The anger against Bruce Bowen’s aggressive style of defense elevated against the New York Knicks. While no fines are expected to be announced, Isiah Thomas, Greg Popovich, and Bowen were all involved in a heated exchange about the injury risk which comes when getting below the offensive player when they land back on the court. Bowen was responsible for Steve Francis spraining his ankle, and the Knicks were upset when Bowen nearly forced the same landing on Jamal Crawford.

A proposal which would have built the Sacramento Kings failed to win enough votes, meaning the team may, like the Seattle Supersonics, have little choice but to move to another city. The Maloof Brothers who own the Kings would likely try to move the team to Las Vegas, where they own multiple casinos.

Before last February, Darko Milicic could only hope to play for the team that made him the #2 pick in the 2003 draft. Now with the Orlando Magic, Milicic expects to earn a $60 million contract as a restricted free agent. The Magic decided not to offer Milicic a contract extension because they weren’t sure Milicic could maintain the level of play he had after being traded from the Detroit Pistons.

The Pistons were one of the teams that the Philadelphia Sixers tried to move Allen Iverson to over the summer. Originally thought to be cutting payroll to sell the team, the Sixers may have wanted Chauncey Billups for the shot-friendly shooting guard.

You can count the number of Minnesota Timberwolves games on two hands, but head coach Dwayne Casey already needs to earn back the respect of his team. A member of the Timberwolves says he expects Casey to be relieved of duty by mid-season. The team currently is placed last in the Northwest division, after originally expected to make a playoff push after acquiring Mike James and Randy Foye.

Phil Jackson doesn’t agree with complaints of Brown receiving $18.5 million of his contract. ” (Spurs coach Greg) Popovich probably should have weighed in on [Donald] Sterling about two or three coaches ago when he was breaking all their contracts. That was the time he should have been backing up coaches, not about a $40 million situation that ends up with $18 million. It’s about guys that were owed $500,000 or $600,000 who needed that kind of money.”