Jackson amused at being NBA poster boy for technicals

 Fiery Charlotte Bobcats guard Stephen Jackson made a film debut of sorts this fall; he was Example 1 in the NBA's video to teams, warning them about "overt gestures" that would now be cause for technical fouls.

"I didn't know I was making my debut," Jackson joked Monday at media day. "It will be an adjustment, but it won't be a big deal. I won't make it a big deal."

The league is outlawing things like incredulous arm-waving or a player slapping himself to mimic what he thought was a foul. Jackson shrugged it off, but teammate Gerald Wallace, also known to vividly make a point to a ref, saw this as overkill.

"I just feel like they've taken a lot of the emotion out of the game," Wallace said. "Things happen in the heat of the moment. I think when something happens in the heat of the moment, that should be taken into consideration, instead of just defining everything by the rule book."

Forward Boris Diaw is anything but high-strung. His name came up twice this offseason in trade rumors - first in a mid-summer deal with Toronto and more recently in the four-team deal centered on Denver Nugget Carmelo Anthony.

Diaw said no one should worry about him being distracted. He's been traded twice already, and sees it as part of the gig.

"If you don't have any control over it, why would you worry about it? There's nothing I can do but wait to see what will happen," said Diaw, who would go to the Utah Jazz if this deal is consummated.