Daily Links 10/26

Herald     Rookie’s ego in control    
Pistons resist urge to retool     
Police rebuke Isiah Thomas for involving daughter     
Eastern Conference Preview    
Western Conference Preview     
Globe     Horseman stabilized Celtics      
Giddens deals with ups, downs        
Big rebound on tap    
Player profile: Patrick O'Bryant 

MetroWest Daily    Megliola: These Celtics will be worth watching    
Courtside View: Repeat in the cards for C's?     
CelticsBlog   2 days   
Mighty Mouse good for a laugh    
CSL Sunday night with Mike Gorman      
Win courtside tickets for opening day     
LOY's Place    Bench scoring up from last year      
Celtics 17   2008 playoffs revisited:  Round 2 Celtics-Cavaliers      
FanNation   Blazers bad mouthing Miles       
NY Post    Familiar teams at top of conference       
Pioneer Press   Power of 3's:  Trio of sharpshooters will make Wolves fun to watch    
Eagle Tribune   The Garnett Effect       
Cleveland.com    LeBron James needs a champion's bling to be marketing king   
Worcester Telegram     For starters, Celtics will try to repeat as champs  
NY Times       Pressure is on for Lakers to erase memories of finals      
Amid rebuilding and reloading, Celtics stand out         
Timesonline       Celtics need more than Big Three to repeat   
Patriot Ledger    After grand opening act, Celts’ Big Three eye encore      
Hoopsvibe       Celtic changes:  Mixing in the youth   
NBA.com     Russell:  Despite the loss of Posey, Celtics can repeat     
WEEI      Notes from practice:  Pierce jams index finger      
USA Today     No Mo excuses for James, Cavaliers       
Perkisabeast     Bill Simmons has magical powers        
Practice makes perfect       
ESPN    GMs picking Lakers, but Rivers picking Celtics to repeat     
Fox Sports     Who could prevent a Celtics-Lakers reunion?
ProJo    Courting Pitino             
Los Angeles Time Lakers Celtics clash in Finals would rock     
Lex Nihil Novi     Athens meets Sparta for first time since ECF's (81-82)   
76ers blow championships one year at a time (81-82)