Larry Brown tells Sixers not to fire Jordan just yet

It seems pretty clear that the Philadelphia 76ers are going to fire head coach Eddie Jordan at some point in the near future, whether it is now or at season’s end. The rumor floating today is that Charlotte Bobcats head coach Larry Brown (who once coached the Sixers) told team owner Comcast-Spectacor chief Ed Snider not to can Brown till the season was over, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Brown supposedly advised Snider to hang onto Brown till season’s end and get his younger players such as Jodie Meeks (notes) , Jason Smith (notes) , Jrue Holiday (notes) , and Thaddeus Young (notes) as much playing time as possible now to help them next year.

D’Antoni not planning to change Knicks staff

After a 97-87 loss to the San Antonio Spurs last night, the New York Knicks have guaranteed its ninth straight losing season. Three of those have come under coach Mike D’Antoni but he’s apparently not planning to change his coaching staff one little bit, according to the New York Daily News

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 .

Tyreke Evans apologizes for criticism of teammate Andres Nocioni

Sam Amick of the Sacramento Bee reports: Tyreke Evans, who made comments critical of teammate Andres Nocioni to The Bee after Sunday’s loss to Oklahoma City, apologized in a Tuesday afternoon radio interview with KHTK’s Grant Napear and Mike Lamb and reiterated his stance at the Rose Garden later.

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

Rockets planning to keep Lowry

Since guard Kyle Lowry (notes) has been out with a hurt ankle, his Houston Rockets have won four games and lost nine. So GM Daryl Morey is apparently saying that he’ll take care of the man who will be a restricted free agent this summer, according to the Houston Chronicle.

Kobe Bryant: Lakers ‘edgy and upset’

The Los Angeles Lakers just lost three games in a row, the first such streak of the last two seasons, and Kobe Bryant (notes) says the team is "a little edgy" and "upset," according to the Los Angeles Times. Bryant said even reporter questions were giving him a stomach virus .

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