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	A healthy Carlos Boozer might be just what the Celtics need to shore up a frontcourt in need of some rebounding and scoring. Kent Horner/ NBAE via Getty Images

It's no secret that the Celtics have been calling about a lot of guys around the league, not just Allen Iverson. The last few days the rumors have been about power forwards Drew Gooden and Carlos Boozer, two players who aren't great, but would help a thin and small front court.
 -- Providence Journal

Billy King, the 76ers' president and general manager, said there was no truth to a column this week in the Denver Post that said the Sixers' upper management had vetoed a proposed trade of Allen Iverson to the Denver Nuggets. The column said two of the principals in trade talks between the Sixers and Nuggets were Iverson and Denver forward Kenyon Martin.
 -- Philadelphia Inquirer

If Kevin McHale does make the move to get rid of Kevin Garnett, he also might jettison a bad contract or two (Troy Hudson perhaps) so he could really start over.
 -- Daily Southtown

If there's a major Knicks deal out there, it would have to be for Denver power forward Kenyon Martin. One NBA executive said the Nuggets are "desperate" to unload him and almost certainly could be forced to take Steve Francis.
 -- Newsday

Free-agent point guard Marcus Banks was in Phoenix on Wednesday and is expected to complete a long-term deal with the Suns. Banks' departure from Minnesota isn't a surprise after the Wolves signed free agent Mike James to a four-year, $23.5 million deal that made James the No. 1 point guard.
 -- St. Paul Pioneer Press

The Cavs are still keeping an eye on point guard Jay Williams, an NBA official confirmed Wednesday. Williams told the Charlotte Observer that he was waiting to hear back from two teams who are interested in him.
 -- Akron Beacon Journal

Showing fiscal restraint for once, Knicks president/coach Isiah Thomas informed [Jackie] Butler's agent, Keith Glass, yesterday he will not match the staggering 3-year, $7 million offer sheet from the Spurs, as expected. The Knicks will officially inform the Spurs at today's deadline.
 -- New York Post

Concerns about the Nets' depth and size surfaced again yesterday. Rookie forward Josh Boone, one of the Nets' two first-round selections last month, underwent successful arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder yesterday, the team announced.
 -- New York Post

Steve Nash has replaced his mop-top with a buzz cut. The two-time NBA most valuable player showed up at a basketball camp Wednesday with his trademark unruly hairdo gone. "I just cut it," shrugged the Suns star from Vancouver where he is hosting is annual charity basketball game. "I don't really have a rhyme or reason. I felt like taking it off."
 -- Toronto Sun

With an Oklahoma group headed by Clay Bennett no longer in pursuit to buy a minority share of the Hornets after it purchased the Seattle SuperSonics on Tuesday, Hornets owner George Shinn said a New Orleans group of investors is emerging as the front-runner to become limited partners.
 -- New Orleans Times-Picayune

Two NBA franchises stretched between three cities have created one potentially big problem for commissioner David Stern. Stern, meanwhile, has provided no assurances that Seattle's oldest professional franchise won't leave the city after a 39-year relationship.
 -- Seattle Times

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