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The NBA has signed off on Michael Jordan's bid to buy the Charlotte Bobcats, and commissioner David Stern expects the league's board of governors to approve the purchase by the end of next week. In an interview with The Associated Press on Friday, Stern said he expects the vote to pass "very easily." Jordan will become the first ex-player to own an NBA team and the second black... (Yahoo! Sports - NBA News)
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing would like to lure the Pistons back downtown, where they played when he was on the team. Bing said Thursday that the Pistons could relocate from The Palace in suburban Auburn Hills. Pistons owner Karen Davidson has said she's considering a possible sale of the NBA team. The Pistons played at Cobo Arena in the city when Bing was with them, from 1966-75. (Yahoo! Sports - NBA News)
 Photo by NBAE / Getty Images The Charlotte Bobcats are back home Friday and looking for their fifth-straight win as the Los Angeles Clippers come to town.
The Bobcats (32-31) are coming off a convincing 102-87 win at Philadelphia on Wednesday behind Gerald Wallace’s 28 points. Stephen Jackson chipped in 24 points and 10 rebounds as the Bobcats continue to climb up the Eastern Conference standings.
Entering Friday’s matchup with the Clippers (25-40), the Bobcats are in seventh place in the East and just two games behind fifth place Milwaukee (34-29).
Friday will be the second and final game of the season between the Bobcats and Clippers. The two teams played February 22 in Los Angeles, with the Clippers defeating the Bobcats, 98-94.
Charlotte held a lead until late in the fourth quarter when the Clippers’ Rasual Butler hit a game tying three-pointer with 2:41 left. The teams battled back and forth in the closing minutes, but Los Angeles went 9-of-12 from the free throw line to seal the win.
The Bobcats are 4-7 against the Clippers all-time, but have won four of the last five matchups. (Bobcats Break)
Unable or unwilling? It's a question we've been asking all season with the Celtics, and it is the...
Ben Gordon shared recently that even he's at a loss as to how badly his performance has dropped off this season. (Rotoworld.Pistons)
 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. The thought on keeping Jordan from some in the Sixers camp is that it will likely lead to a few more losses and possibly a higher seed in the draft lottery.
Shaquille O'Neal (thumb) and Cavs GM Danny Ferry sat down and established a time table for his recovery process and return to the Cavs lineup. (Rotoworld.Cavs)
While the present remains a nightmare of indescribable proportions, the Nets' future is undeniably bright. And a huge part of that future finally starts coming to fruition Thursday with ground-breaking ceremonies on the Barclays Center, the Nets' planned home in Brooklyn. The expected dignitaries scheduled to attend included New York Governor David Patterson (who'll welcome the break from the enormous scrutiny of administration scandals and staff resignations), New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, current Nets owner Bruce Ratner, Barclays President Robert E. Diamond, Nets CEO Brett Yormark and Nets investor Shawn (Jay-Z) Carter, who counts one LeBron James among his friends. The 18,000-seat arena has been the linchpin of the multi-billion dollar Atlantic Yards project... (New Jersey Nets) The Celtics finish up a brief two-game homestand against Indiana Friday, and they'll be trying again to shake a bad habit that's grown this season. Although filled with veterans, the Celtics tend to act like an inexperienced team when their shots aren't going in. Like youngsters who base their image on offense, they go away from the meat and potatoes of their game. "People talk a lot about this team versus the team that won it, and there is one difference we've found," said coach Doc Rivers. "There's one thing we're doing now that we didn't do in the past. "Before, we never got down when our offense was down, and now we do. We hang our heads when we're not making shots, and it leads to bad defense. (Boston Celtics) The next time Josh Smith takes the floor at Philips Arena, it will be a sad homecoming after a three-game road trip. Before the Hawks take on the Pistons on Saturday night, Smith will greet the family of Rashaan Bennett, a celebrated high school running back from the same high school Smith attended in suburban Atlanta. Bennett was killed recently. Smith befriended Bennett over the summer while they were both working out at McEachern High in Powder Springs. Bennett had signed scholarship papers to attend Vanderbilt in the fall but didn't make it to his high school graduation, the victim of a senseless murder. Smith will cover the living expenses for Bennett's family for the next six months, a selfless gesture for a family he knows will never fully recover from the... (Atlanta Hawks)
Brandon Roy's first career win at Oracle Arena couldn't have come at a better time for Portland as it tries to hang on to the eighth spot in the Western Conference. Roy scored 41 points, Andre Miller added 15 points and seven assists and the Trail Blazers overcame a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the Golden State Warriors 110-105 on Thursday night. (Yahoo! Sports - NBA News)
Gameday: Clippers at Bobcats, 7 p.m. / Charlotte Observer (Inside the NBA)
Reggie Williams played well enough to be interviewed by TNT's Craig Sager at halftime of Thursday's game having scored 10 points before the intermission, but cooled off to finish with 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting (including two 3-pointers) with three rebounds and a steal in 24 minutes. (Rotoworld.Warriors)
C.J. Watson put up respectable fantasy numbers on Thursday with 12 points on 5-of-10 shooting (no threes) to go with five rebounds, six assists, and two steals, but also committed an ill-advised foul with less than 20 seconds left to seal the Warriors' loss to the Blazers. (Rotoworld.Warriors)
Anthony Morrow hit 3-of-7 shots (all threes) in a quiet night on Thursday, and had just three rebounds to go with a steal, a block, and an assist in 34 minutes. (Rotoworld.Warriors)
Corey Maggette scored 24 points in a strong effort in Thursday's loss to the Blazers, hitting 8-of-15 shots from the field to go with five rebounds, six assists, and one assist in 37 minutes. (Rotoworld.Warriors)
Anthony Tolliver started at center with Ronny Turiaf (knee) out on Thursday, and double-doubled with 14 points on 4-of-9 shooting, 11 rebounds, two treys, a steal, and a block in 37 minutes. (Rotoworld.Warriors)
Monta Ellis (back) returned to action on Thursday in the Warriors' 110-105 loss to the Blazers, and scored 17 points on 7-of-15 shooting (including a three) with three rebounds, two assists, and two steals in 28 foul-plagued minutes. (Rotoworld.Warriors)
Stephen Curry hit 6-of-15 shots from the field with Monta Ellis (back) returning to action on Thursday, finishing with 15 points, five rebounds, three assists, and two steals. (Rotoworld.Warriors)
Dwight Howard insists he didn't intend to hurt Derrick Rose. He was just protecting the basket. So when Rose drove the lane hard and tried to finish over the towering center for the second time this season, the man who goes by "Superman" again delivered on his nickname. The Man of Steel. "I think if you hit something that doesn't move," Howard said, "you usually end... (Yahoo! Sports - NBA News)
It’s a classic Catch-22. On the one hand, Celtics coach Doc Rivers feels he has to reestablish Paul Pierce as the go-to guy as his team builds toward the playoffs. On the other, in order to get Ray Allen going — and for the offense to run smoothly as a whole — the ball has to move.
      
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