Yao had to dress for the game because he didn’t bring a suit. Either that, or he made the same decision we would have made given the choice between a suit and tie and a mesh outfit. We’re slaves to comfort. We’d drape ourselves in velvet if it were socially acceptable.

As you may have heard, the Glyde has been eliminated from ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars.” The NBA Hall-of-Famer is taking the news pretty well. “I, Clyde, want to leave the show in the worst way…Please do not vote for me,” he told “Extra” before his final dance. Now that’s the competitive fire of a former professional athlete.

In that same interview, Clyde also contributed these two hilarious, seemingly contradictory statements: “I just don’t have the time,” and “I want to get back on the golf course.” Apparently, Clyde undertook this dancing thing much like he handles his broadcasting duties. Stroll in unprepared, get paid to watch basketball/dance with a beautiful woman, spout off a few meaningless cliches, chuckle like a madman, hit the links.

After waiting patiently for 81 games, poor Steve Novak had to go to the bench with four fouls in his first eight minutes of action. The “Treyminator” was one of the most-hyped rookies coming into this season, but he finished the year averaging 1.5 points in 35 games while going a very mortal 13-for-39 (33.3 percent) from 3-point range. Any chance we could get this season red-shirted?

Is anybody else frustrated that we still don’t know when Game One will be? We’re waiting on the eighth seed in the West to settle, so ESPN knows which inferior team they’ll be featuring in a better time slot than the Rockets. Can’t they just hand us the bitch slot now so we can mark our calendars?

Bullard sat this one out after sustaining a concussion in a skiing accident. A speedy recovery would be “suiiiite.”