Boston Celtics forward Glen Davis has been fined $25,000 for directing inappropriate language toward a fan, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations. The incident occurred with 8:44 remaining in the second quarter of Boston's 92-86 loss to the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday, Jan. 20 at The Palace of Auburn Hills. - NBA.com
Miller said the most notorious nails in the NBA are from Detroit guard Richard Hamilton, a notion that Martell Webster seconds. “Yeah, I’ve seen his. They are nasty,’’ Webster said. The Blazers play Hamilton and the Pistons on Saturday in Auburn Hills, Mich., and you can bet Miller isn’t thrilled. “Richard Hamilton has some nails,’’ Miller said. “I get scratched up every time I play him. Everywhere.’’ - Oregonian
Oklahoma City Thunder forward D.J. White is expected to miss six to eight weeks following surgery to repair a fracture in his right thumb. The Thunder say White had successful surgery Thursday to repair the thumb, which White injured in practice on Tuesday. - KOCO
The Basketball Hall of Fame will announce Thursday afternoon that it will move this year's enshrinement date from mid-September to Aug. 13 in anticipation of the 1992 Dream Team being among the inductees of the Class of 2010, a league source said. The official list of finalists will be announced Feb. 12, but the men's team that won Olympic gold in Barcelona for the United States and featured superstars Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Charles Barkley undoubtedly will be included in that select group. - ESPN
Rivers said yesterday that he has no knowledge of an impending deal for Knicks guard Nate Robinson, a topic in several reports yesterday. “I’ve been amazed that, when a name pops up, how much it can catch on with people,” said Rivers. “I just want to get the team that we actually have here together.” - Boston Herald
The Grizzlies are discussing a potential trade in which they would acquire guard/forward Ronnie Brewer from the Utah Jazz. It is the latest development in the Grizzlies' quest to improve their bench. The teams have mainly talked about which future first-round pick the Jazz would receive in return for Brewer. It is not known whether other players are involved. - Memphis Commercial Appeal
The Clippers (18-22) stopped the slide and are inching back toward the so-far elusive .500 mark. If they get there, or even come close, it could greatly enhance Kaman's All-Star chances. "Even around .500 is good. He showed his value a little bit by being out as well," Clippers Coach Mike Dunleavy said. "People are looking at it the other way, 'What's his contribution to the team?' He brings that stability to our game that we can get it either through a post-up or a pick-and-roll with him." - Los Angeles Times
Suns center Channing Frye had found basketball utopia in the fall - a pro job with his hometown team, a starting role and a green light to shoot 3-pointers while being set up by the ultimate assist man. But as his scoring rut coincided with the Suns' crash this month, Frye's vulnerabilities with post defense and rebounding became more glaring to the Suns staff, and he was replaced in the starting lineup by Robin Lopez. Frye might not have the starts, but he still sees the opportunity. - Arizona Republic
Sidelined by a foot injury, Houston Rockets star Yao Ming says he's finding a new kind of satisfaction as owner of his former Chinese team, the Shanghai Sharks. Yao bought out the financially troubled team's former owners in July for an undisclosed sum in a bid to revive its fortunes. The club is in fourth in the 17-team Chinese league, two points out of first place. - AP
All-Star Brandon Roy most likely will miss the final two games of the Trail Blazers' East Coast trip after aggravating his balky right hamstring Wednesday night against the Philadelphia 76ers. - Oregonian
But there also was the unexpected as Suns four-time All-Star Amar'e Stoudemire, one of the key names expected on this summer's free agent market, said he sees the Nets' "potential" and would not automatically dismiss them. "There are some teams you may say, 'no way,' " said the 6-foot-10 Stoudemire, who scored 27 points in the Suns' 118-94 win that dropped the Nets to 3-38 at the season's halfway point. "I don't think the Nets are one of them." - New York Post
Nate Robinson was in no mood to discuss trade rumors out of Boston, no interest in talking about anything other than the Knicks' game tomorrow night against Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. Perhaps that's a sign of the maturity that has him playing some of the best basketball of his career, and playing his way into the good graces -- and rotation -- of coach Mike D'Antoni. - New York Post
On too many occasions, teams blame injuries for their perils, and the Celtics have a legitimate gripe that ailments have marred their season. But they have to escape their comfort zone and become a better team - and perhaps the threat of changes will do that. Ainge won’t go as far as guaranteeing any trades, but his phone is always on. “I feel like we’re capable of winning an NBA championship with the team we have,’’ he said. “I’m very comfortable with my team as it is now. - Boston Globe
