| NBA Player News |
| Date |
Player |
News |
| 1/6/2009 |
T.J. Ford, PG (Ind) |
Ford suited up but didn't play in Monday's 135-115 loss at Denver, due to a sore lower back.
Analysis: Ford has missed four games this season with a combination of back spasms, groin problems and a sprained right wrist. He has averaged 13.8 points and a team-leading 5.2 assists. |
| 1/6/2009 |
Marquis Daniels, G-F (Ind) |
Daniels left Monday's 135-115 loss in Denver with a strained left groin in the first half and didn't return. He finished with two points.
Analysis: Daniels has averaged a career-best 15.7 points this season and 5.2 rebounds. He also strained his left groin last season. |
| 1/6/2009 |
Malik Allen, PF (Mil) |
Allen missed his fifth straight game with a back injury.
Analysis: In his first season with Milwaukee, Allen has played 18 games, averaging 2.8 points and 2.3 rebounds. |
| 1/6/2009 |
Daequan Cook, G (Mia) |
Cook played only 5 minutes in Monday's 91-84 loss to San Antonio after bruising his left knee. He went out with 9:46 left in the second quarter and did not return.
Analysis: X-rays were negative for Cook, the NBA's fifth-best 3-point shooter over the last month - 53.4 percent. The second-year player has averaged 10.1 points and hit a team-leading 75 3-pointers, going 75-for-176 (42.6 percent) from behind the arc. |
| 1/6/2009 |
Fabricio Oberto, C (SA) |
Oberto sat out Monday's 91-84 win in Miami with continued foot problems, his ninth missed games in the last 10.
Analysis: Oberto has averaged 2.5 points and 3.0 rebounds this season. |
| 1/6/2009 |
Carmelo Anthony, SF (Den) |
Anthony will miss at least three weeks with a broken bone in his shooting hand - but won't need surgery.
Analysis: The team said Tuesday that Anthony will be fitted for a removable splint after breaking a bone in his right hand in a victory over Indiana the night before. Anthony was injured early in the third quarter when Pacers center Jeff Foster swatted at the ball, catching part of Anthony's hand. Anthony continued to play despite numbness in the hand, scoring 21 points before leaving late in the fourth quarter of a 135-115 win. |
| 1/6/2009 |
Dee Brown, G (Pho) |
The Suns have released Brown less than two weeks after signing him to fill the team's need for a backup point guard.
Analysis: Brown appeared in two games for Phoenix and averaged 2.5 points and 1.5 assists. Brown was signed by the Suns on Dec. 24 after appearing in 17 games with the Washington Wizards to begin the season. After a successful career at Illinois, Brown was drafted by Utah in the second round in 2006. He appeared in 49 regular-season games as a rookie for the Jazz. He played the 2007-08 season with a team in Turkey. |
| 1/5/2009 |
Kevin Garnett, PF (Bos) |
Garnett scored a season-low six points in the Celtics' 100-88 loss at New York on Sunday.
Analysis: It was only the second time in 34 games this season that Garnett failed to reach double figures, as he shot 1-of-6 from the field. There's some reason for concern given the fact that the Celtics have lost four of six, but Garnett had shot 62.9 percent and averaged 16.0 points and 9.0 rebounds in the three previous games before Sunday. |
| 1/5/2009 |
Nicolas Batum, G-F (Por) |
Batum scored a career-high 17 points on a perfect shooting night Sunday, although the Blazers lost to the Lakers 100-86.
Analysis: Batum was 6-of-6 from the floor, 3-of-3 from 3-point range and 2-of-2 from the foul line, but it's hard to put much stock in this performance considering the rookie starter has been held scoreless in eight of his last 16 games. |
| 1/5/2009 |
LaMarcus Aldridge, F-C (Por) |
Aldridge led Portland with 22 points and 11 rebounds, but the Blazers lost 100-86 to the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.
Analysis: It was the seventh double-double of the season for Aldridge, who has been trying to pick up some of the slack offensively with Brandon Roy out. He was just 5-of-18 from the floor in a loss to New Orleans Friday, but he scored 20 points on 9-of-22 shooting in the first game without Roy, a win over Boston last week. |
| 1/5/2009 |
Luke Walton, SF (LAL) |
Walton will be sidelined for at least two weeks by a foot injury.
