Rip Hamilton Stars in "Kingpin 2"
theworldofisaac.com 10/1/2008 — Apparently, Rip's changed his name to Jebediah and is becoming a devout Amish.... Or Mennonite...

New Poll! Which young, non-starter is most likely to be 'the talk' of Training camp this season?
allthatjazzbasketball.blogspot.com 10/1/2008 — Paul Millsap, CJ Miles, Kosta Koufos, Kyrylo Fesenko, Morris Almond or someone else? Who's it going to be?

2008-2009 Top 10 Point Guards
laballtalk.com 10/1/2008 — The top ten point guards as expected to perform in the 2008-2009 NBA season. Chris Paul, Deron Williams, and Steven Nash headline the list.

Cool RMR Pictures!
allthatjazzbasketball.blogspot.com 10/1/2008 — Are you insane? Like looking at behind the scenes pictures of summer basketball run? How focused is Gerald Green? All this, and more . . . in this post

Things to look for this season: Kosta Koufos
allthatjazzbasketball.blogspot.com 10/2/2008 — Continuing on with a look of what to expect from each of the 15 guys on Roster . . . we look at Kosta 'The Kolossus' Koufos. Dude has some quality ahead of him on the depth chart, hope he enjoys the nba d-league . . .

Smith Helps Shock Sink Silver Stars in Game 1 — NBA.com: News 10/2/2008
Katie Smith and Taj McWilliams-Franklin helped Detroit take a first step toward reclaiming the WNBA title by leading the Shock to a 77-69 win over the San Antonio Silver Stars on Wednesday night in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals.

Sochock 77, Silver Stars 69: Shock Triumphs in Finals Opener — NYT > Pro Basketball 10/2/2008
Katie Smith and Taj McWilliams-Franklin helped Detroit take a step toward reclaiming the W.N.B.A. title by leading the Shock to a victory over San Antonio in Game 1 of the finals. >

Orlando Magic vs. Eastern Conference — Bleacher Report - NBA 10/1/2008
Last season the Orlando Magic had a season to remember, thanks mostly to team leader Dwight Howard and new Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy.  The two brought Orlando something the team hasn't seen since Shaq was in town—a 50-win ...

30 Teams In 30 Days: Detroit Pistons — Bleacher Report - NBA 10/2/2008
2007-2008 in Review Record: 59-23 Eastern Conference Seed: 2 Playoff Results: Lost to BOS in Eastern Conference Finals (4-2)   Summer of 2008 Key Additions: Michael Curry (via coaching change), Kwame Brown (via free agency). ...

Can Jazz fend off Blazers in Northwest? — FOXSports.com News for NBA 10/2/2008
With all their key players back, the Jazz should win the Northwest again. But the division is full of young talent, Sean Stancill says.