Deng spoke to the media on Tuesday and confirmed he has the same wrist injury now on his left hand that he had on his right earlier in his career. That injury required surgery, but the Bulls are not going there. Yet. Just a lot of rest.   Here are…

New Orleans Hornets guard Eric Gordon said he is waiting to learn whether NBA commissioner David Stern will grant him a contract extension before Wednesday’s deadline.   Gordon’s agent, Rob Pelinka, has engaged in recent contract talks with the Hornets’ front office, but hasn’t received an official offer. Gordon told Yahoo! Sports on…

Baron Davis was admittedly “very rusty” during Knicks practice, his first with his new club due to a herniated disk.   “It felt good to be out there with my teammates, have a smile on my face … just bringing some spirit and some joy,” Davis said Monday. “It’s been…

With top two centers Spencer Hawes and Nikola Vucevic injured, the 76ers are planning to take a look at another big man.   Team president Rod Thorn said in an email response that the Sixers won’t work out Francisco Elson on Tuesday, but “maybe in a couple days” they’ll work…

“I let that (the Rubio talk) get to me too much,” Flynn said. “Everybody was always talking about Ricky coming here. My two years here was like five years to me. What I went through taught me a lot about life.”   “I remember all of that,” Flynn said of…

The Memphis Grizzlies built their longest winning streak in six seasons with a flurry of fast starts. They kept it going with one of the best finishes in franchise history.   Rudy Gay scored 23 points, three in the final 23 seconds, and the surging Grizzlies rallied from 20 points…

As Tim Duncan strode forcefully into the lane for a running hook in the final seconds, Tony Parker could not help but be reminded of a couple of the greatest players the NBA has ever known.   “It was a mix of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson, a kind of sky-hook, and we’ll take…

Bulls star Derrick Rose says his sprained left big toe might bother him the rest of the season. It didn’t keep him out of Monday night’s game, though.   The reigning NBA MVP was back in the lineup for Chicago against Deron Williams and the New Jersey Netsafter missing the previous four games, but Bulls…

The Orlando Magic set a franchise record for fewest points scored in last night’s 87-56 loss to the Boston Celtics, who logged their first victory over a team with a winning record this season.   Dwight Howard was the only Orlando player to score in double figures, totaling 18 points and 14…

Roy Hibbert wants to stay in Indiana, but is unlikely to agree to an extension by Wednesday’s deadline to re-sign 2008 draft picks, his agent, David Falk, said Monday.   “There’s no rush,” Falk said. “I think it’s unlikely that we’ll come to agreement this week. It doesn’t mean in…