Alright, coming to you live from the NBA Eastern Conference practice at the All-Star Jam Session at the Mandalay Bay Casino. I spoke to Joe earlier today, and I will post the audio later this afternoon. Sufficed to say, he is really excited to be here. I know he tried to act like it wasn't a big deal when he didn't get chosen the first time around, but he clearly feels honored to be included in this weekend's events.

As for last night...well, I don't want to disappoint you too badly, but I didn't make it to any of the parties. Part of that is because I don't know anyone who could have gotten me in anywhere, and part of it is because the strip...was...packed. It was ridiculous. There looked like a two-hour line for cabs outside of the MGM Grand, and I think my fragile psyche wasn't prepared to wait that long only to get rejected at one of the parties du jour. I spoke with a guy from the New Jersey Nets earlier this morning, and he said he was trying to get into the Nike party with Will Perdue. They saw Ben Gordon, Emeka Okafor, and Dale Davis waiting in line, and Perdue said to him, "If they ain't gettin in, we ain't gettin in." So I stand by my decision.

Still, I hoped to see some celebrities. I wagered myself a dollar on what kind of celebrity I would see first: a musician? An actor? Pro athlete from another sport? My money was on musician, based on the several cards I was handed by various wannabe rap groups.

However, I was wrong, and the first celeb these two eyes saw was...Shawn Kemp! Somehow that made sense, and strangely I believe that if I'd thought about it harder, I might have actually guessed him. Later on I saw former NFL star Eric Dickerson as well, but the highlight of my night was running into Detroit Lions WR Roy Williams, who played at Texas (my alma mater) in college. Amazingly, he wasn't quite as thrilled to see me as I was him - but it was still cool.

This morning, on my way over to practice, I ended up on the tram with former Syracuse star Gerry McNamara, who won an NCAA title in 2003 with Carmelo Anthony. He is in town for the D-League All-Star game, which he didn't find out he was playing in until 10:00 pm last night. Seemed like a nice guy though - Scranton, PA should be proud.

I've been taking a ton of pictures, and I will post some of them shortly. Back with more later!