Coach Tom Thibodeau says Derrick Rose’s availability for Sunday’s game against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden is a game-time decision.   Rose said it’s not Thibodeau’s decision to make.   “It’s really not up to him. It’s up to me,” Rose said. “If I’m feeling good I’m…

Tyson Chandler still has some trouble grabbing the ball because of a wrist injury, but he’s had a big hand in everything the Knicks are doing lately and have done this season.   The Knicks’ big offseason acquisition has been their most indispensible player. Without Chandler, the Knicks wouldn’t be as…

The Magic told Dwight Howard before the deadline that “he would be a Laker by the end of the day,” according to one source, if he did not sign an agreement to waive the opt-out clause for the final season of his contract.   Even though Howard’s camp had permission to…

Steve Nash strongly disputed a report that his back was as “bad as it has ever been” and said that he would like to sign a three-year deal this summer.   “It’s been my best year physically from start to finish in a long time,” Nash said. “Other than a…

Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum might not have attempted any more 3-pointers after being benched last week, but his team’s disciplinary actions against him didn’t end there.   Bynum recently was fined an undisclosed amount for “numerous infractions,” multiple sources confirmed to ESPNLosAngeles.com. One of the stunts that warranted the fine from…

The NBA will host its lottery in New York, according to multiple sources. The league has hosted the lottery in Secaucus, New Jersey since 1994, but more than 100 employees and one of its two offices in the area were shut down last summer.   The lottery will be held…

Deron Williams is ready for free agency, but he hasn’t ruled out remaining with the Nets.   “People get traded all the time,” Williams told Yahoo! Sports. “They don’t get backlash as an organization. If [players] leave, we are not loyal, we are ungrateful. People say stuff to me on…

The Lakers appear to have skirted a major injury scare as center Andrew Bynum left Sunday’s game against the Warriors in the first quarter with only a moderate ankle sprain.   Bynum came down on Josh McRoberts’ foot late in the first quarter and immediately limped off the court. With…

Sources briefed on the situation told ESPN.com that “chaos” isn’t too strong a term for what’s happening in the Clippers’ locker room — with Kenyon Martin and Reggie Evans said to be clashing — but sources likewise insist that former Grizzlies coach Marc Iavaroni is not considered an option to…

Dallas guard Jason Terry has battled the Miami Heat in a pair of hotly contested NBA Finals. Now, he’s considering joining them.   Terry has been disappointed since before the season that the Mavericks did not offer him a contract extension. So Terry will be a free agent this summer,…