News from January 30. TRADE: In a 3-team trade, Memphis traded away Rudy Gay and Hamed Haddadi and received Ed Davis, Tayshaun Prince, and Austin Daye; Toronto traded away Ed Davis and Jose Calderon and received Rudy Gay, Hamed Haddadi, a 2013 2nd round draft pick, and cash; and Detroit traded away Tayshaun Prince, Austin Daye, a 2013 2nd round draft pick, and cash and received Jose Calderon. None of the traded players were available in Wednesday's games. Commissioner David Stern named Brook Lopez (NJ) to replace the injured Rajon Rondo (Bos) in the All-Star game. The coach of the East team will select which East All-Star will start in Rondo's place. The NBA announced the contestants of the Rookie-Sophomore game, to take place February 15 in Houston on TNT at 8 pm Central. Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley will select the makeup of each of the two teams from the below players (instead of a rookie team vs a sophomore team). The players are: Rookies Sophomores Harrison Barnes (GS) Kenneth Faried (Den) Bradley Beal (Was) Kyrie Irving (Cle) Anthony Davis (NO) Brandon Knight (Det) Andre Drummond (Det) Kawhi Leonard (SA) Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) Chandler Parsons (Hou) Damian Lillard (Por) Klay Thompson (GS) Alexey Shved (Min) Tristan Thompson (Cle) Dion Waiters (Cle) Nikola Vucevic (Orl) Tyler Zeller (Cle) Kemba Walker (Cha) Miami signed Jarvis Varnado for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Miami signed Chris Andersen to a 2nd 10-day contract. Glen Davis (Orl) suffered a broken left foot during Wednesday's NY-Orl game. Cleveland assigned Kevin Jones to the NBADL. Atlanta activated Anthony Morrow and placed Zaza Pachulia on IL. Denver activated JaVale McGee and placed Julyan Stone on IL. Milwaukee activated Joel Przybilla and placed Larry Sanders (ill) on IL. Sacramento activated Tyler Honeycutt and placed John Salmons on IL. Phi 92, Was 84 at Phi Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 18 points. Nick Young (Phi) had 18 points. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 21 points, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Nene (Was) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Emeka Okafor (Was) had 15 points and 17 rebounds. Phi shot 6-10 FT and Was shot 17-21 FT. Jason Richardson (Phi, left knee synovitis), Damien Wilkins (Phi, personal reasons), and Bradley Beal (Was, sprained right wrist) did not play. Bos 99, Sac 81 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 13 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Brandon Bass (Bos) had 12 points and 3 steals. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 19 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 13 points including 4-12 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Bos shot 53.4% (39-73) FG and Sac shot 39.2% (29-74) FG. Rajon Rondo (Bos, torn right ACL) did not play. NY 113, Orl 97 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tyson Chandler (NY) had 21 points including 10-11 FG, 7 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Raymond Felton (NY) had 15 points and 9 assists. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 21 points and 9 assists. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 29 points including 9-14 FG and 4-9 3-pointers. NY shot 5-8 FT and Orl shot 14-16 FT. Jason Kidd (NY, sore lower back) did not play. Atl 93, Tor 92 at Atl Kyle Korver (Atl) had 17 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 20 points, 11 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Al Horford (Atl) had 22 points including 10-15 FG and the game winning dunk with 21 seconds left, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks [and game saving block with 1 second left]. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 23 points. John Lucas (Tor) had 19 points. Linas Kleiza (Tor, sore right knee) and Mickael Pietrus (Tor, left knee tendinitis) did not play. Mia 105, Bro 85 at Bro LeBron James (Mia) had 24 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 16 points. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 21 points. Brook Lopez (Bro) 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 16 points including 4-15 FG, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Chi 104, Mil 88 at Mil Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Nate Robinson (Chi) had 24 points including 9-11 FG and 3 steals. Luol Deng (Chi) had 12 points on 6-18 FG, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 18 points including 6-18 FG and 7 rebounds. Samuel Dalembert (Mil) had 14 points, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 blocks. Carlos Boozer (Chi, strained hamstring) did not play. LAC 96, Min 90 at Min Caron Butler (LAC) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 26 points including 11-17 FG, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 16 points on 6-8 FG and 4-10 FT and 12 rebounds. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Andrei Kirilenko (Min) had 14 points including 3-10 FG. Chris Paul (LAC, bruised right knee) did not play. SA 102, Cha 78 at SA Tony Parker (SA) had 22 points including 9-10 FG, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 18 points on 7-10 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Danny Green (SA) had 17 points including 5-6 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Ramon Sessions (Cha) had 20 points and 3 steals. SA shot 55.1% (38-69) FG and Cha shot 41.1% (30-73) FG. DeJuan Blair (SA, right knee effusion), Matt Bonner (SA, right knee effusion), and Tyrus Thomas (Cha, left knee contusion) did not play. Den 118, Hou 110 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 27 points including 10-17 FG and 4-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 19 points including 6-8 FG and 9 rebounds. Andre Iguodala (Den) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 21 points. Omer Asik (Hou) had 10 points, 18 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. James Harden (Hou) had 21 points including 8-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 22 points and 5 assists. JaVale McGee (Den, left tibia reaction) did not play. Uta 104, NO 99 at Uta Paul Millsap (Uta) had 25 points including 11-16 FT and 10 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Randy Foye (Uta) had 14 points and 8 assists. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 17 points and 13 assists. Robin Lopez (NO) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Gordon Hayward (Uta, sprained right shoulder) and Eric Gordon (NO) did not play. Pho 92, LAL 86 at Pho Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 11 points, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Michael Beasley (Pho) had 27 points including 12-20 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 steals. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. Metta World Peace (LAL) had 15 points on 6-17 FG and 3-10 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Ind 98, Det 79 at Ind Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 18 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 12 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tyler Hansbrough (Ind) had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 14 points including 1-6 3-pointers. Schedule for Thursday, January 31 (All times Central) Memphis @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm TNT Dallas @ Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, February 1 (All times Central) LA Clippers @ Toronto 6:00 pm Miami @ Indiana 6:00 pm ESPN Orlando @ Boston 6:30 pm Chicago @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ New York 6:30 pm Sacramento @ Philadelphia 6:30 pm Cleveland @ Detroit 6:30 pm Washington @ Memphis 7:00 pm New Orleans @ Denver 8:00 pm Portland @ Utah 8:00 pm Dallas @ Phoenix 8:00 pm LA Lakers @ Minnesota 8:30 pm ESPN ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html