Beating the trade deadline by minutes, a couple of deals have come down the pipe according to tweets by Adrian Wojnarowski at Yahoo Sports:
Boston has agreed to send Kendrick Perkins to OKC for package that includes Jeff Green, sources tell Y!
Houston has traded Shane Battier to Memphis for (Hasheem) Thabeet and a first-round pick, source [...]

The Houston Rockets did the unthinkable before the trade deadline today…they traded crafty Shane Battier and Ish Smith to the Memphis Grizzlies for NBA Draft bust Hasheem Thabeet, DeMaree Carroll and a protected 1st round draft pick.
Thabeet is a bust. He struggles to simply run/walk/trot up and down the court.  This is a huge deal [...]

Usually, local analysts have a dog in the fight.  They actually care about the team they cover, the games they call.  But sometimes, a team can be so crushingly dull, there’s nothing else to do but nod off in the middle of a game.  Case in point, Eric Snow.  According to Deadspin:
Eric Snow, Comcast SportsNet’s [...]

Sportscasm contributors Joshua Holmes and Matt Williams with their NBA predictions against the line for games being played on November 4, 2009.

Teams/Line
Joshua Holmes
Matt Williams

DETROIT vs. TORONTO (-8)
DETROIT
DETROIT

PHOENIX vs. ORLANDO (-8)
PHOENIX
PHOENIX

MIAMI vs. WASHINGTON (-2)
*MIAMI
WASHINGTON

DENVER vs. NEW JERSEY (+9)
NEW JERSEY
*DENVER

INDIANA vs. NEW YORK (-5)
*INDIANA
*INDIANA

BOSTON vs. MINNESOTA (+12)
*MINNESOTA
BOSTON

LAKERS vs. HOUSTON (+1.5)
LAKERS
LAKERS

DALLAS vs. NEW ORLEANS (-4.5)
DALLAS
*NEW [...]