The Detroit Pistons might be for sale. “The options are being explored,” Pistons owner Karen Davidson said Wednesday night after the first quarter of a game against the Boston Celtics. - AP
In the Celtics’ Ray Allen and the Pistons’ Ben Gordon, Richard Hamilton, and Charlie Villanueva, there were four former University of Connecticut stars at the Palace, and with news that Huskies coach Jim Calhoun had taken a medical leave of absence, his former players expressed their concern and support. “He probably needs rest,’’ said Allen, who called UConn associate head coach George Blaney to check on Calhoun. “They don’t have any great fear that anything is wrong other than him needing to pull back a little bit before something does go wrong. He’s already been through a lot these last two years. His physician is probably telling him to relax." - Boston Globe
One source close to the situation, however, cautioned Wednesday night that the Nets do prefer to keep Harris for the rest of this season – specifically through the draft lottery in May at a minimum – before dealing him. The Nets still regard second-year center Brook Lopez as their only untouchable and are undeniably somewhat dismayed that Harris hasn’t been able to follow up last season’s All-Star appearance with a next-step season. - ESPN
When Anthony was told that former teammate Marcus Camby was rumored to be on the trading block, he immediately brightened -- though skeptically. "Camby? Oh shoot, I'd love to have Camby back," he said of the Clippers' big man. "But I don't think that is going to happen. We are not looking for a guy to come in and start. We already have a starting five. And we are almost halfway through the season. So we are not looking for anybody to come in and start or anything like that. But I don't know. I am going to leave that up to the front office." - Sports Illustrated
It's true Ginobili does not expect the Spurs to offer him a contract extension before the five-year deal he signed in 2004 -- it pays him $10.73 million this season -- expires on June 30. He stressed that doesn't mean he expects to be leaving the team. "Just because I don't expect the Spurs to extend my contract before it expires does not mean my days as a Spur are over," he said. - San Antonio Express-News
Washington’s Antawn Jamison and Indiana’s Troy Murphy remain Cleveland’s top targets – with the further hope that Big Z will be released by his new team and thus eligible to be re-signed after a 30-day wait like Antonio McDyess in Detroit last season -- as opposed to pursuing the likes of Iguodala or Golden State’s highly available Corey Maggette. - ESPN
I don't know where this is going, but I hear Charlotte Bobcats managing partner Michael Jordan is still interested in buying control of the team from majority owner Bob Johnson. Whether Jordan and Johnson can ever agree on a price and terms that would leave Jordan with controlling interest is debatable. Great play that, I'm guessing, didn't make ESPN Sportscenter: Stephen Jackson ball-faking Miami's Dwyane Wade off his feet, with a second left before the shot clock would have expired. - Charlotte Observer
O'Brien said he's thinking about changing the starting lineup - again. O'Brien only has so many options he can turn to. He's already used 16 different starting lineups for a number of reasons this season. "The big lineup doesn't work," he said. "We're too slow, (that lineup) doesn't run, doesn't move, doesn't get up and down and doesn't defend at a high enough level. We're better when we're small." - Indianapolis Star
So far, Shaquille O'Neal's proposal for a superstar dunk contest to raise money for Haiti hasn't left the ground. On Tuesday night, O'Neal suggested that he would love to see his Cleveland teammate LeBron James take part in the NBA's all-star dunk contest, but only if former champions Vince Carter, Kobe Bryant and another unnamed star also joined the field. - AP
Known for his breakaway dunks during games, Wade has made it known to the NBA not to even ask when it comes to the dunk contest during All-Star Weekend. "Early in my career, they asked me a couple of times, maybe the first two or three All-Star Games," he said. "But after that, I expressed I'm good on that. They haven't asked me since." But Wade said he stands behind any type of venture in support of the Haiti relief efforts. - South Florida Sun Sentinel
Rasheed Wallace returned to The Palace of Auburn Hills on Wednesday with the Boston Celtics for his first game in Detroit since leaving the Pistons as a free agent in the offseason. He was fined $35,000 earlier in the day for comments he made Monday after a loss to the Dallas Mavericks, then turned down requests for interviews before the game against the Pistons. Same Sheed, different team, some would say. But Kuester has nothing but positive memories of Wallace and what he brought to the Pistons in 2004, calling him the final piece that helped the Pistons win the title. - Michigan Live
