Yahoo! Sports reported on Tuesday that Sixers coach Eddie Jordan addressed the team on Sunday, telling players that there was a chance Iverson would not return to the team. Another league source familiar with the situation told SI.com that the team was leaning toward cutting ties with Iverson, who is averaging 13.9 points and 4.1 assists in 25 games with the Sixers this season. - Sports Illustrated
Ed Stefanski, the Sixers' president/general manager, was not immediately available for comment. A source familiar with the sitautions of Iverson and the Sixers said that, in this case, ''indefinitely,'' could possibly mean the remainder of the season. The source also said, "The team is concerned about the distraction this could bring, but everyone understands it's most important for Allen to take care of his family.'' - Philadelphia Daily News
It's why I believe they aren't going there and why I think the Knicks' plan is to try to retain Lee, sign someone like perhaps Wade or maybe Carlos Boozer or Amar'e Stoudemire or Joe Johnson, and then after getting rid of Curry next season, sign Carmelo Anthony, who has a 2011 opt out about the time Kenyon Martin and Chauncey Billups will be fading. Plus, Anthony supposedly has longed for a return to the East Coast to get the attention he feels he's been denied in Denver. - NBA
Don’t count on the Mavs being able to sign Drew Gooden. Don’t count on the Mavs being able to sign Zydrunas Ilgauskas. What Dallas hopes it can count on at center? “We told Erick Dampier to go drink from the same fountain of youth as J-Kidd is drinking from,’’ Mavs GM Donnie Nelson jokingly tells DallasBasketball.com. “And we ordered Brendan Haywood to stay out of foul trouble.’’ - DallasBasketball
The Wizards, someone in the know says, are "open" to Ilgauskas' thoughts, but the buyout, the someone says, is not going to be cheap. While sympathetic, the Wiz can now hold out for more savings. - NBA
Oklahoma City Thunder Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti announced that the team has signed Antonio Anderson to a 10-day contract. Anderson, 24, is a free agent call-up from the NBA Development League’s Rio Valley Grande Vipers where he has averaged 15.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 1.3 steals and 39.6 minutes in 32 games (32 starts). A 6-6, 215 pound guard who went undrafted out of Memphis in 2009, Anderson went to training camp with the Charlotte Bobcats. He appeared in five games, averaging 3.4 points, 1.8 assists and 1.4 rebounds in 14.2 minutes before being waived on October 22. - Daily Thunder
Miami thought the Amare Stoudemire deal would get done, but believes Suns owner Robert Sarver killed it because Stoudemire was playing so well. One four-team scenario involving New York and Memphis was close, but Phoenix objected to restrictions on first-round picks it would get. - Miami Herald
Boozer did get a surprise once the bus arrived at the airport, but it didn’t involve him: teammate Ronnie Brewer was told he had been traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. By the time the Jazz’s charter flight departed, Boozer was fairly confident he hadn’t been traded. Still, it wasn’t until the plane actually landed in California that he knew he’d be staying with the Jazz for the rest of the season. - Yahoo! Sports
Howard was scratched from the game -- a 93-92 Wizards loss in which the guy he was traded for (Caron Butler) had his game-winning attempt blocked by Shawn Marion -- with what the team claimed at the time was a "stomach illness." A person who witnessed Howard at Verizon Center before the game told me that Howard was connected to an IV. The same person brought Howard a blanket because he was shivering. Howard told the person that his illness was caused by eating some "bad chicken." - Washington Post
Howard has said that he won't respond to a lie, but in Toronto, he was asked if he was hurt that a story like this would come out a month later -- and after he was traded elsewhere. "It makes me wonder. It makes me wonder, what was all of the hard work for? But it was for myself at the end of the day," Howard said. "It's kind of sad, hearing all of the lies coming out of there. Especially when I'm gone. Why would you want to talk about a guy who did so much for your organization and he's gone?" - Washington Post
Van Gundy added that he recently heard of a comparison made between Howard and Boston's Kevin Garnett that wasn't kind to Howard. "Kevin Garnett has been in this league forever and he's won six playoff series in his career," Van Gundy said. "Dwight's won four and he's [24] years old. That's a pretty good comparison. Why is Kevin Garnett a great winner and Dwight Howard's not? I don't get it. And if you're just going to go by titles, Kevin Garnett's got one, and Dwight's got as many as LeBron's got. But LeBron's a great winner and Dwight [isn't]? I don't get it." - CBS Sports
Denver's ownership knew, and that's why the Nuggets and Karl both agreed a one-year extension for next season was in order. Suddenly, it didn't matter much whether he was making $2 million or $10 million; the haggling both sides had done over the past few montns was over. When he finally told the team after practice on Tuesday, "it was very, very quiet in the room," a witness informs. "He was the only one talking," guard Anthony Carter said. "Everybody started putting their heads down. The first thing I did was call my wife and tell her we need to start a prayer chain for him, make sure all the prayers go out to him, and hopefully everything will be all right. The next day she wrote down scriptures and stuff and gave him something from Israel that she had got this past summer, just something to give him hope and keep his hopes up. That's what it's going to take. But he didn't want no sympathy or anything like that." - NBA
