The Denver Nuggets have become less optimistic about whether coach George Karl will return before the playoffs, NBA sources told Yahoo! Sports. Karl recently needed treatment for blood clots in his legs and lungs that surfaced while he was already undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment for throat cancer, the sources said. The blood clots were treated successfully and Karl is expected to complete his cancer treatment at the end of next week, but the Nuggets aren’t confident he’ll feel strong enough to resume coaching at the start of April as was initially hoped. - Yahoo! Sports
Boozer no doubt has won fans over after a 2009 summer of controversy, when he went on Chicago and Miami radio stations, talking about how he'd love to play for teams in those cities. But where does Boozer now hope he will play in 2010-11? "I'd love to have the opportunity to come back,'' Boozer said in an interview with FanHouse about wanting to re-sign with the Jazz after he becomes a free agent July 1. "July will be interesting, but I'd love to have the opportunity to stay. ... The rest is up to them. That's all I can do.'' - FanHouse
Marca journalist Ramon Trecet confirmed via his Twitter that Real Madrid has strong interest in signing Manu Ginobili next season. The 32-year-old played for Ettore Messina, now Real Madrid’s head coach, during his stint with Virtus Bologna from 2000-2002. It’s rumored the club may offer Ginobili $10 million Euros, or roughly $13.5 million US dollars — much more than the $10.7 million the Spurs are paying him this season. - SLAM
The Houston Rockets will add forward Mike Harris to the roster Wednesday. He will be signed for the rest of this season and for the 2010-2011 season as well. "I feel pretty good," Harris told FOX 26 Sports. "I'm thrilled with the opportunity and excited to get the chance to play." - MyFOX Houston
After Utah's 110-97 win over Boston, Jazz general manager Kevin O'Connor announced that the franchise will sign Jeffers to a contract for the remainder of the season. Jeffers, whose second 10-day contract expired Monday, was taken by surprise when reporters mentioned that to him in the locker room. "I'm very happy," he said with a huge smile, adding that it was news to him. "I guess I did enough to please them and get me to stay. I'll see where I go from here." - Deseret News
Ten years later, there are coaches and general managers in Cleveland, Miami, Toronto, Atlanta and other places who would love for their star to pull a stunt like that this summer. With LeBron James and a handful of A-list free agents ready to get their rings kissed on the open market, it's worth taking a reflective look at the franchise player who almost got away. "I came close to leaving," said Duncan. How close? "Real close." In retrospect, to an outsider, Duncan had better reasons to sign with Orlando than stay with the Spurs. The Magic had cleared enough cap space to sign two free agents that summer and they put a full-court press on Duncan and Grant Hill (who was hyped as the next Michael Jordan at the time). Those players happened to share the same agent, too. - NBA
McGuire can't help but wonder what might've been when he sees the opportunities that have been presented to his former teammates -- especially Andray Blatche and JaVale McGee -- in the aftermath of dealing away Antawn Jamison, Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson. "They got a good thing going in Washington right now; they finally turned it over to the young guys. I wish I could've been a part of that, especially with us coming up together. But it's a business," McGuire said on Sunday after receiving a DNP-CD against the Los Angeles Clippers. "Seeing those guys out there, it seems like they having fun out there; we used to always talk about it -- me, Dray and Nick [Young] and JaVale -- we felt like we could've been like the Eastern Conference Oklahoma City if they just turned it over to us. To not be there with them is hard, but it is what it is." - Washington Post
The play started with Monta Ellis trying to save a ball on the baseline while getting a little shove from Jared "Winning Intangibles" Dudley, who has the best interview on this dunk on his Twitter feed. Ellis' save went to Richardson, who sent the ball ahead to Stoudemire with only poor Tolliver back. And he jumped, the worst decision since Barbosa jumped to try to block a Monta Ellis dunk in the same building. "When J-Rich tossed me the ball, my first thought was 'I hope he jumps,' " Stoudemire said. As one Suns locker room observer said of Tolliver, "What, they don't get cable in the D-League?" - Arizona Republic
For Chris Paul, the future is now. Even with the New Orleans Hornets all but eliminated from the playoffs, Paul said Tuesday that returning from his left knee injury for the last 11 games was the right thing to do for his team and for him. "My passion since I was a kid has always been to play the game of basketball," said Paul, whose comeback began Monday night when the Hornets upset the Dallas Mavericks. "So I feel like if I'm healthy enough to go out and compete, help my team win and just play and have fun, then that's what I want to do." - ESPN
