Programming Note

Due to the great internet outage of '08 (which I discovered gradually lugging my lap-top from neighborhood to neighborhood, from neighbors to coffee shops to bars) Hoopinion is a couple of days behind in posting but not writing new material. My eyewitness account of Friday night's loss to the Wizards should appear post haste. Notes on the easy victory over the Bulls yesterday will follow with other matters taken up as the day progresses.