Guard Rodney Stuckey with pistons jersey is expected to play Friday night, two weeks after collapsing on the bench during a game.
Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars says Stuckey practiced well on Thursday and expects him to play at Indiana against the Pacers. Stuckey was out of the lineup Tuesday night against Cleveland, missing his sixth straight game since he went off the court on a stretcher and was taken to a hospital during a March 5 game at Cleveland. Doctors cleared Stuckey for exercise last week after extensive cardiac tests.
The guy said he is not worried about the same problems happening again.
We expect Arrelious Benn could wear NFL jersey soon.
The guy ran the 40-yard dash in 4.36 seconds today during his Pro Day workout on the campus. Benn told National Football Post in a telephone interview that he was definitely pleased with what he did and he got a lot of positive feedback from the teams. He was happy about it. The 6-foot-1, 220-pounder said his pass patterns were much more fluid than his work at the combine where he slipped on some patterns during drills and had some dropped passes.
He has been scheduled for visits with the Bengles, Cowboys and the Steelers, among other trips.
Center Mehmet Okur with spurs jersey were missing from Jazz’s starting lineup Sunday night as the Jazz played a key game for playoff positioning at Oklahoma City.
Okur was sidelined with a strained back after playing a season-high 41 minutes Friday night in a loss at Milwaukee. Kirilenko had left Utah’s last game in the second half after straining his right calf. Okur and Kirilenko are the team’s third- and fourth-leading scorers and combine for 25 points and 11.4 rebounds per game. C.J. Miles and Paul Millsap took their places in the starting lineup. Reserve Ronnie Price was also out for the second straight game with a bruised right wrist.
Jazz signed Jeffers to a second 10-day contract.
Guard Derrick Rose with bulls jersey has sprained his left wrist after another collision with Orlando’s Dwight Howard.
Rose drove the lane hard for a layup in the final minute of the first quarter against the Magic on Thursday night when he was knocked to the floor in a midair collision with Howard. Rose clutched his lower back and hand before slowly rising to his feet, making one of the free throws. He stayed in the game before being taken to the locker room for an examination after the quarter. The team said he would not return.
The play was almost the same to the one that benched Chicago’s star point guard. But Rose did not return in that game but did not miss any other time with Bulls.
Coach Eddie Jordan said he ’s not worried about a newspaper report stating he would say goodbye to the players with 76ers jerseys.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, citing unidentified sources, reported on Tuesday that Comcast-Spectator was ready to fire Jordan, likely after his first season with the team is complete. The 76ers are 23-40 heading into Wednesday night’s game against Charlotte, 8 1/2 games out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Jordan signed a four-year contract when he was hired. He said of the speculation, “that if you know how to handle it, then it won’t bother you.”
Jordan says he has not approached his bosses regarding the report.
Point guard Rafer Alston with heat jersey still has not contact the team.
Coach Erik Spoelstra said before Tuesday’s game against Charlotte that Alston’s lone communication since Friday was through text messaging. Spoelstra wouldn’t say if Alston will be released, but said they’re “moving forward with the guys we have in this locker room.” Alston was benched for Thursday’s win over the Los Angeles Lakers in favor of Carlos Arroyo. He then failed to show for Saturday’s win over Atlanta, and was suspended indefinitely without pay.
Mario Chalmers is the only other true point guard on Miami’s roster.
Shooting guard Kevin Martin with rockets jersey going from the depths of the Western Conference with Sacramento and into the playoff chase in Houston was a nice transition, even if the Rockets’ playoff hopes remain distant. Yao Ming will be back next year.
“The thought of playing with [Yao] is the reason I have a big smile on my face,” Martin told Sporting News. “The attention he brings inside, that is going to be fun to have for me as a perimeter player. “I think there are going to be big expectations for next year, and I know the offseason, I am going to be in the weight room, I am going to be here working out and trying to get better and better.”
Guard Tony Parker with spurs jersey left the court with a broken bone in his right hand. It is said he would miss six games.
Parker broke the fourth metacarpal—the bone between the bottom knuckle and the wrist—near the end of the first half and did not return to the game. The injury apparently occurred during a scramble for the ball.“I knew it was a scrum,” teammate Tim Duncan said. “… He said he reached for the ball, and hit the ball or hit a body or a hand or something.”Parker did not comment before leaving the locker room after the Spurs’ 102-92 win over Memphis. He had eight points and four assists before the injury.
The Spurs confirmed the broken bone, but could not say how long Parker, the team’s second-leading scorer at 16.6 points a game, would miss. The team will evaluate the injury later.
Brandon Jennings with bucks jersey does not even know if he wants to shoot the ball.
“We’re not fond of that kind of statement,” Skiles said before the Bucks played at the Washington Wizards on Friday night. “He’s too important to our team and our franchise to have any sort of defeatest-type mind-set right now. And he doesn’t, really. Skiles chalked up Jennings’ words to coming in the “heat of the moment” after a game—and to Jennings’ being only 20 years old.“We know where his heart lies. He’s a really good person, he’s hardworking, and he loves the game,” Skiles said.
Jennings was down on himself after Wednesday’s home victory over Washington, when he made only 2 of 12 shots and had six turnovers. He acknowledged that he’s been “struggling pretty bad” and added, “I don’t even know if I want to shoot the ball.”
Newcomer Darko Milicic will have a chance to wear the timberwolves jersey to start the lineup.
It’s a brief experiment, while Al Jefferson serves a two-game suspension after his arrest on suspicion of DWI last weekend. Milicic picked up four fouls in Wednesday’s loss at Dallas, along with six points and two rebounds in 14 minutes during his first start of the season. Jefferson will also sit Saturday against Houston. Coach Kurt Rambis said Thursday that Milicic probably will go back to the bench next week, but praised his progress and potential since arriving in a trade with New York last month.
Milicic says his comfort level and conditioning are increasing, though his current plan remains to return to Europe after the season.
