Magic Wands: November 13, 2009

-I don't know what to say about the trailer for the movie Who Shot Mamba. But I will say this... "Mesmerizing."

-Nancy Lieberman was named the head coach of the D-League team in Frisco, Texas, last week. Could she be the first female head coach in the NBA? Next season will be very interesting down in Texas, that is for sure.

-NBA referee Dick Bavetta tells The Orlando Sentinel he might retire at the end of the season.

-Can you name the leaders in points, rebounds, steals and assists for all 30 NBA teams?

-New Jersey's Chris Douglas-Roberts has been diagnosed with swine flu, the first case involving an NBA player. I wish CDR a quick recovery.

-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar announced Monday that he has been diagnosed with leukemia, but that his doctors say the prognosis is good.

-ESPN says Orlando is the second best team... OF THE FUTURE!.

-Fans in the cheap seats of the Amway Center, and in the Amway Center period, will get treated to the largest scoreboard in the NBA. As Alex Martins tells Mark Schlueb of The Orlando Sentinel, this scoreboard is a state-of-the-art HD television that makes the current jumbotron look like a fuzzy 19 inch television. Exciting.

-From the makers of Stan Van Pac-Man, it's Whack a Shaq!

-I was on the Daily Dime Live chat during Wednesday's game and asked what was wrong with Orlando's defense and John Hollinger responded thusly: "I think it's multiple things Phil. First, the D at the point of attack isn't as good. Second, Howard is picking up fouls at an alarming rate, costing them their main interior deterent for long stretches. And of course working in new pieices who don't have a history of going lights out on D (Bass, Carter, Anderson, Williams) is another factor."

-Ex-Gator Joakim Noah has made a Chicago Tribune columnist eat his words, literally.

-LeBron James wants to sell more jerseys... I mean honor Michael Jordan and change his number from No. 23 to No. 6.