Ryan Hollins
Ryan Hollins of the Minnesota Timberwolves has been suspended without pay for two games for punching DeShawn Stevenson and striking Dirk Nowitzki, both of the Dallas Mavericks, on Monday, March 8.
The suspension was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.
The incident between Hollins and Stevenson occurred with 9:15 remaining in the second period, and the incident between Hollins and Nowitzki occurred with 3:38 remaining in the fourth period of Dallas’ 125-112 victory over Minnesota at Target Center.
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Jerry Stackhouse
Jerry Stackhouse spent a few seasons in Washington earlier in his career and faced off against the Wizards while with the Bucks earlier this week.
Stackhouse touched on the trouble Gilbert Arenas has gotten himself into, but he raised some eyebrows when he suggested the Wizards might be cursed with the injury bug.
“It’s like, I don’t want to say it’s a curse, but tough things happen to people when they go to that city, as far as injuries,” he told the Washington Post.
Josh Howard, acquired from the Mavericks in the Caron Butler trade last month, tore his ACL after only four games with the team.
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Jason Terry
Mavericks guard Jason Terry is scheduled for surgery tomorrow to address facial injuries sustained in last night’s game vs. Minnesota.
A timetable will be released after the surgery is performed.
The reigning 6th Man of the Year is the only Maverick that has played in all 62 games this season.
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Zydrunas Ilgauskas
A Mavericks representative said on Sunday that agent Herb Rudoy informed the team that Zydrunas Ilgauskas intends to re-sign with the Cavaliers.
Rudoy has repeatedly insisted that Ilgauskas will not make a firm decision until next week.
NBA rules dictate that Ilgauskas must wait 30 days before re-signing with Cleveland, who traded him to Washington for Antawn Jamison earlier this month.
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Jason Kidd
Atlanta Hawks head coach Mike Woodson drew an unusual technical foul with 1:37 remaining in the fourth quarter against the Dallas Mavericks.
Down 97-95, Mavericks point guard Jason Kidd noticed Woodson standing on the court and drove into him, causing the contact and foul.
Woodson and Kidd argued after the play, and both had to be restrained from one another.
“Smartest basketball play I’ve ever seen in my career,” Jason Terry said.
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Brendan Haywood
The trade that put the Mavericks in contention may be even better than expected.
Those who said that center Brendan Haywood, not former All-Star guard Caron Butler, was really the key to the deal — owner Mark Cuban was first but not alone in this chorus — were dead on.
And that is what makes the Mavericks’ current five-game winning streak more significant than any they have had in years.
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Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Zydrunas Ilgauskas and the Washington Wizards agreed to a buyout Wednesday evening, according to a league source. The buyout will save the Wizards just over $1M.
Ilgauskas is expected to sign with the Cavaliers 30 days after the date he was traded, but he will also receive offers from Atlanta, Denver and Dallas.
Reports claim that he will especially listen to offers from the Nuggets and Mavericks.
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Von Wafer
Von Wafer has played in the NBA for five different teams after getting picked in the second round of the 2005 draft.
He got signed last summer by Olympiakos, the Greek team that is always trying to sign folks away from the NBA. Wafer got tossed by Olympiakos this past December and has a hard time finding an NBA team that will take his services — until now.
It appears that the Dallas Mavericks are going to bring Wafer aboard, according to sources.
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Josh Howard and Mark Cuban
Josh Howard may want to “stick it” to the Mavericks when he plays his former team, but sources say his departure was brought on by his own partying.
The Mavericks took the high road, with owner Mark Cuban saying only, “I wish Josh nothing but the best.”
The juicy piece of irony is that Howard ended up in Washington, which may well have been the site where he had met the beginning of the end, according to several Maverick sources.
They say Howard had a long night of partying on Jan. 19, the night after the Mavericks had won in Boston and less than 24 hours before playing the Wizards.
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Erick Dampier
The Mavericks got the news that it is going to be a few weeks until Erick Dampier can think about returning from a finger injury.
The negative could turn into two positives, because it means they should have a 100 percent Dampier in time for the playoffs, and it is a golden opportunity for Brendan Haywood to show why the Mavericks traded for him.
Dampier, wearing a large splint and soft cast, said he would see how things feel after the first week or so and go from there.
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