By Marc Stein Are the Suns inching closer to a trade with Philadelphia headlined by Amare Stoudemire and Andre Iguodala? Separate sources close to both teams caution that it’s too soon to answer that question affirmatively. One source with knowledge of the Suns’ thinking, in particular, insisted that Phoenix was still evaluating several potential trade candidates.

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images Baron Davis is ready to take over the play calling in Los Angeles The thing you have to realize about Baron Davis is that this wasn’t what he had in mind

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By J.A. Adande Perhaps one day the Clippers will realize that trying to save money can wind up costing you money, a scenario exemplified most recently by the case of Mike Dunleavy. The only argument you heard emanating from Clipper Country to explain Dunleavy’s continued employment as both head coach and general manager of the Clippers while the team kept retreating from the playoffs was that Donald Sterling did not want to let him go and still be responsible for the final year and $5.5 million remaining on Dunleavy’s contract

By J.A. Adande The true reflection of Phil Jackson’s stature in the NBA coaching hierarchy isn’t that he surpassed Pat Riley for most victories as coach of the Lakers.

We all know that Vesa Toskala had a bad season last year and is having an even worse season this year, but how bad is Toskala historically?

(ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) Arriving in Taiyuan, which writer Anthony Tao calls “unapologetic about its devaluation of human worth.” On Deadspin, Anthony Tao has had a front row seat (PG-13 for language) for the Chinese debut of Stephon Marbury. It’s an amazing tale of globalization — an NBA star, of sorts, has come to a bleak, polluted urban Chinese landscape. What’s even more amazing is that, again, thanks to globalization and the efforts of Tao, it’s easier to have a sense of what Marbury is like when he’s in Taiyuan than it was when he was in New York.

Jason Quick of the Oregonian , on an incident that occured during Andre Miller’s 52-point game in Dallas over the weekend: During a timeout with 41 seconds left in regulation, two women walked onto the court and into the Trail Blazers huddle. One woman wrapped her arms around the waist of Blazers guard Rudy Fernandez from behind. Fernandez, who was not in the game but focused on the plays being diagrammed by coach Nate McMillan, was stunned.

Now that Chris Paul is out for a month ( bowling ), consider the Hornets’ rookie starting backcourt.

It seems everyone believes that the Leafs newest goalie, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, is being brought in to help ease Gustavsson’s transition into a starting NHL goalie and act as a veteran mentor and tutor for the remainder of this season and next. But should we really assume that both Giguere and Gustavsson will be Leafs