Analysis: Walton, who started 11 consecutive games before missing Sunday's 100-86 win over Portland, has sesamoiditis in his right foot and will wear a protective boot for a week, the team said Monday. Walton had averaged 5.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists since moving into the starting lineup. Trevor Ariza started in his place against the Trail Blazers. |
| 1/5/2009 |
Cheikh Samb, C (LAC) |
The Clippers acquired Samb of Senegal from the Denver Nuggets on Monday for a conditional second-round draft pick.
Analysis: Samb played in six games with the Nuggets this season, averaging 0.7 points, 1.5 rebounds in 4.0 minutes. He came to Denver on Nov. 3 with Chauncey Billups and Antonio McDyess for Allen Iverson. Samb was assigned to the NBA Development League on Dec. 10 and has averaged 12.4 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.8 blocks in 10 games. He was drafted 51st by the Los Angeles Lakers in 2006 and played briefly with Detroit. |
| 1/5/2009 |
Paul Davis, F-C (LAC) |
Davis was waived by the Clippers on Monday.
Analysis: Davis appeared in 80 games for the Clippers from 2006-08. This season, he played in 27 games, averaging 4.0 points and 2.5 rebounds in 11.5 minutes. |
| 1/5/2009 |
Fred Jones, SG (LAC) |
Jones was waived by the Clippers on Monday.
Analysis: Jones appeared in five games after signing as a free agent Dec. 28. He averaged 6.6 points and 1.4 assists in 19.6 minutes. |
| 1/5/2009 |
Jason Richardson, G-F (Pho) |
Richardson is facing charges of driving under the influence in an American Indian tribal community in metropolitan Phoenix.
Analysis: Richardson was stopped by a Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community police officer in the early morning of Dec. 21, according to a citation filed in court. Richardson is charged with DUI and for driving with a blood alcohol level above .08. He also has been cited for failure to drive in one lane. |
| 1/5/2009 |
DeMarcus Nelson, G (GS) |
The Warriors waived Nelson on Monday and recalled Jermareo Davidson from the D-League's Idaho Stampede.
Analysis: Nelson was the Warriors' starting point guard on opening night and started the first five games this season. He appeared in eight games after that and has averaged 4.1 points this season. |
| 1/5/2009 |
Jermareo Davidson, F (GS) |
The Warriors recalled Davidson from the D-League's Idaho Stampede after they waived DeMarcus Nelson.
Analysis: Davidson was a second-round pick by the Warriors in 2007, but was traded to Charlotte on draft night. He appeared in 38 games with the Bobcats last season, but was waived Oct. 27. |
| 1/4/2009 |
Jose Calderon, PG (Tor) |
Calderon did not accompany the team Monday to Milwaukee because of a strained right hamstring. Toronto coach Jay Triano said Calderon is doubtful to return before Wednesday's game in Washington.
Analysis: It's the same injury that sidelined him for two games in November. Calderon is averaging 13.1 points and is third in the NBA with 8.7 assists per game. |
| 1/4/2009 |
Steve Francis, PG (Mem) |
Francis was on the inactive list Sunday night for Memphis' game against Dallas, but the veteran could return to the court for the first time in more than a year soon.
Analysis: Francis has not played since Dec. 15, 2007, and underwent right knee surgery last February. Some missed flights and family matters delayed his arrival until Saturday, causing him to be on the inactive list Sunday, but he could play against Minnesota on Tuesday. Memphis coach Marc Iavaroni said he is unsure what Francis will bring to his team, especially in the short term. |
| 1/4/2009 |
Dwight Howard, C (Orl) |
Howard matched career highs in both points and field goals, scoring 39 points on 14-of-19 from the field, but the Toronto Raptors overcame Howard's big game to beat the Magic 108-102 on Sunday.
Analysis: Howard hadn't even scored 20 points since Dec. 8 before his huge offensive effort on Sunday. Don't expect many games like this out of Howard, as he's more of an 18-and-12 player than someone who is a 40-point threat. |
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