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As the NBA season tips off this week, where do you stand on the hot-button issues that will be debated at your office water-cooler? Argued with your buddies at the bar? Pulled out during yet another attempt to impress on that first date? You don't want to get caught dealing in last year's conventional wisdom.
Hop aboard the Kings bandwagon if you want to, but for a couple of extra talking points, check out the 2002-2003 NBA season "What's Hot, What's Not" List below:
What's Hot, What's Not for NBA 2002-03
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Category |
Hot |
Not |
Hardware lock for MJ |
Sixth Man Award |
Finals MVP |
Arena noise-maker |
Thunder Stix |
Cowbells |
New Clippers |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/nba/lrg/trans/cle.gif) Cavs |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/nba/lrg/trans/lac.gif) Clippers |
What-are-you-thinking? acquisition |
Shawn Kemp |
(It's always Shawn Kemp) |
Impact free agent |
Keon Clark |
Calbert Cheaney |
Prep-to-pro worth props |
Amare Stoudamire |
Tyson Chandler |
Is it a contract year? |
![](http://espn.go.com/media/pg2/2002/1028/photo/a_stackhouse_sp.jpg) Jerry Stackhouse |
![](http://espn.go.com/media/pg2/2002/1028/photo/a_howard_sp.jpg) Juwan Howard |
Trade bait |
![](http://espn.go.com/media/pg2/2002/1016/photo/payton_sq.jpg) Gary Payton |
![](http://espn.go.com/media/pg2/2002/1028/photo/a_sprewell_sp.jpg) Latrell Sprewell |
Arena music |
![](http://espn.go.com/media/pg2/2002/1029/photo/ar_clipse_sq.jpg) Clipse |
![](http://espn.go.com/media/pg2/2002/1029/photo/a_britney_sq.jpg) Britney |
Skill for wannabe 10-day-contractors |
Can you play point guard? |
Midrange jump-shooting |
NBA factory |
Argentina |
Big East |
Second-wind vet |
Kevin Willis |
Kendall Gill |
Growth stock |
Richard Jefferson |
Jonathan Bender |
Jersey |
![](http://espn.go.com/media/pg2/2002/1029/photo/s_miles_sq.jpg) Darius Miles' "Cavs 21" |
![](http://espn.go.com/media/pg2/2002/1029/photo/s_kobe_sq.jpg) Kobe Bryant's "'MPLS' Lakers 8" |
Violation |
Defensive three seconds |
Illegal D |
Early-season revelation |
Bobby Jackson is better than overpriced Mike Bibby |
Dirk Nowitzki still can't play defense |
Lakers' tenuous grasp |
Shaq's toe |
Playoff cool |
Role player |
Playmaking PG |
Short SG |
Laughingstock strategist |
George Karl |
Byron Scott |
NBA Finals MVP candidate |
![](http://espn.go.com/media/pg2/2002/1028/photo/a_turkoglu_sp.jpg) Hedo Turkoglu |
![](http://espn.go.com/media/pg2/2002/0605/photo/fox_sq.jpg) Rick Fox |
Needs more pub |
![](http://espn.go.com/media/pg2/2002/1028/photo/s_nachbar_sp.jpg) Bostjan Nachbar |
![](http://espn.go.com/media/pg2/2002/0904/photo/ming_sq.jpg) Yao Ming |
Owner |
Mark Cuban |
Charlotte wannabes |
Friend-wowing fantasy-draft pick |
Troy Murphy |
Mike Dunleavy |
Nickname inspiration |
Puns on surname |
Alliteration |
Goal of offseason acquisition |
Tire out opposing PGs |
Clamp down on Kobe |
Soothing team presence |
Popeye Jones |
Charles Oakley |
Foreign stud |
Manu Ginobili |
Peja Stojakovic |
Frustrated star |
Jalen Rose |
Steve Francis |
Sweatband |
![](http://espn.go.com/media/pg2/2002/1028/photo/a_wristband_sp.jpg) Double-wide on wrist |
![](http://espn.go.com/media/pg2/2002/1028/photo/a_elbow_sp.jpg) On elbow |
Hair style |
![](http://espn.go.com/media/pg2/2002/1028/photo/g_kobe_sp.jpg) Cropped short like Kobe |
![](http://espn.go.com/media/pg2/2002/1028/photo/g_nash_sp.jpg) Floppy like Nash |
Requisite scoring punch |
Inside-outside |
Three-headed monster |
Fun to watch |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/nba/lrg/trans/mem.gif) Memphis |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/nba/lrg/trans/det.gif) Detroit |
Reffing controversy |
Foul calls |
Buzzer-beating shots |
"What?? No call??"-type shot-taker |
Paul Pierce |
Kenyon Martin |
Break-out All-Star |
Desmond Mason |
Tim Thomas |
Rematch |
Christie-Fox II ("It's the Wives' Turn") |
Howard-O'Neal/Harrington II ("Contract-year Madness") |
Popular pick for champs |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/nba/lrg/trans/sac.gif) Kings |
![](http://espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/nba/lrg/trans/lal.gif) Lakers |
Contrarian pick for champs |
Spurs |
Anyone from the East |
Dan Shanoff is a columnist for Page 2. His "What's Hot, What's Not" trend-spotting list appears Thursdays. Got inside scoop on an up-and-coming trend? Want to declare something passé? Send this glimpse of your hipness to hotnotlist@yahoo.com. Don't forget to check out the NHL season preview Hot 'n' Not List!
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