Q: How does the buyout of James Jones count against the cap? I believe the $1.9 million would be spread out over three years, cap-wise. So, essentially, the Heat would only be on the hook in 2010-11 for about $600,000, right? — Jesus. A: Wrong. It would be roughly that amount in each of the next three seasons, basically counting $2 million against the cap for each season. The buyout is roughly $6 million total and has to be decided by June 30 in order to go into effect for next season. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Wallace picked up three quick fouls in the first half and went 1-for-5 in 13 minutes of Game 1 against the Cavaliers. He was also a liability again on the defensive end where his rotations were slow and his help defense was lacking. “He has to play better, bottom line,” Doc Rivers said Sunday. “He has to play better defense. The offense will come but he has to be a better defender. We can’t wait. He has to play better.” Rivers elected not to use Shelden Williams despite the heavy foul trouble that Wallace and Glen Davis found themselves in early in the game. That might change, although Rivers didn’t quite his tip his hand on that front. “He is in the discussion every day,” Rivers said of Williams. Is he is it more today? “No,” Rivers answered. “But he definitely is in that discussion.” - WEEI
The Bucks placed injured center Andrew Bogut on the active roster to take Bell's place, but Bogut is not able to play. "We've got a couple issues with Charlie Bell I'd rather not comment on, so we're deactivating him," Skiles said. "Andrew is not going to play or anything; he's not dressing. Asked if Bell was being disciplined for an attitude issue, Skiles said, "No, no. We've got a game to play. I don't want that to be an issue right now." The Bucks will have only 11 players available for Game 7. "We had to activate 12 guys," Skiles said. "Andrew or Michael (Redd)." - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers is the winner of the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as the 2009-10 NBA Most Valuable Player presented by Kia Motors, the NBA announced today. James, who also earned the honor last season, totaled 1,205 points including 116 first place votes, from a panel of 122 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada and the first ever NBA MVP fan vote. Players were awarded 10 points for each first-place vote, seven points for each second-place vote, five for third, three for fourth and one for each fifth-place vote received. Rounding out the top five in voting for this season's award are Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant (609 points), the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant (599 points), Orlando's Dwight Howard (478) and Miami's Dwyane Wade (119). For the first time, the NBA and Kia Motors America gave fans the opportunity to help determine the winner of the MVP award. Fans were able to submit their votes by ranking their top five choices through a dedicated Web page on NBA.com. The fan vote counted as one vote and was compiled with the 122 media votes to determine the winner. - NBA
Grant Hill was a co-Rookie of the Year of the 1994-95 season. It took him until Thursday night to finally win a playoff series. In between those 16 years, Hill has made seven All-Star teams, an Olympic team, an All-NBA first team and four All-NBA second teams while having the better part of four years and the entirety of another season wiped out due to injuries. But as Hill prepares for his first career second-round series, he’s just embarrassed that there’s so much talk of him getting this monkey off his back. ” Honestly if I had retired last summer the feeling I had would be no different,” Hill said. “I mean, it’s great, it’s fun, don’t get me wrong, but embarrassing just from talking about me and not about the team, what this team has accomplished and the fact that the young guys, the bench, everybody has really contributed and all of a sudden it’s about getting out of the first round.” - Valley Of The Suns
Phoenix playmaker Steve Nash sat out practice on Saturday and will do so again on Sunday to rest his sore right hip. The two-time league MVP said the rest should make him ready for Monday night's Western Conference semifinal opener against the San Antonio Spurs. The team had Friday off, so that would mean three days' rest before he plays again. "It's getting better," Nash said on Saturday. "I've had two good days, so I'm really fortunate that we don't play until Monday. It will give me a chance to recover a little bit. " The 36-year-old point guard strained the hip during the shootaround before Game 3 of the Suns' first-round series against Portland. He says the injury bothered him that night, but he felt better in Games 4 and 5. However, he says the injury "was pretty bad" in Phoenix's series clinching 99-90 victory in Portland on Thursday night. "It was the worst that it's been, so a couple of days here are really good for me," he said. - AP
Suns center Robin Lopez is a "maybe" for Game 1 of the San Antonio series after participating today in his second team practice and first full-court scrimmaging since going out with a bulging disk five weeks ago. "He was fine," Suns coach Alvin Gentry said. "He's just making progress. Baby steps. He's better this week than he was last week so I think that's a positive." Asked if he played any full-court action today, Gentry said, "He did some. As I said, he made some progress. I wouldn't count on him playing 30 minutes tomorrow, no." - Arizona Republic
The Bulls will be pushing the idea that one or two significant additions can turn the team into an instant Finals contender. That leads to another important question: Is Del Negro the coach who can lead the Bulls to a conference finals victory? Whether he is or isn't, the free-agent targets need to believe he can. This might be the biggest reason the Bulls are likely to make a change. According to sources, the team is trying to keep an open mind, and firing Del Negro is not written in stone. The final answer will be announced soon. - Arlington Heights Daily Herald
It's doubtful the Bulls will reach down to the college level -- unless, of course, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski is interested -- but one name to keep an eye on is Kentucky's John Calipari, who coached Rose at Memphis and has previous NBA experience. Whatever happens, it seems the Bulls will consider many options before selecting a new coach. - Chicago Sun-Times
New Orleans Hornets president Hugh Weber and General Manager Jeff Bower are expected to travel to Houston on Tuesday to interview New Orleans native Avery Johnson for the vacant coaching job, according to league sources. Johnson reportedly will interview for the job with the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday before heading to Houston to meet with the Hornets. The source said the Hornets are lining up several other interviews that could occur after Johnson’s meeting next week. - New Orleans Times-Picayune
