Magic coveting Clippers’ Steve Blake?

It’s hard to imagine anybody coveting any player on the 25-39 Los Angeles Clippers right now, but the Orlando Magic is apparently thinking that it would like to add Clips point guard Steve Blake (notes) this summer, according to FanHouse.

Jerry Sloan is forever

Mike McGraw of the Arlington Heights Daily Herald reports: Jerry Sloan was asked how he’s lasted 22 years with the Jazz when most other NBA coaches seem to lose touch with their players within a few seasons.

Pistons’ Stuckey out for season?

Detroit Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey (notes) collapsed Friday night in the second half of a loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers right by the Detroit Pistons bench. Plenty of tests have been done on the 23-year-old since then and it’s looking very possible that he may have to miss the rest of the season, according to the Detroit News

76ers planning to fire coach Jordan

The Philadelphia 76ers are very likely to be canning coach Eddie Jordan when the season finally comes to a close, if not before, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The word is that team owner Comcast-Spectacor’s chairman, Ed Snider, wanted to send Jordan packing earlier this season but didn’t do it because he had already fired the head coach of another Philadelphia team his organization owns earlier this season. That firing was done to John Stevens, the former coach of the Philadelphia Flyers .

Knicks planning for Hawks’ Joe Johnson

The New York Knicks are obviously going to do everything it can to convince LeBron James (notes) to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers and make his way to the city that never sleeps. But the general consensus is that there is no way James will end up with the Knicks unless he’s got some sort of martyr complex. The word from the paper of record, the New York Times, is that it is far more likely that the Knicks will have Atlanta Hawks forward Joe Johnson (notes) on its roster next year

Knicks edge Hawks as Horford’s shot ruled too late (AP)

Upon further review, the Atlanta Hawks still can't beat the New York Knicks. The Knicks beat the Hawks for the third time this season, holding on for a 99-98 victory Monday night when video replay showed Al Horford's basket came after the buzzer.

Grizzlies recall Hasheem Thabeet from D-League

The Memphis Grizzlies recalled center Hasheem Thabeet from the Dakota Wizards, the team’s NBA Development League’s affiliate, Grizzlies General Manager and Vice President of Basketball Operations Chris Wallace announced today. The second overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, Thabeet averaged a double-double with 13.8 points and 11.2 rebounds along with 3.17 blocks on 50.0 percent

Knicks set NBA record by missing all 18 3-pointers (AP)

The New York Knicks have set an NBA record for 3-point futility by missing all 18 attempts in their 113-93 loss to the New Jersey Nets. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Knicks took the most 3s without making one. Research by STATS, LLC dating to the 1986-87 season found the previous most attempts without a make was 16 by Washington against Boston on Nov.

Knicks set NBA record by missing all 18 3-pointers (AP)

The New York Knicks have set an NBA record for 3-point futility by missing all 18 attempts in their 113-93 loss to the New Jersey Nets. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Knicks took the most 3s without making one. Research by STATS, LLC dating to the 1986-87 season found the previous most attempts without a make was 16 by Washington against Boston on Nov.

Nets’ Yi leaves game with sprained left ankle (AP)

Yi Jianlian sprained his left ankle in the first quarter of the Nets' game against the Knicks on Saturday night and did not return. Yi was hurt with 2:56 left when he appeared to step on a New York player's foot while running back into defensive rebounding position. A team spokesman said X-rays on the forward from China were negative.

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