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Filed under: Knicks, Cavaliers, Bucks, Rockets, Cleveland, Houston

If we don't care about the scourge of the NBA, who will? The Bleaker Rankings will assess the grotesque each Tuesday.

1. All-Star Yao Ming. No offense to the Chinese behemoth, but he is about the worst All-Star in memory. Coaches feel obligated to play him big minutes because he's one of the top vote-getters, but he is the anti All-Star, comparable to Bruce Bowen or Michael Ruffin. The kitsch of skyscrapin' centers hoisted threes is understandable (see: Bol, Manute), but Yao's bombs couldn't excite Yao's mum. But yeah, only another 10 years of him in the starting lineup. Enjoy.

2. LeBron James. This isn't a denigration of The Chosen One; he was great all weekend, especially in the hijacking of Daniel Gibson's Friday night halftime interview and his Black Inspector Gadget get-up on Saturday night. But he is roughly 49 hours from seeing all hope of star-laden help disappear for another six months. It's not Danny Ferry's fault (well, Larry Hughes is) -- Cleveland's tradable assets s...

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