Cavaliers Halt Malone's Role With Sonics?

It appears as if the Seattle SuperSonics are going to lose Brendan Malone as a consultant. Malone was fired by the Cleveland Cavaliers as interim coach after last season. But the Cavaliers still are paying Malone a salary.

The Cavaliers called the Sonics this week and told them that they did not want Malone playing such a significant role with the team if they still were still paying him.

The Sonics do not want to pay Malone because he was added after coach Bob Weiss had formed his staff and he does not fit into their budget. Malone does not want to lose the salary that the Cavaliers are paying him so it appears likely he will stop working for Seattle.

Via The News Tribune

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Cavs' Jones Leaves Game Early

Cavaliers point guard Damon Jones left Tuesday night's game with a sprained left ankle after banging into Boston Celtics guard Ricky Davis in the second quarter.

Jones was moving to his left while playing defense against Davis and rolled his ankle when the two got their legs locked up. Jones went down and had to be helped off the floor and to the Cavs' locker room.

The club said he would not return to the game, and that he was questionable for Thursday's game at Indiana.

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LeBron, Brand Named Players Of The Week

After averaging a double-double and leading his team to a 3-0 record, Los Angeles Clippers forward Elton Brand was named the NBA's Western Conference Player of the Week on Monday.

Brand averaged 25 points and 11.7 rebounds while shooting 57 percent for the Clippers, who are off to a franchise-best 8-2 start.

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week after averaging 29.7 points on 55 percent shooting in leading the team to a 3-0 mark.

On Saturday, the third-year star registered his fifth career triple-double with 36 points, 11 rebounds and a season-high 10 assists in a 123-120 win over Philadelphia.

Via Sports Illustrated

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