The NBA, fearful of the damage an H1N1 flu outbreak could wreak on the league, has passed down an anti-handshake directive.  Players and coaches have been asked to greet each other via more sanitary means of contact, like fist pounding, or maybe chest bumps.

“No handshaking,” Doc Rivers said. “I think it’s a good thing. A fist pound is just great.”

I heard Joakim Noah is thinking about sending smoke signals.

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