JJ Redick and the Magic visit ex Duke teammate Sheldon Williams and the Celtics in a 2009 Eastern Conferencesemi-finals rematch, which was won by Orlando 4-3.

"If you are not a prima donna than I guess you would attend every meeting on time," Rautins told The Fan. "You would participate in everything with your team. You'd eat with your team, you’d associate with your team if you weren't a prima donna."

And they're getting a nice assist from former Bull Andres Nocioni, who had a reluctant arrival last winter in the John Salmons/Brad Miller deal, but who now is involved and who scored in double figures in all six games in November while frustrating opponents as the new Bruce Bowen.

Sources told ESPN.com that the Philadelphia 76ers and Sacramento Kings, in considering the feasibility of a Samuel Dalembert-for-Kenny Thomas swap, have discussed expanding that concept with Boston by trying to draw in the Celtics on a potential three-way deal that would land Andres Nocioni with the Celts.

Sources further stressed over the past 48 hours that this should be classified as an ongoing conversation as the teams involved decide how much they like what’s on the table.

But the full deal as it stands, if it eventually gets that far, would send Nocioni to Boston, Kenny Thomas, Tony Allen and Brian Scalabrine to Philadelphia and Dalembert and J.R. Giddens to Sacramento.

Fitting that Houston was the victim when the Kings extended their miraculous, shocker-of-the-season start to 5-4. Sacramento's scrappy play without the injured Kevin Martin strikes us as very Rockets-esque.

Today when coach stated "practice tomorrow is at noon" and Omri replyed with "what's noon?" It sparked an entire team laugh...

Not expecting the Okafor-Thomas discussions to go anywhere. Sounds like more Kings-Hornets ideas thrown around beyond that one.

Brandon Jennings was shut out in the first quarter. Then he went to work and wiped out a record held by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Kenny Thomas got excused (from practice) early because he had a dental appointment he couldn't change.

Raps just announced that they've waived Quincy Douby