Miller said the most notorious nails in the NBA are from Detroit guard Richard Hamilton, a notion that Martell Webster seconds. “Yeah, I’ve seen his. They are nasty,’’ Webster said. The Blazers play Hamilton and the Pistons on Saturday in Auburn Hills, Mich., and you can bet Miller isn’t thrilled. “Richard Hamilton has some nails,’’ Miller said. “I get scratched up every time I play him. Everywhere.’’ - Oregonian
Oklahoma City Thunder forward D.J. White is expected to miss six to eight weeks following surgery to repair a fracture in his right thumb. The Thunder say White had successful surgery Thursday to repair the thumb, which White injured in practice on Tuesday. - KOCO
The Basketball Hall of Fame will announce Thursday afternoon that it will move this year's enshrinement date from mid-September to Aug. 13 in anticipation of the 1992 Dream Team being among the inductees of the Class of 2010, a league source said. The official list of finalists will be announced Feb. 12, but the men's team that won Olympic gold in Barcelona for the United States and featured superstars Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Charles Barkley undoubtedly will be included in that select group. - ESPN
Rivers said yesterday that he has no knowledge of an impending deal for Knicks guard Nate Robinson, a topic in several reports yesterday. “I’ve been amazed that, when a name pops up, how much it can catch on with people,” said Rivers. “I just want to get the team that we actually have here together.” - Boston Herald
The Grizzlies are discussing a potential trade in which they would acquire guard/forward Ronnie Brewer from the Utah Jazz. It is the latest development in the Grizzlies' quest to improve their bench. The teams have mainly talked about which future first-round pick the Jazz would receive in return for Brewer. It is not known whether other players are involved. - Memphis Commercial Appeal
The Clippers (18-22) stopped the slide and are inching back toward the so-far elusive .500 mark. If they get there, or even come close, it could greatly enhance Kaman's All-Star chances. "Even around .500 is good. He showed his value a little bit by being out as well," Clippers Coach Mike Dunleavy said. "People are looking at it the other way, 'What's his contribution to the team?' He brings that stability to our game that we can get it either through a post-up or a pick-and-roll with him." - Los Angeles Times
Suns center Channing Frye had found basketball utopia in the fall - a pro job with his hometown team, a starting role and a green light to shoot 3-pointers while being set up by the ultimate assist man. But as his scoring rut coincided with the Suns' crash this month, Frye's vulnerabilities with post defense and rebounding became more glaring to the Suns staff, and he was replaced in the starting lineup by Robin Lopez. Frye might not have the starts, but he still sees the opportunity. - Arizona Republic
Sidelined by a foot injury, Houston Rockets star Yao Ming says he's finding a new kind of satisfaction as owner of his former Chinese team, the Shanghai Sharks. Yao bought out the financially troubled team's former owners in July for an undisclosed sum in a bid to revive its fortunes. The club is in fourth in the 17-team Chinese league, two points out of first place. - AP
All-Star Brandon Roy most likely will miss the final two games of the Trail Blazers' East Coast trip after aggravating his balky right hamstring Wednesday night against the Philadelphia 76ers. - Oregonian
But there also was the unexpected as Suns four-time All-Star Amar'e Stoudemire, one of the key names expected on this summer's free agent market, said he sees the Nets' "potential" and would not automatically dismiss them. "There are some teams you may say, 'no way,' " said the 6-foot-10 Stoudemire, who scored 27 points in the Suns' 118-94 win that dropped the Nets to 3-38 at the season's halfway point. "I don't think the Nets are one of them." - New York Post
Nate Robinson was in no mood to discuss trade rumors out of Boston, no interest in talking about anything other than the Knicks' game tomorrow night against Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. Perhaps that's a sign of the maturity that has him playing some of the best basketball of his career, and playing his way into the good graces -- and rotation -- of coach Mike D'Antoni. - New York Post
On too many occasions, teams blame injuries for their perils, and the Celtics have a legitimate gripe that ailments have marred their season. But they have to escape their comfort zone and become a better team - and perhaps the threat of changes will do that. Ainge won’t go as far as guaranteeing any trades, but his phone is always on. “I feel like we’re capable of winning an NBA championship with the team we have,’’ he said. “I’m very comfortable with my team as it is now. - Boston Globe
