- Insiders say that David Stern is planning to tell NBA owners at their April Board of Governors meeting that he’s good for two more seasons, and that he’ll step down as commissioner then. “At one point, he had talked about doing it for one more season, but it looks now like two more,” said a league source. New York Daily News
- Josh Robbins: Dwight Howard did acknowledge his whole situation has worn on him. Tough to block it out even during games, he said. Twitter
- But don’t expect the Hawks to trade Josh Smith to Boston or anywhere else by March 15. Even with their season taking a turn for the worse because of injuries to Al Horford and Joe Johnson, all major changes are probably not going to be made until the offseason. New York Daily News
- Rick Bonnell: There’s chatter Nate McMillan might not be back in Portland next season. That gets interesting for #Bobcats if they don’t retain Paul Silas. Twitter
- Paul Pierce on trade rumors: “It’s nothing we haven’t been through before. Rondo’s been through it. I’ve been though it a number of times. The thing is, you have to do your job, you can’t let that affect you. I kind of mentioned it to Rondo today – I was part of trade rumors for probably 4 or 5 straight years. I just didn’t let it affect me on how I approached each and every gm. Whatever happens, happens. It’s business. Sometimes you don’t have control of it.” Sulia
- Marc Stein: Mavs decide they need Lamar Odom ASAP for tonight’s game against Utah. D-League stint canceled. Story w/Jeff Caplan going up now @ESPNDallas. Twitter