I'm really fortunate to have a right-hand man who not only updates the standings and schedule daily, and not only took the reins as I went to Disneyland to post game threads and links to some pretty big stories, and not only sparks conversation in the game threads every second day...

But I've got a right-hand man who writes commentaries that land in The Sacramento Bee!

Louismg's piece on the NBA's relationship with small markets - which you read here last week - made the opinion section of The Bee today. Not only that, but it was the top story in the paper's new "Blogwatch."

Many kudos to Louis! Hip hip hooray!