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Our look at the league's most eligible includes

Our look at the league's most eligible includes

A pre-deadline look at four sets of tradable players includes grouchy veterans, sullen youngsters, departing gravy train passengers, and rich guys about to get much, much richer.

A look at the players fans chose to start for the West All-Stars, and my selections for the reserves.

A look at the players fans chose to start for the East All-Stars, and my selections for the reserves.

With appearances by Shaquille O'Neal, Janet Jackson, Kobe Bryant, Kobe Bryant's legal team, Tracy McGrady, the Philadelphia Police Department, Rafer Alston, Latrell Sprewell, Latrell Sprewell's underprivileged family, Larry Brown, Jeff Van Gundy, an offended Clippers fan, Carmelo Anthony, Ron Artest, Charlie Brown, Yao Ming, Lebron James, Vanessa Bryant, the China State ...

Two ferocious new Raptors replace herbivore Carter; Mourning finds his ideal situation - a team that doesn't want him; Peterson repays Toronto for a timely intervention; the pressing question in any second marriage - how does this affect the Kidd?

Someone else's money costs Carter a plane ticket; an old Maverick experiment takes over, while a new one lags behind; an overburdened youngster learns the value of responsibility; Dwyane Wade is Batman; Ervin Johnson saw this coming; Lebron drives me to distraction.

Artest finally loses it - or at least the rest of it; a nice guy Pacer gets his chance; a new video game character debuts; we see the face, and teeth, of the new NBA; a lazy-bone center gets a jolt.

NBA fans, prone to drastic mood swings and an unhealthy obsession with the teams they follow, will shower their heroes alternately with love and plastic beer cups. As the season approaches, fans and players alike prepare for another season of emotional scarring, and I offer my observations as to what each ...