DENVER (AP) -- Toronto has claimed forward Pops Mensah-Bonsu off waivers from Houston and he is expected to be in uniform for the Raptors' game at Denver.

Hey, in case you missed it, the all important SBN: NBA Power Rankings for Week 3 are out. Lakers No. 1. . .

Not bad for a team on a two-game losing streak. Hell I'm going to have a parade before tonight's game just in case.

I won't spoil the surprise for you. But let's just say you fans of other teams, be ready to use your mouse scroll wheel.

* Just let A.I. rip, let him go. Sources say Iverson started to speak louder and louder about how he had played for one dumb bleeping coach in Detroit a year ago, and now had come to play for another dumb bleeping coach in Memphis. He never dared speak this way on the Detroit Pistons’ bus because he feared team president Joe Dumars and respected the championship players on board.

* "I give those two less than a month before it goes bad," says a Western Conference executive who has history with Brown. "Larry grates on the good guys really fast – never mind a guy like Jack," says a former assistant coach. "This won’t go well."

* The Celts would end up with Andres Nocioni out of the deal while Kenny Thomas, Tony Allen, and Brian Scalabrine would be unpacking their bags in the City of Brotherly Love, and Dalembert and J.R. Giddens would be headed to the Sacramento Kings.

there was a bit of an animated discussion in the (first) thunder game thread about chris paul's role in the firing of byron scott, and well...i don't like to say "i told you so"......

New feature on Spurs Home Page - best broadcast team in the NBA!

Courtside with the Spurs in the Express News this afternoon

* The Grizzlies announced Monday in a statement that the team has ended its one-year contract with the 10-time All-Star and former league MVP in what it called a mutual agreement. Iverson is expected to be placed on waivers by 6 p.m. ET Monday, a league source told ESPN.com's Chris Sheridan.

Wow, man.

Cubits wants a new user pic for Twitter. Show him what you got.

"I need a new default pic who got me.....LoL I need something very creative and tight......"