Donnie Walsh on the possibility of waiting until 2011 if he can’t get two max contract players in 2010: “I’m gonna do the best I can to get the best players as quick as I can. I don’t want to put the franchise in a position that it was in before where you’re signing mediocre players to make it look good when it wasn’t good. I’m gonna be conscious of that.” - Sports Radio Interviews
The Nets' record doesn't matter to Memphis small forward Rudy Gay. He will listen if and when they call this summer. Toronto's Chris Bosh has said he won't consider the Nets. "The record doesn't mean much when you're dealing with a team," Gay said before scoring 29 points Sunday. "You're thinking about yourself and how you can contribute, and that's what other teams think. "Wherever you feel like you're wanted the most, that's where you're going to be." - Bergen Record
If anything, D-Wade deserves to be the patient one. He should stick with the rebuilding process through another contract extension. Loyalty is a two-way street, not a one-lane highway. To his credit, Wade relayed as much during All-Star weekend in Dallas. "I've said it so many times: That's the place I want to build," he said of Miami. "We just have to get people to come, and if we get people to come, why would I leave?" - NBA
Jazz coach Jerry Sloan, meanwhile, likes how Boozer has dealt with an unlikely sixth season in Utah — and defended, again, Boozer's lengthy injury history. "A lot of people tried to make a big deal out of the fact that he got hurt a couple of times," Sloan said, "(but) injuries are something none of us have any control over. - Deseret News
Walsh can slice the new cap room up three ways. If the Knicks get James, they can divvy up Lee and a second-tier free agent such as Carlos Boozer or Jermaine O'Neal. Before the Tracy McGrady deal, Lee's future seemed bleak. If the Knicks got a max guy, there wouldn't have been enough left for Lee. "At the end of the day, it's not going to come down to money but what direction the Knicks want to go in the future," said Lee, who probably will command at least $10-13M a year. "And a lot of it is what LeBron and the top three guys, LeBron, Bosh, [Dwyane] Wade, do. "I love it here in New York," Lee added. "It's been my home for five years. . . . I hope to be here in the future." - New York Post
According to a source close to Ilgauskas, there was progress made over the weekend in buyout talks between the Wizards and Ilgauskas. It is possible an agreement could be reached as early as Monday or Tuesday. If that happens, the Wizards would put Ilgauskas on waivers. He would easily clear, as no team in the league has enough cap space to claim his contract, and he'd be an unrestricted free agent 48 hours later. - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ed Stefanski, the Sixers' president/general manager, was not immediately available for comment. A source familiar with the sitautions of Iverson and the Sixers said that, in this case, ''indefinitely,'' could possibly mean the remainder of the season. The source also said, "The team is concerned about the distraction this could bring, but everyone understands it's most important for Allen to take care of his family.'' - Philadelphia Daily News
It's why I believe they aren't going there and why I think the Knicks' plan is to try to retain Lee, sign someone like perhaps Wade or maybe Carlos Boozer or Amar'e Stoudemire or Joe Johnson, and then after getting rid of Curry next season, sign Carmelo Anthony, who has a 2011 opt out about the time Kenyon Martin and Chauncey Billups will be fading. Plus, Anthony supposedly has longed for a return to the East Coast to get the attention he feels he's been denied in Denver. - NBA
Don’t count on the Mavs being able to sign Drew Gooden. Don’t count on the Mavs being able to sign Zydrunas Ilgauskas. What Dallas hopes it can count on at center? “We told Erick Dampier to go drink from the same fountain of youth as J-Kidd is drinking from,’’ Mavs GM Donnie Nelson jokingly tells DallasBasketball.com. “And we ordered Brendan Haywood to stay out of foul trouble.’’ - DallasBasketball
The Wizards, someone in the know says, are "open" to Ilgauskas' thoughts, but the buyout, the someone says, is not going to be cheap. While sympathetic, the Wiz can now hold out for more savings. - NBA
Oklahoma City Thunder Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti announced that the team has signed Antonio Anderson to a 10-day contract. Anderson, 24, is a free agent call-up from the NBA Development League’s Rio Valley Grande Vipers where he has averaged 15.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 1.3 steals and 39.6 minutes in 32 games (32 starts). A 6-6, 215 pound guard who went undrafted out of Memphis in 2009, Anderson went to training camp with the Charlotte Bobcats. He appeared in five games, averaging 3.4 points, 1.8 assists and 1.4 rebounds in 14.2 minutes before being waived on October 22. - Daily Thunder
Miami thought the Amare Stoudemire deal would get done, but believes Suns owner Robert Sarver killed it because Stoudemire was playing so well. One four-team scenario involving New York and Memphis was close, but Phoenix objected to restrictions on first-round picks it would get. - Miami Herald
