Comments on All-Star weekend:

Dwight Howard got jobbed by the judges…his sticker dunk was creative, and for God’s sake he almost got the top of the backboard…Gerald Green (Yawn!!!) may have won the contest, but a year from now, the only dunk anyone will remember is Howard’s sticker dunk…

Did you see the highlight of Gilbert Arenas getting into the line of Elvis Impersonators and dunking off the trampoline? Awesome…

There was a lot of talk about Scottie Pippen making a comeback, but here’s the real reason: He has to pay a bank more than $5 million in a breach of contract lawsuit involving a loan for a business jet…the Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a ruling in St. Louis County, where a judge found last year that Pippen owed U.S. Bank just over $5.021 million in principal, interest and attorneys' fees…

David Lee going 14-for-14 from the field and scoring 30 points to lead the sophomores to a 155-114 victory over the rookies…nice coming out party for Lee who has been the best player Isaih Thomas has never heard of for the Knicks this year…

Jason Kapono hit for 24 points in the final round of the 3 point contest, beating Gilbert Arenas who copped out by shooting the last rack one handed…

Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki were the only two players not to slap hands/man-hug before the opening tip…a sign that the little tiff they’ve been maintaining through the media is still on…

You’ve got to catch the video of Shaq and Dwight Howard break-dancing…it is too funny…

Commissioner David Stern and players union director Billy Hunter announcing that former players who spent three or four years in the NBA, or its predecessor, the BAA, prior to 1965 will now receive $3,600 a month per year of service, compared to the $2,400 per year of service they received under the previous pension program…a terrific gesture for a bunch of guys who set the groundwork for the millions players make today…

Dick Bavetta diving for the finish line in his race against Charles Barkley…Bavetta even bloodied his knee…although

Other notes:

A little gossip on the bitter divorce of Jason and Joumana Kidd…last year, after Allen Iverson torched Jason Kidd for 40+ points in a Sixers win over the Nets, apparently Joumana Kidd went out and bought all three kids Iverson Jerseys so that when Jason came home from the road game in philly the next day, his kids were all wearing the AI Jerseys…wow, that’s cold…


From SI.com…Thirty years ago this month, Pete Maravich of the New Orleans Jazz scored 68 points in a game against the New York Knicks. New Orleans was bad (35-47 that season) and the Knicks (40-42) were past their prime, but on Feb. 25, 1977, Maravich livened up an otherwise nondescript game by scoring the most points by a guard to that point in NBA history. As a 12-year-old living in the New York area at the time, I was fortunate enough to watch history unfold on Channel 9 as Maravich not only threw in a few of his trademark improbable one-handed flip shots, but also nailed several shots from 27 or 28 feet (the three-point shot didn't come into the NBA for another three seasons). "I was just happy there wasn't a three-point line because he would have gotten 100," Walt Frazier, who guarded Maravich for part of the game, told the New York Post. "Most of his shots were deep anyway, coming off screens. He was throwing up hook shots. He was doing everything that game."

Oh my goodness, much better stuff from SI.com…http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2007_swimsuit/beyonce/