Time to put the Trade Machine to work

"Hello everyone, I'm WWE announcer Jim Ross. We'd like to welcome you to another excit-..." (We hear the sound of glass breaking and the beginning of...

Thinking about the NBA playoffs while web surfing

All right, we're pulling out all the stops today: NBA playoff thoughts, reader e-mails, follow-ups to last Friday's mailbag, some weekly links ... it'...

NellieBall isn't built for the long haul

...when they absolutely need one? Well, the Warriors can't stop penetrating guards (as evidenced by Deron Williams easily getting off the tying shot in Game 2, or all the damage Devin Harris did...

A few links while honoring King Felix

Here's when fantasy baseball rips your heart out: Last summer, my buddy Hench and I were trying to win our A.L.-only keeper league without trading Fel...

Breaking down the luck of the lottery

I couldn't cram everything into this week's 1,200-word magazine column about the NBA Lottery, so let's follow up with some hardcore data to fully illu...

6 things you should know ...

Harry Glinberg of Harry C. Glinberg Jewlers in Wauwatosa, Wis. explains the art of athlete jewlery.

The first lottery draft still rates the best

As we celebrate the 25th draft under the lottery system, Page 2 looks back and grades the previous 24 drafts.

Celtics-Bulls is one for the ages

Bill Simmons breaks down the 12 subplots that will make an already exciting Celtics-Bulls series even better.

The big questions, and answers, regarding this year's NBA playoffs

Page 2 provides answers to the big-picture questions surrounding the NBA's second season.

An MVP race for the ages

From No. 450 all the way down to No. 1, Bill Simmons sizes up the entire NBA MVP race. Let's just say this will be the first of many for our winner.

...OR - MARCH 31: Brandon Roy #7 of the Portland Trail Blazers looks for an opening around Deron Williams #8 of the Utah Jazz during a game on March 31, 2009 at the Rose Garden...

...OR - MARCH 31: Brandon Roy #7 of the Portland Trail Blazers looks for an opening around Deron Williams #8 of the Utah Jazz during a game on March 31, 2009 at the Rose Garden...

The wait is over! The mailbag comes through

Bill Simmons ends his long mailbag drought with a mammoth batch of reader submissions, including the definitive word on the De Niro-Pacino debate.

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NBA trade value rankings, King James version

Sure, there's not a lot of mystery at No. 1, but you'll still want to check out Bill Simmons' ninth annual NBA Trade Value rankings.