Los Angeles Lakers forward Luke Walton, who has missed the last 16 games because of lower back problems, is practicing with the team, working to strengthen and condition his back in hopes of returning to the lineup in early April. "I'm definitely going to go. Hopefully physically my back stays strong enough and doesn't regress to where it was before," Walton said Tuesday afternoon at practice in El Segundo as the team prepared for an upcoming five game road trip. - ESPN
Rudy Fernandez did not practice Tuesday with the Trail Blazers and his playing status for Thursday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks is in question as he continues to nurse a strained left quadriceps. Fernandez, who injured himself Friday against the Washington Wizards and missed Sunday’s loss against the Phoenix Suns, spent the bulk of Tuesday’s practice riding an exercise bike and receiving treatment. If the Blazers were scheduled to play Tuesday night, Fernandez said, he would not have played. - Oregonian
Is a team going to risk taking on the contract demands and ego of Kevin Pritchard? He is very good, but his reputation makes him sounds like the Terrell Owens of NBA GMs. Chad Ford: I agree he's being portrayed that way. But who are the sources and what's their agenda? I talk to a lot of people in the league. Not everyone likes Pritchard. Some think he's brash and cocky. But none of those guys are throwing him under the bus right now. I think people should be looking at the folks that want his job (both within the organization and from outside the organization). Those are the folks killing him right now. I love the NBA, but there are only 30 NBA GM jobs and some folks would sell their young to get one. - ESPN
Yormark asked why he was wearing the bag. When the fan told him because the Nets were so good, Yormark exchanged words and pointed a finger at him. The fan held up his tickets, and Yormark walked away. "Our fans have been great and they’ve stuck with us through a tough season,'' Yormark says in the statement. "I did not agree with the way this person expressed his opinion of our team last night and I let him know. It’s been a frustrating season for all of us, but I will continue to stand up for our players, our fans, and our organization. We have an exciting future ahead and we appreciate all of our fans’ support." - New York Post
Arenas's formal sentencing is Friday. In a scathing 61-page memo, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh wrote that his office is seeking jail time primarily because Arenas initially provided inconsistent stories about why he had the guns in the locker room and that he never showed any remorse for his actions. "The defendant's conduct since the time of the incident establishes that he has shown little genuine remorse for anything other than how this incident may affect his career," Kavanaugh wrote. "If any other individual without fame, power and the wealth of this defendant, brought four firearms into the District for the purpose of a similar confrontation," the prosecutor wrote, "the government would seek their incarceration and the court would almost certainly give it." - Washington Post
Boozer no doubt has won fans over after a 2009 summer of controversy, when he went on Chicago and Miami radio stations, talking about how he'd love to play for teams in those cities. But where does Boozer now hope he will play in 2010-11? "I'd love to have the opportunity to come back,'' Boozer said in an interview with FanHouse about wanting to re-sign with the Jazz after he becomes a free agent July 1. "July will be interesting, but I'd love to have the opportunity to stay. ... The rest is up to them. That's all I can do.'' - FanHouse
Marca journalist Ramon Trecet confirmed via his Twitter that Real Madrid has strong interest in signing Manu Ginobili next season. The 32-year-old played for Ettore Messina, now Real Madrid’s head coach, during his stint with Virtus Bologna from 2000-2002. It’s rumored the club may offer Ginobili $10 million Euros, or roughly $13.5 million US dollars — much more than the $10.7 million the Spurs are paying him this season. - SLAM
The Houston Rockets will add forward Mike Harris to the roster Wednesday. He will be signed for the rest of this season and for the 2010-2011 season as well. "I feel pretty good," Harris told FOX 26 Sports. "I'm thrilled with the opportunity and excited to get the chance to play." - MyFOX Houston
After Utah's 110-97 win over Boston, Jazz general manager Kevin O'Connor announced that the franchise will sign Jeffers to a contract for the remainder of the season. Jeffers, whose second 10-day contract expired Monday, was taken by surprise when reporters mentioned that to him in the locker room. "I'm very happy," he said with a huge smile, adding that it was news to him. "I guess I did enough to please them and get me to stay. I'll see where I go from here." - Deseret News
Ten years later, there are coaches and general managers in Cleveland, Miami, Toronto, Atlanta and other places who would love for their star to pull a stunt like that this summer. With LeBron James and a handful of A-list free agents ready to get their rings kissed on the open market, it's worth taking a reflective look at the franchise player who almost got away. "I came close to leaving," said Duncan. How close? "Real close." In retrospect, to an outsider, Duncan had better reasons to sign with Orlando than stay with the Spurs. The Magic had cleared enough cap space to sign two free agents that summer and they put a full-court press on Duncan and Grant Hill (who was hyped as the next Michael Jordan at the time). Those players happened to share the same agent, too. - NBA
