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	The Celtics reportedly are set to offer coach Doc Rivers a contract extension. AP

Doc Rivers will have an opportunity to coach the Celtics next year and beyond. According to league sources, the club is prepared to offer Rivers a contract extension following this season.
-- Boston Herald

It appears there's some unease on the Suns. Amaré Stoudemire had a closed-door meeting with coach Mike D'Antoni after contributing just 15 points and two rebounds in Thursday night's loss to the Spurs. Some read Steve Nash's recent criticism of the team's chemistry as aimed at Stoudemire and Shawn Marion.
-- Chicago Tribune

Michael Jordan's first draft pick in Charlotte is having problems. Adam Morrison is shooting under 38 percent and said to be having issues with teammates who don't appreciate his shoot-first mentality despite his poor percentage and demanding nature.
-- Chicago Tribune

For the fourth time in the past four games, Shaquille O'Neal did not address the media after the game. O'Neal finished with 15 points on 6-of-11 shooting with nine rebounds and five blocks Sunday, and is seemingly upset with a lack of opportunities during the past few games.
-- Miami Herald

When Dwyane Wade surprised his teammates with word he would be returning for Sunday's game, there was a bet about whether Wade would milk the reaction from an excited crowd. Wade came out to the floor with his teammates, but received an extended ovation as he approached the scorer's table with four minutes left in the first quarter. But before he could get any game action, Bobcats coach Bernie Bickerstaff called a timeout.
-- Miami Herald

Injuries have always happened in the NBA, but this season seems worse. Some say it's the length of the season and players being asked to compete in the summer or doing so on their own. Some owners would like to cut the schedule to 60 games, but with a corresponding decrease in pay. That's not about to happen.
-- Chicago Tribune

Phil Jackson and Smush Parker appeared to reach a truce Friday in Seattle, Jackson sitting on a large exercise ball while talking to Parker in the Lakers locker room.
-- Los Angeles Times

While the Heat was preparing for a critical road game against the Cavaliers on Thursday, center Michael Doleac was receiving some startling news about his younger brother. Army 2nd Lt. Kenneth Doleac was piloting a Black Hawk helicopter just south of Baghdad that was shot down. Doleac survived, as did his fellow troops in the helicopter, but it still shocked the Heat center and his family.
-- Miami Herald

Sinusitis may not sound serious, but Ben Wallace would beg to differ. Wallace said he was suffering from an extreme headache through his scoreless 22½ minutes. Wallace said doctors in Detroit, who performed a spinal tap on him to rule out meningitis, told him the headache could last for more than two weeks.
-- Chicago Sun-Times

Josh Smith's profanity-laced outburst at the end of regulation of the Hawks' 109-104 overtime loss to Philadelphia on Sunday night could result in the third-year forward being suspended, Hawks coach Mike Woodson said.
-- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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