"Indiana CEO Donnie Walsh said yesterday he has no interest in veteran players the Knicks would give up for Ron Artest, making a deal with New York extremely unlikely. "They´re not in the hunt," Walsh said." New York Daily News
"While there is talk the Pacers want to send Artest to the West for the Clippers´ Corey Maggette, Walsh said the Clippers haven´t specifically offered the forward. "There´s nothing imminent," he said." New York Daily News
"For all the criticism Lamar Odom has faced at times this season, Lakers coach Phil Jackson appeared to finally run out of patience Sunday after watching the 6-foot-10 forward struggle to keep his composure after a call went against him. It happened with the Houston Rockets in the middle of their game-turning 15-0 run in the third quarter, as Odom tried to muscle in a shot against Dikembe Mutombo in the low post." Los Angeles Daily News
"(Phil) Jackson, a believer in the karma of basketball, has grown tired of watching Odom´s act with officials. Odom has a tendency to get taken out of a game mentally, sometimes as early as the first quarter, when a call does not go in his favor. "It was a disappointing game for him," Jackson said, "and he got into the referee and he got a technical and ultimately those things come back to haunt you over the course of a game." Los Angeles Daily News
"Already struggling through a rough stretch, the Washington Wizards received another bad piece of news Monday morning when an MRI exam revealed that third-year guard Jarvis Hayes has suffered a fractured right kneecap. Hayes will be out indefinitely, the team said. Hayes, who had appeared in the first 21 games with 13 starts, hurt the knee early in the first quarter of Friday night´s game against the Lakers in Los Angeles, left the game and did not return." Washington Post
"Hayes received the bad news yesterday after being flown home from Los Angeles on Saturday. According to a Wizards spokesman, the severity of the injury isn´t known, but it will be at least a month before the team re-evaluates his knee. The break is not believed to be in the same spot as the one that caused him to miss the team´s final 28 games and its run into the conference semifinals last season, the spokesman said." Washington Times
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