wallace. "It comes down to doing stuff to help your teammates get open. We did it for most of the first half (and built a 15-point lead), then we started looking for ourselves. We started trying to outscore them and we forgot about the defensive end."
New York Knicks: Keith Van Horn is happy that his team won again for the fifth straight time but not about the fact that he contributed only 12 minutes to the cause. "I got into some foul trouble early and that really cut down on my minutes," Van Horn said in the New York Post. "That group that was in at the end of the fourth quarter was playing really well. Sometimes you have to leave groups in that are playing well." But head coach Lenny Wilkins said that he shouldn't get used to it. "I always thought that Keith Van Horn was a little better player than I had seen," Wilkens said. "I think he is starting to feel comfortable. He shows he can rebound. His defense is improving. He is making a real contribution."
Washington Wizards: Ever wonder how the Wizards would feel if they got everybody healthy? "I was joking with Larry (Hughes), saying we've got two guys capable of getting 40 and I'm capable of getting 60," Jerry Stackhouse said in the Washington Post. "We've got some offensive firepower. Kwame and Brendan have been great. They have really stepped up their games over the last two weeks and they're playing at a high level and that makes it easy on all of us." And at least one opposing coach agreed. "They've made a lot of different changes now with Stackhouse coming in and Arenas," Cleveland coach Paul Silas said. "That's a totally different ballclub."
Robinson
Philadelphia 76ers: Don't look at Glenn Robinson. He doesn't have the answers. "We haven't been winning, so something is wrong," he said in the Philadelphia Daily News. "There have been games where we didn't play defense, there have been games we played bad offense, there have been games we should have won, with a 14-, 15-point lead, and didn't win. Who do you blame for that?" But he did think that he should still be getting more time. "I really don't even want to talk about [my minutes]," Robinson said after scoring nine points and shooting 3-for-15 from the floor in 30 minutes. "That's the way [Randy Ayers] coaches. That's his style. I don't agree with it, but I said all I had to say a couple weeks ago."
