Nash And Wallace Named Players Of The Week

Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash of Victoria has been named the NBA's Western Conference player of the week and Gerald Wallace of the Charlotte Bobcats was chosen the top player in the Eastern Conference.

Nash, last season's NBA MVP, led the league in assists in 9.7 per game in a 3-0 week for the Suns. He also averaged 21.7 points per game, shot 53.1 per cent from the field and had 3.7 rebounds per game.

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Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Bobcats

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May Goes To Inactive List

Charlotte rookie forward Sean May was inactive for the Bobcats' game Saturday night against the Washington Wizards.

May has soreness in his right knee and is day to day.

May, the 13th overall pick in the June draft, had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee on Sept. 13 and missed a portion of the preseason, playing in just one exhibition game. But May had played in all 13 games in the regular season, including 15 minutes on Friday night in a 90-89 loss at Boston. He had four points and two rebounds.

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Charlotte Bobcats

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Bobcats' Ely Back On The Nets' Wish List

There's another forward the Nets will put on their wish list when the time comes to add some length, though a deal could be problematic.

It's an old name, actually: Charlotte reserve Melvin Ely, whom the Nets pursued during the off-season but decided to put on hold until the Bobcats stopped asking for a No. 1 pick in return.

The 6-10, 260-pound forward is the most improved player on his team -- he's averaging 9.6 points and 6.8 rebounds in 24 minutes per game -- but he will probably become available because Charlotte has one stud (Emeka Okafor) and one promising rookie (Sean May) ahead of Ely on the power-forward depth chart.

Getting the salaries to match is going to be a thing. Ely makes roughly $2 million and, since Charlotte has to take some money back, the Nets would have trouble finding someone in that financial neighborhood. And, even if the Bobs accepted Cliff Robinson, they'd still want the draft pick, and the Nets consider that too high a price -- that was the case two months ago, anyway.

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New Jersey Nets, Charlotte Bobcats

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