McGuire can't help but wonder what might've been when he sees the opportunities that have been presented to his former teammates -- especially Andray Blatche and JaVale McGee -- in the aftermath of dealing away Antawn Jamison, Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson. "They got a good thing going in Washington right now; they finally turned it over to the young guys. I wish I could've been a part of that, especially with us coming up together. But it's a business," McGuire said on Sunday after receiving a DNP-CD against the Los Angeles Clippers. "Seeing those guys out there, it seems like they having fun out there; we used to always talk about it -- me, Dray and Nick [Young] and JaVale -- we felt like we could've been like the Eastern Conference Oklahoma City if they just turned it over to us. To not be there with them is hard, but it is what it is." - Washington Post
The play started with Monta Ellis trying to save a ball on the baseline while getting a little shove from Jared "Winning Intangibles" Dudley, who has the best interview on this dunk on his Twitter feed. Ellis' save went to Richardson, who sent the ball ahead to Stoudemire with only poor Tolliver back. And he jumped, the worst decision since Barbosa jumped to try to block a Monta Ellis dunk in the same building. "When J-Rich tossed me the ball, my first thought was 'I hope he jumps,' " Stoudemire said. As one Suns locker room observer said of Tolliver, "What, they don't get cable in the D-League?" - Arizona Republic
For Chris Paul, the future is now. Even with the New Orleans Hornets all but eliminated from the playoffs, Paul said Tuesday that returning from his left knee injury for the last 11 games was the right thing to do for his team and for him. "My passion since I was a kid has always been to play the game of basketball," said Paul, whose comeback began Monday night when the Hornets upset the Dallas Mavericks. "So I feel like if I'm healthy enough to go out and compete, help my team win and just play and have fun, then that's what I want to do." - ESPN
Los Angeles Lakers forward Luke Walton, who has missed the last 16 games because of lower back problems, is practicing with the team, working to strengthen and condition his back in hopes of returning to the lineup in early April. "I'm definitely going to go. Hopefully physically my back stays strong enough and doesn't regress to where it was before," Walton said Tuesday afternoon at practice in El Segundo as the team prepared for an upcoming five game road trip. - ESPN
Rudy Fernandez did not practice Tuesday with the Trail Blazers and his playing status for Thursday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks is in question as he continues to nurse a strained left quadriceps. Fernandez, who injured himself Friday against the Washington Wizards and missed Sunday’s loss against the Phoenix Suns, spent the bulk of Tuesday’s practice riding an exercise bike and receiving treatment. If the Blazers were scheduled to play Tuesday night, Fernandez said, he would not have played. - Oregonian
Is a team going to risk taking on the contract demands and ego of Kevin Pritchard? He is very good, but his reputation makes him sounds like the Terrell Owens of NBA GMs. Chad Ford: I agree he's being portrayed that way. But who are the sources and what's their agenda? I talk to a lot of people in the league. Not everyone likes Pritchard. Some think he's brash and cocky. But none of those guys are throwing him under the bus right now. I think people should be looking at the folks that want his job (both within the organization and from outside the organization). Those are the folks killing him right now. I love the NBA, but there are only 30 NBA GM jobs and some folks would sell their young to get one. - ESPN
Yormark asked why he was wearing the bag. When the fan told him because the Nets were so good, Yormark exchanged words and pointed a finger at him. The fan held up his tickets, and Yormark walked away. "Our fans have been great and they’ve stuck with us through a tough season,'' Yormark says in the statement. "I did not agree with the way this person expressed his opinion of our team last night and I let him know. It’s been a frustrating season for all of us, but I will continue to stand up for our players, our fans, and our organization. We have an exciting future ahead and we appreciate all of our fans’ support." - New York Post
Arenas's formal sentencing is Friday. In a scathing 61-page memo, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh wrote that his office is seeking jail time primarily because Arenas initially provided inconsistent stories about why he had the guns in the locker room and that he never showed any remorse for his actions. "The defendant's conduct since the time of the incident establishes that he has shown little genuine remorse for anything other than how this incident may affect his career," Kavanaugh wrote. "If any other individual without fame, power and the wealth of this defendant, brought four firearms into the District for the purpose of a similar confrontation," the prosecutor wrote, "the government would seek their incarceration and the court would almost certainly give it." - Washington Post
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