1.   Another near-miss trade would have delivered power forward Chris Gatling and salary-cap throw in Brian Evans from New Jersey.

2.   Against Temple, he started Padilla and Kellogg with small forward Donta Bright, power forward Lou Roe and center Marcus Camby.

3.   Cincinnati power forward Kenyon Martin, for now, appears to be the runaway answer to what had been a puzzling question a few weeks ago.

4.   Detroit has added power forward Brendan Shanahan, while losing center Keith Primeau.

5.   Five years ago advertisers would have likely shunned Chicago Bulls power forward Dennis Rodman to promote their products.

6.   Fortson is a power forward, an undersized one at that.

7.   Power forward Michael Wright, the Freshman of the Year and most dominating among the group, recognizes that this is a new season.

8.   Reserve power forward Elden Campbell, who figured to see increased minutes to offset Duncan, was nursing a cervical strain.

9.   The Cardinal must make the odd power forward matchup work to their benefit.

10.   The Matadors have also been recruiting Ventura College power forward Linda Amari and would like to sign another post player.