National Basketball Association

had mentioned John Salmons last February, Chicagoans might have wonderered if you were talking about a new downtown seafood restaurant. The 6'6" Salmons had played with little distinction for 6½ seasons with the...

coach John Kuester has a Pistons championship ring from 2004, when he was an assistant under Larry Brown. And yes, power forward Ben Wallace, 35, has returned to Motown after four seasons away. Not to mention that...

a time (read: 2000 to '03) when Hedo Turkoglu was little more than that foreign guy on the Kings with Vlade Divac and Peja Stojakovic. But after last season it's fair to say that the Turkish small forward is no...

point guard Gilbert Arenas, arriving at training camp 22 pounds lighter than he was at the end of last season. There was small forward Caron Butler, who dropped 11 pounds. Shooting guard DeShawn Stevenson slimmed...

his seven straight seasons as a double-digit scorer or his three 50-point games, combo guard Jamal Crawford is known for his numbers. But there is one digit that he wishes weren't part of his reputation: zero, the...