- Scott Howard-Cooper of the Sacramento Bee reports: "Fifteen years have passed since that day on a rain-slicked German autobahn, when the Volkswagen Golf slammed into the tractor-trailer and crumpled into awkward shapes and the legend of Drazen Petrovic turned again. All these basketball seasons later, he remains connected to Sacramento, because Beno Udrih grew up a fan and Wayne Cooper became one; because Reggie Theus and Vlade Divac were his teammates and Rick Adelman was his coach. Petrovic, dead since 1993, is attached to the Kings without ever playing for them."
- Brian Hanley of the Chicago Sun-Times: "The Bulls were moved by their visit Sunday to the National Civil Rights Museum at the site of the former Lorraine Motel, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated April 4, 1968. 'It was life-changing for me,' forward Adrian Griffin said. 'Very enlightening. I would like to go again. The biggest thing was the message. You see everything they endured all the way up to the shooting.' Rookie Joakim Noah said the team's two-hour visit was coach Jim Boylan's idea and was time well-spent."
- Glenn Lafollette of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports on the many sons of NBA players playing high school basketball in the Atlanta area: "[Glen] Rice Jr. is not alone in his paradox. He joins Ralph Sampson's sons, Ralph and Robert, who play at Northview, Shawn Kemp Jr. at Cherokee and Charlie Scott's sons, Shaun and Shannon, at Lovett as metro-Atlanta high school starters with a big touch of NBA DNA."
- Did the Celtics commit a Giant blunder yesterday? Mitch Lawrence of the New York Daily News has the story: "Looking for something to do, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen each went out of his way to go over to shake hands with four Giants seated at courtside. From left to right: Aaron Ross, Steve Smith, R.W. McQuarters and Plaxico Burress. The Four H-O-R-S-E-men. Bad move by Allen and Pierce.
- Rick Alonzo of the St. Paul Pioneer Press: "'Tonight was the first night I didn't see the shyness in trying to make a play,' Wolves coach Randy Wittman said. 'We had a little bit of that (shyness) in Denver at the end. Tonight we were aggressive all the way to the end.'" Wittman said identifying leaders is part of the key objectives this season. Ryan Gomes and Al Jefferson made their case Monday. Gomes and Jefferson made big plays when it mattered. They combined for 12 points in the fourth quarter and shot 4 for 6. Gomes finished with a career-high 35 points, and Jefferson added 21 points and 12 rebounds."
- Brian Windhorst of The Akron Beacon Journal: "In the past week, three NBA teams have made mistakes on the active/inactive lists submitted to the official scorers before games. ... The inactive list was created three years ago after the NBA abolished the injured list. But teams also must list their 12 active players for each game and have a designated team official sign it. For the Cavaliers, the job is handled by athletic trainer Max Benton and there's a system that has worked without incident for three years."
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