The Detroit Pistons might be for sale. “The options are being explored,” Pistons owner Karen Davidson said Wednesday night after the first quarter of a game against the Boston Celtics. - AP
In the Celtics’ Ray Allen and the Pistons’ Ben Gordon, Richard Hamilton, and Charlie Villanueva, there were four former University of Connecticut stars at the Palace, and with news that Huskies coach Jim Calhoun had taken a medical leave of absence, his former players expressed their concern and support. “He probably needs rest,’’ said Allen, who called UConn associate head coach George Blaney to check on Calhoun. “They don’t have any great fear that anything is wrong other than him needing to pull back a little bit before something does go wrong. He’s already been through a lot these last two years. His physician is probably telling him to relax." - Boston Globe
One source close to the situation, however, cautioned Wednesday night that the Nets do prefer to keep Harris for the rest of this season – specifically through the draft lottery in May at a minimum – before dealing him. The Nets still regard second-year center Brook Lopez as their only untouchable and are undeniably somewhat dismayed that Harris hasn’t been able to follow up last season’s All-Star appearance with a next-step season. - ESPN
When Anthony was told that former teammate Marcus Camby was rumored to be on the trading block, he immediately brightened -- though skeptically. "Camby? Oh shoot, I'd love to have Camby back," he said of the Clippers' big man. "But I don't think that is going to happen. We are not looking for a guy to come in and start. We already have a starting five. And we are almost halfway through the season. So we are not looking for anybody to come in and start or anything like that. But I don't know. I am going to leave that up to the front office." - Sports Illustrated
It's true Ginobili does not expect the Spurs to offer him a contract extension before the five-year deal he signed in 2004 -- it pays him $10.73 million this season -- expires on June 30. He stressed that doesn't mean he expects to be leaving the team. "Just because I don't expect the Spurs to extend my contract before it expires does not mean my days as a Spur are over," he said. - San Antonio Express-News
Washington’s Antawn Jamison and Indiana’s Troy Murphy remain Cleveland’s top targets – with the further hope that Big Z will be released by his new team and thus eligible to be re-signed after a 30-day wait like Antonio McDyess in Detroit last season -- as opposed to pursuing the likes of Iguodala or Golden State’s highly available Corey Maggette. - ESPN
I don't know where this is going, but I hear Charlotte Bobcats managing partner Michael Jordan is still interested in buying control of the team from majority owner Bob Johnson. Whether Jordan and Johnson can ever agree on a price and terms that would leave Jordan with controlling interest is debatable. Great play that, I'm guessing, didn't make ESPN Sportscenter: Stephen Jackson ball-faking Miami's Dwyane Wade off his feet, with a second left before the shot clock would have expired. - Charlotte Observer
O'Brien said he's thinking about changing the starting lineup - again. O'Brien only has so many options he can turn to. He's already used 16 different starting lineups for a number of reasons this season. "The big lineup doesn't work," he said. "We're too slow, (that lineup) doesn't run, doesn't move, doesn't get up and down and doesn't defend at a high enough level. We're better when we're small." - Indianapolis Star
So far, Shaquille O'Neal's proposal for a superstar dunk contest to raise money for Haiti hasn't left the ground. On Tuesday night, O'Neal suggested that he would love to see his Cleveland teammate LeBron James take part in the NBA's all-star dunk contest, but only if former champions Vince Carter, Kobe Bryant and another unnamed star also joined the field. - AP
Known for his breakaway dunks during games, Wade has made it known to the NBA not to even ask when it comes to the dunk contest during All-Star Weekend. "Early in my career, they asked me a couple of times, maybe the first two or three All-Star Games," he said. "But after that, I expressed I'm good on that. They haven't asked me since." But Wade said he stands behind any type of venture in support of the Haiti relief efforts. - South Florida Sun Sentinel
Rasheed Wallace returned to The Palace of Auburn Hills on Wednesday with the Boston Celtics for his first game in Detroit since leaving the Pistons as a free agent in the offseason. He was fined $35,000 earlier in the day for comments he made Monday after a loss to the Dallas Mavericks, then turned down requests for interviews before the game against the Pistons. Same Sheed, different team, some would say. But Kuester has nothing but positive memories of Wallace and what he brought to the Pistons in 2004, calling him the final piece that helped the Pistons win the title. - Michigan Live
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