Nice Raptors win last night over the Wiz to get back to the .500 mark… PF Chris Bosh was unreal (34 points, 15-for-19 FG) hitting 15 in a row at one point, and he even threw in a buzzer-beater from 60 feet after stealing an inbounds pass at the end of the third quarter…

In the “Like a bad rash” category: former Raptors (and everywhere else) coach Lenny WIlkens is rumoured to be heading back to the bench in Seattle, as Bob Hill finds his seat getting hot…

Ooooh…same category, former Raptor SF Doug Christie has signed at 10-day with the Clippers…

Trade bait:

PF/C Pau Gasol – bad foot, bad hair, any trade deal needs to include an extra “l” for that 1st name…
SG Corey Maggette – on the trading block forever…
PG Mike Bibby – if he gets any slower…
SF Ron Artest – un-tradeable…
C Brad Miller - see Bibby…
C Jamaal Magloire – see Bibby or your local Glacier…
SF Grant Hill and his expiring contract ($16.9 million) – possible…
SF Vince Carter – only his mother knows for sure…

Kobe Bryant reaction to being suspended for smacking Manu Ginobili in the face? "I'm blown away by it. I really am," Bryant said. "It just makes no sense."…I say hallelujah…finally one of the league’s most egregious cheap-shot artists gets penalized…ask Raja Bell what he thinks…If you recall in last year’s playoffs, Bell took five or six solid elbows to the head and face from Bryant over the course of the Lakers-Suns series, none of which resulted in even a foul for Kobe…of course, Bell’s emotions boiled over in game 5 of the series when he clothes-lined Bryant in the lane and was ejected and suspended for Game 6…

SG Eddie Jones (who’s getting a fat head, have you seen him lately? Dude looks a little puffy) was released by the Grizzlies yesterday and is rumoured to be heading to the Miami Heat…