NEW YORK -- Welcome to the NBA where there are more buyouts than sellouts.
Provoked by Pistons owner Bill Davidson and VP Joe Dumars, today's objective is to stay in vogue; thereby give Pacers coach Rick Carlisle a swift kick while he's up.
If the Al Gore-act-alike can generate a modicum of minutes for the habitually dunked-on, offensively bankrupt, rebound-delinquent forward Austin Croshere, you would think the chilly coach could at least spare some loose daylight for guard Jamaal Tinsley.