The Philadelphia Daily News also reported that Thibodeau, who interviewed last year for positions with the Sixers and Sacramento Kings, is once again on Philadelphia’s list. “He’s a very good coach,” Ainge said. “Everyone with a job opening should take the time to talk about Tom. Philadelphia interviewed him last year and had a good experience.” - Boston Herald
Wallace picked up three quick fouls in the first half and went 1-for-5 in 13 minutes of Game 1 against the Cavaliers. He was also a liability again on the defensive end where his rotations were slow and his help defense was lacking. “He has to play better, bottom line,” Doc Rivers said Sunday. “He has to play better defense. The offense will come but he has to be a better defender. We can’t wait. He has to play better.” Rivers elected not to use Shelden Williams despite the heavy foul trouble that Wallace and Glen Davis found themselves in early in the game. That might change, although Rivers didn’t quite his tip his hand on that front. “He is in the discussion every day,” Rivers said of Williams. Is he is it more today? “No,” Rivers answered. “But he definitely is in that discussion.” - WEEI
The Bucks placed injured center Andrew Bogut on the active roster to take Bell's place, but Bogut is not able to play. "We've got a couple issues with Charlie Bell I'd rather not comment on, so we're deactivating him," Skiles said. "Andrew is not going to play or anything; he's not dressing. Asked if Bell was being disciplined for an attitude issue, Skiles said, "No, no. We've got a game to play. I don't want that to be an issue right now." The Bucks will have only 11 players available for Game 7. "We had to activate 12 guys," Skiles said. "Andrew or Michael (Redd)." - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers is the winner of the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as the 2009-10 NBA Most Valuable Player presented by Kia Motors, the NBA announced today. James, who also earned the honor last season, totaled 1,205 points including 116 first place votes, from a panel of 122 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada and the first ever NBA MVP fan vote. Players were awarded 10 points for each first-place vote, seven points for each second-place vote, five for third, three for fourth and one for each fifth-place vote received. Rounding out the top five in voting for this season's award are Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant (609 points), the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant (599 points), Orlando's Dwight Howard (478) and Miami's Dwyane Wade (119). For the first time, the NBA and Kia Motors America gave fans the opportunity to help determine the winner of the MVP award. Fans were able to submit their votes by ranking their top five choices through a dedicated Web page on NBA.com. The fan vote counted as one vote and was compiled with the 122 media votes to determine the winner. - NBA
Grant Hill was a co-Rookie of the Year of the 1994-95 season. It took him until Thursday night to finally win a playoff series. In between those 16 years, Hill has made seven All-Star teams, an Olympic team, an All-NBA first team and four All-NBA second teams while having the better part of four years and the entirety of another season wiped out due to injuries. But as Hill prepares for his first career second-round series, he’s just embarrassed that there’s so much talk of him getting this monkey off his back. ” Honestly if I had retired last summer the feeling I had would be no different,” Hill said. “I mean, it’s great, it’s fun, don’t get me wrong, but embarrassing just from talking about me and not about the team, what this team has accomplished and the fact that the young guys, the bench, everybody has really contributed and all of a sudden it’s about getting out of the first round.” - Valley Of The Suns
Phoenix playmaker Steve Nash sat out practice on Saturday and will do so again on Sunday to rest his sore right hip. The two-time league MVP said the rest should make him ready for Monday night's Western Conference semifinal opener against the San Antonio Spurs. The team had Friday off, so that would mean three days' rest before he plays again. "It's getting better," Nash said on Saturday. "I've had two good days, so I'm really fortunate that we don't play until Monday. It will give me a chance to recover a little bit. " The 36-year-old point guard strained the hip during the shootaround before Game 3 of the Suns' first-round series against Portland. He says the injury bothered him that night, but he felt better in Games 4 and 5. However, he says the injury "was pretty bad" in Phoenix's series clinching 99-90 victory in Portland on Thursday night. "It was the worst that it's been, so a couple of days here are really good for me," he said. - AP
Suns center Robin Lopez is a "maybe" for Game 1 of the San Antonio series after participating today in his second team practice and first full-court scrimmaging since going out with a bulging disk five weeks ago. "He was fine," Suns coach Alvin Gentry said. "He's just making progress. Baby steps. He's better this week than he was last week so I think that's a positive." Asked if he played any full-court action today, Gentry said, "He did some. As I said, he made some progress. I wouldn't count on him playing 30 minutes tomorrow, no." - Arizona Republic
The Bulls will be pushing the idea that one or two significant additions can turn the team into an instant Finals contender. That leads to another important question: Is Del Negro the coach who can lead the Bulls to a conference finals victory? Whether he is or isn't, the free-agent targets need to believe he can. This might be the biggest reason the Bulls are likely to make a change. According to sources, the team is trying to keep an open mind, and firing Del Negro is not written in stone. The final answer will be announced soon. - Arlington Heights Daily Herald
It's doubtful the Bulls will reach down to the college level -- unless, of course, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski is interested -- but one name to keep an eye on is Kentucky's John Calipari, who coached Rose at Memphis and has previous NBA experience. Whatever happens, it seems the Bulls will consider many options before selecting a new coach. - Chicago Sun-Times
New Orleans Hornets president Hugh Weber and General Manager Jeff Bower are expected to travel to Houston on Tuesday to interview New Orleans native Avery Johnson for the vacant coaching job, according to league sources. Johnson reportedly will interview for the job with the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday before heading to Houston to meet with the Hornets. The source said the Hornets are lining up several other interviews that could occur after Johnson’s meeting next week. - New Orleans Times-Picayune
The Philadelphia Daily News also reported that Thibodeau, who interviewed last year for positions with the Sixers and Sacramento Kings, is once again on Philadelphia’s list. “He’s a very good coach,” Ainge said. “Everyone with a job opening should take the time to talk about Tom. Philadelphia interviewed him last year and had a good experience.” - Boston Herald
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