Barking Carnival

Jordan Hamilton's debut was predictably rusty. The good news is that Jordan has all the tools and the willingness to use them. Forced some shots but who doesn't in games like this? Hamilton showed a nice handle, a fluid release shooting the ball, and the willingness to defend. He reminds me of Georgetown's Reggie Williams. Smooth and long. His ability to create for others a huge plus.

Let me start this by saying that all star games or single games in general aren't the end all be all. If you'll pardon a crossover sports analogy, I'll try to illustrate the point. If you watched Lamar Odom vs. Tracy McGrady in the McDonald's All American Game, you might have come away thinking Odom would be the shoe in better pro. Afterall, Odom dominated the action and McGrady got but a

All-Star games can be fairly worthless given that the practices are probably more telling than the actual game. By their nature, after you spot the obvious slam dunks, they're probably better at proving a negative: they can debunk some big prospects who thrived against mediocre competition and discredit mass hallucinations conjured by popular opinion (see Tre Allen, any Tom Lemming advocated recruit who signed with Notre Dame). That aside, it's good to see

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