Today's Best NBA Reporting and Analysis

  -  The All-Star case for … Al Horford (from Chris Vivlamore, myajc.com): "  It took a while, admittedly, but Al Horford is back. The Hawks center has progressed from the torn right pectoral muscle that cost him all but 29 games last season. Horford has returned to be the anchor, offensively and defensively, for the red-hot Hawks. “I was still working …