Boozer did get a surprise once the bus arrived at the airport, but it didn’t involve him: teammate Ronnie Brewer was told he had been traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. By the time the Jazz’s charter flight departed, Boozer was fairly confident he hadn’t been traded. Still, it wasn’t until the plane actually landed in California that he knew he’d be staying with the Jazz for the rest of the season. - Yahoo! Sports
Howard was scratched from the game -- a 93-92 Wizards loss in which the guy he was traded for (Caron Butler) had his game-winning attempt blocked by Shawn Marion -- with what the team claimed at the time was a "stomach illness." A person who witnessed Howard at Verizon Center before the game told me that Howard was connected to an IV. The same person brought Howard a blanket because he was shivering. Howard told the person that his illness was caused by eating some "bad chicken." - Washington Post
Howard has said that he won't respond to a lie, but in Toronto, he was asked if he was hurt that a story like this would come out a month later -- and after he was traded elsewhere. "It makes me wonder. It makes me wonder, what was all of the hard work for? But it was for myself at the end of the day," Howard said. "It's kind of sad, hearing all of the lies coming out of there. Especially when I'm gone. Why would you want to talk about a guy who did so much for your organization and he's gone?" - Washington Post
Van Gundy added that he recently heard of a comparison made between Howard and Boston's Kevin Garnett that wasn't kind to Howard. "Kevin Garnett has been in this league forever and he's won six playoff series in his career," Van Gundy said. "Dwight's won four and he's [24] years old. That's a pretty good comparison. Why is Kevin Garnett a great winner and Dwight Howard's not? I don't get it. And if you're just going to go by titles, Kevin Garnett's got one, and Dwight's got as many as LeBron's got. But LeBron's a great winner and Dwight [isn't]? I don't get it." - CBS Sports
Denver's ownership knew, and that's why the Nuggets and Karl both agreed a one-year extension for next season was in order. Suddenly, it didn't matter much whether he was making $2 million or $10 million; the haggling both sides had done over the past few montns was over. When he finally told the team after practice on Tuesday, "it was very, very quiet in the room," a witness informs. "He was the only one talking," guard Anthony Carter said. "Everybody started putting their heads down. The first thing I did was call my wife and tell her we need to start a prayer chain for him, make sure all the prayers go out to him, and hopefully everything will be all right. The next day she wrote down scriptures and stuff and gave him something from Israel that she had got this past summer, just something to give him hope and keep his hopes up. That's what it's going to take. But he didn't want no sympathy or anything like that." - NBA
Donnie Walsh on the possibility of waiting until 2011 if he can’t get two max contract players in 2010: “I’m gonna do the best I can to get the best players as quick as I can. I don’t want to put the franchise in a position that it was in before where you’re signing mediocre players to make it look good when it wasn’t good. I’m gonna be conscious of that.” - Sports Radio Interviews
The Nets' record doesn't matter to Memphis small forward Rudy Gay. He will listen if and when they call this summer. Toronto's Chris Bosh has said he won't consider the Nets. "The record doesn't mean much when you're dealing with a team," Gay said before scoring 29 points Sunday. "You're thinking about yourself and how you can contribute, and that's what other teams think. "Wherever you feel like you're wanted the most, that's where you're going to be." - Bergen Record
If anything, D-Wade deserves to be the patient one. He should stick with the rebuilding process through another contract extension. Loyalty is a two-way street, not a one-lane highway. To his credit, Wade relayed as much during All-Star weekend in Dallas. "I've said it so many times: That's the place I want to build," he said of Miami. "We just have to get people to come, and if we get people to come, why would I leave?" - NBA
Jazz coach Jerry Sloan, meanwhile, likes how Boozer has dealt with an unlikely sixth season in Utah — and defended, again, Boozer's lengthy injury history. "A lot of people tried to make a big deal out of the fact that he got hurt a couple of times," Sloan said, "(but) injuries are something none of us have any control over. - Deseret News
Walsh can slice the new cap room up three ways. If the Knicks get James, they can divvy up Lee and a second-tier free agent such as Carlos Boozer or Jermaine O'Neal. Before the Tracy McGrady deal, Lee's future seemed bleak. If the Knicks got a max guy, there wouldn't have been enough left for Lee. "At the end of the day, it's not going to come down to money but what direction the Knicks want to go in the future," said Lee, who probably will command at least $10-13M a year. "And a lot of it is what LeBron and the top three guys, LeBron, Bosh, [Dwyane] Wade, do. "I love it here in New York," Lee added. "It's been my home for five years. . . . I hope to be here in the future." - New York Post
According to a source close to Ilgauskas, there was progress made over the weekend in buyout talks between the Wizards and Ilgauskas. It is possible an agreement could be reached as early as Monday or Tuesday. If that happens, the Wizards would put Ilgauskas on waivers. He would easily clear, as no team in the league has enough cap space to claim his contract, and he'd be an unrestricted free agent 48 hours later. - Cleveland Plain Dealer
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