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The Gilbert Arenas scandal may not have been so bad for the Wizards. It allowed them to recognize that, Gil or no Gil, they're no longer outfitted to be taken seriously in the East.

Oh wait, they loaded up this summer with Randy Foye and Mike Miller. In the preseason, many important thinkers designated DC and Dallas as teams that could finish anywhere from lottery to home-court. Sometimes, all you can say for sure is that you don't know for sure what's going to happen.

Yet now the Wizards are free, free to clean out their high-priced garage by any means necessary and maybe even turn the page on this era. Arenas's contract will likely not be voided, but the rift between the team and its star guard is at this point beyond repair. We've lately heard reputable murmurs about Antawn Jamison and fellow shipwreck victim Caron Butler welcoming trades, with no shortage of suitors burning up the telegraph lines.

Today in the Washington Post, Michael Lee suggests that moving Jamison to the hated Cavs, as hard to stomach as it might be, could be the Wiz's Pau Gasol trade. As in, a short-term loss that positions them for for the future in a real way. However, it's worth noting that the hype surrounding the Gasol trade may now have swung too far in the other direction.
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LeBron James has been positively cosmic this season, even more incredible than in his MVP 2008-09 season. So good has been LeBron that broadcasters have had to invent new statistics to capture exactly what it is the Cavalier does. Such as the "chase-down block," coined a year ago and in full usage these days.

Last season, the Cleveland Plain Dealer's Brian Windhorst reported that the Cavs had begun tracking chase-downs, primarily because LeBron had made it a signature play of sorts. (Consider it the NBA's version of the "fourth quarter comeback," a stat created by the Broncos to get John Elway more pub.) LeBron had 23 CDs last season, according to the team. (You can see many of those in this clip.)
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Today is the two-year anniversary of the trade that sent Pau Gasol to the Lakers, and to mark the occasion, the NBA schedule-makers have sent L.A. to Memphis to take on the Grizzlies. You know, just in case we needed to see exactly how things have worked out for the two franchises so far.

As just about everyone predicted at the time, the deal put the Lakers immediately into the championship conversation. The two seasons that L.A. finished with Gasol in uniform resulted in two trips to the NBA Finals, and season three appears to be on track for more of the same.

But what about the Grizzlies?
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Back when the Grizzlies pawned off All-Star Pau Gasol to the Lakers in exchange for That Kwame Brown, still-in-Spain and quite pudgy Marc Gasol and a couple low draft picks, critics were everywhere ... including the Spurs locker room. San Antonio chieftain Gregg Popovich humbly requested that other franchises stop creating superpowers for the hell of it, and glibly suggested the league create a veto committee to overrule blatantly unbalanced deals.

Turns out the younger Gasol is darn good, and the Grizzlies might have known what they were doing back in '07. Pau's eventual power forward replacement Zach Randolph in an All-Star, Memphis is in the playoff picture, and Grizz GM Chris Wallace is even being credited for his long-term vision. Heck, the Grizz might even catch up with the Spurs in the standings this year -- if S.A. hadn't beat Memphis Friday, the teams would be tied for second in the Southwest.
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Zach RandolphThe Memphis Grizzlies are having about as magical a season as you can have as a small-market team built with a tiny payroll, two second-year starters, Mike Conley and a bench that resembles Jersey Shore: young, foolish and often cringe-worthy.

The difference in this team is the subject of much debate. Is it the development of their young core? Is it Lionel Hollins' aggressive style? Or is the addition of Zach Randolph, who has shed his reputation as a locker-room distraction, offensive black hole and low-effort player seemingly overnight?

Apparently, NBA coaches are convinced it's the latter. The Memphis Commercial-Appeal is reporting that Randolph will be announced as an All-Star reserve tonight on TNT.
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The Cavaliers remain on top in this week's rankings -- the same spot that they've held for the last month. So that's not exactly news at this point. The recent surge from the Jazz? Now that's worth talking about.

Utah made the biggest leap, moving all the way up from 12 to number three. And they did so impressively, by winning eight of their last nine, with road wins over Dallas and San Antonio, along with the home buzzer-beater over the top-ranked Cavs.

As for everyone else? Read on to find out where your favorites landed this week.
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The Cavaliers' loss to the Jazz at the buzzer wasn't necessarily enough to drop them from the top spot, but the Lakers have gotten back to their winning ways -- and do have the best record in the league -- so L.A. and Cleveland sit at 1. and 1A. atop this week's rankings.

You may want to keep any animosity you're feeling over this development in check, though, at least for a day or so. The Lakers and Cavs will settle it on the court in Cleveland on Thursday, with bragging rights for the remainder of the season undoubtedly of monumental importance to both teams.

As for everyone else? Read on to find out where your favorites landed this week.
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The Grizzlies needed an emphatic win over the Timberwolves last night. They're facing a brutal remaining January schedule, rife with playoff teams, including tonight's "second game of a back to back" or SEGABABA (HT: PtR) with the Spurs, who lost to the Bobcats last night and will likely be scowly. They needed to take care of business at home against a bad team, and keep their momentum going into a tough stretch. The odds are already stacked against the Grizzlies to make the playoffs, they can't afford to lose games they should win. They needed to take care of business.

And, oh, man, did they take care of business.
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Memphis GrizzliesThe often-puzzling Memphis Grizzlies spent all last season listening to criticism over their earlier giveaway of All-Star Pau Gasol. They were mocked this summer for obtaining the enigmatic Zach Randolph. They caught considerable grief this fall after the ill-fated signing of combustible Allen Iverson.

They have looked like a well-used dart board, a revolving door of players and coaches.

But finally the skies have parted.

The franchise that has been a virtual whipping post since entering the NBA 14 years ago, has emerged from the storm to see an enviable future. Their heads have broken water.

Iverson feels like just a bad dream now.

"It does seem now like a long time ago, but I never felt like it was all doom and gloom, like some people painted it,'' Memphis general manager Chris Wallace told FanHouse Thursday afternoon. "We're going to have a real exciting team here. We already have an exciting team, and it's getting better.''
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Some scary stuff went down Tuesday night in Memphis, when the Grizzlies' arena (FedEx Foum for the uninitiated) was evacuated late in the third quarter of the home team's game against the Clippers. Baron Davis was at the line, pushing L.A.'s lead to 12, when the fire alarms in the building started to sound, and the following rather ominous message appeared on the scoreboard.

"May I have your attention please! An emergency has been reported. Leave the building by the nearest exit. Do not use the elevators."

The fans scampered, teams waited on the Clippers' bus, and media and other personnel were instructed to hang out across the street while the situation was sorted out. It turned out that a broken water main was to blame for the alarm being tripped, and the game resumed, but with a decidedly different outcome than we had been led to believe would be the case. The Clippers managed just 12 fourth quarter points, and dropped the game by a score of 104-102.

Here's what it looked like to those fortunate enough to be watching the game from the comfort (and safety!) of their own homes.
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