Power forward Kenyon Martin spent seven seasons with the Denver Nuggets before heading off to China this season to make some bucks while the NBA and its players worked out its new CBA.
Kenyon Martin has been cleared by the NBA to sign on with whatever club he wants to now that he’s back from his adventure in China. The New York Knicks have been rumored to be interested, but the New York Times is hearing that the team “won’t do back flips to get” Martin and only have “modest, at best” interest in adding him to the roster. The man the Knicks have more interest in bringing onboard , once e is cleared to return from his own Chinese adventures, the Times notes, is a former teammate of Martin’s: shooting guard J.R.
The San Antonio Spurs took down the Houston Rockets Wednesday night with the help of center Tim Duncan’s 25 points, 16 of which he scored in the third quarter. He had seven rebounds, too. Even with that performance, Duncan may be sitting out Thursday night’s game against the New Orleans Hornets
The New Orleans Hornets don’t want Chris Kaman around, but plenty of other teams do. After playing in 17 games for the Hornets, Kaman has missed the last five as the team tries to find a way to trade him. The New Orleans Times Picayune reports that rumored destinations for him include the Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, and San Antonio Spurs
The New Jersey Nets took on the Detroit Pistons Wednesday night with only eight players, including the just-signed Keith Bogans, and pulled off a 99-96 win . Injuries and a virus kept Anthony Morrow, Johan Petro, Brook Lopez, Mehmet Okur, DeShawn Stevenson, Damion James, and MarShon Brooks out of the lineup for New Jersey. Morrow, who scored 28 points in the team’s loss to the Indiana Pacers Tuesday night, has a hurting ankle that he is hoping will be healed enough for him to be back in action on Friday against Minnesota Timberwolves, according to the Newark Star-Ledger.
The Miami Heat got lots of grief last year for not having an effective big man on the roster, particularly after the team lost the Finals to the Dallas Mavericks and Tyson Chandler.
The New York Knicks are more than a quarter of the way through their 66-game schedule and they’ve had to suffer through their 8-13 record without the help of point guard Baron Davis, who had back surgery in December but was expected to be in the lineup by now. The word from Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni now is that Davis won’t be in the lineup till next week , the New York Post reports
Richard Hamilton has a deep thigh bruise and some “lingering left groin issues” that will continue to keep him out of the lineup for the Chicago Bulls, according to the Chicago Tribune. The team plans to hold Hamilton out till he’s fully healthy since he missed eight games after playing on Jan
Portland Trail Blazers small forward Nicolas Batum was “very scared” that he would be going the way of Greg Oden and Brandon Roy with a serious knee injury after watching the play in which he suffered his injury Monday night over and over, the Oregonian reports.
The San Antonio Spurs took a big hit on Jan. 2 when Manu Ginobili broke his left hand