NBA Rumors May 17 2008
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Several core Warriors are convinced owner Chris Cohan is thinking about paying off ($5.1M) Don Nelson rather than risk a players' rebellion next season. That gloomy forecast is mostly based on how downbeat last season ended.
Charles Barkley mentioned Thursday he will repay $400,000 in gambling markers he owes the Wynn Las Vegas, however he did not tell the right people. Responding to a story in the Las Vegas Sun Thursday, the NBA Hall of Famer informed reporters at a golf tournament in Alabama that he would take care of the debt, as stated by the AP.
There is no market for T.J. Ford, whilst teams privately covet Jose Calderon, who would make both a playing and cultural fit in markets such as Miami and L.A. Not that the Raptors needed further evidence of the growing divide at the point, however quotes attributed to Calderon highlight a rift with Ford.
The Bulls think Avery Johnson is not interested in becoming their next head coach and the team has no plans to further pursue him. Johnson mentioned Thursday that he has spoken to the Bulls last week, however the former Mavericks coach indicated his options included taking time off.
Disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy bet on more than 100 games that he worked, the feds disclosed Friday. Donaghy, 41, pleaded guilty to passing inside info and betting suggestions to his friends, who placed wagers on the games over the course of 3 basketball seasons starting in 2003.
Do not expect to see Carmelo Anthony in a New Jersey Nets uniform or Nuggets assistant coach Doug Moe on the Denver bench next season. As for Anthony, a report out of New Jersey mentioned the Nets and Nuggets had "exploratory" trade talks involving the 2 time All Star forward and teammate Marcus Camby.
Maybe this will be the year that Patrick Ewing in the end returns to New York. Mike D'Antoni mentioned Thursday that he would think about hiring the Knicks' Hall of Fame center as one of his assistant coaches. "I know what he did in New York and I know that he's done a good position since he left", D'Antoni said.
Donnie Walsh's disinclination to volunteer the name of the European coach he interviewed concerning the Knicks' job, notwithstanding, a source reveals it was Italian (but of course) Ettore Messina, whose CSKA Moscow team won the European Championship 2 weeks ago in Madrid.
Suns owner Robert Sarver summarily disqualified (campaigning) Eddie Johnson, Vinny Del Negro and Tom Chambers as coaching candidates when asked about his 3 Suns' employees on a Phoenix radio station.
The Hornets think Robert Horry could have intended to do what he did to David West. In another 2nd round, in another potentially series-changing moment, Horry had bumped into another guy with a bad back. Tyson Chandler summed up the mood of the locker room when asked if Horry's blow was intended for someone already with a bad back.
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