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| Denver Nuggets guard Chucky Atkins is expected to have surgery next week to repair a sports hernia that has plagued him since the preseason. According to the Nuggets a timeline for his return will not be set until after the surgery has been completed. |
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| Grant Hill, F, Phoenix Suns | Wednesday 1/9, 9:03 PM CT |
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| Phoenix Suns forward Grant Hill underwent an emergency appendectomy on Wednesday afternoon, and is expected to be absent from the lineup for two to three weeks. Hill arrived at the morning shootaround on Wednesday feeling ill, and after seeing a physician it was determined that he needed his appendix removed immediately. |
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| Jazz rookie Morris Almond was recalled from the NBA D-League on Tuesday and scored his first NBA basket in the fourth quarter against Indiana. Almond was leading the D-League with 29.8 points per game. |
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| Luol Deng, F, Chicago Bulls | Wednesday 1/9, 10:47 AM CT |
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| Luol Deng has missed the last two games due to a strained Achilles, but Bulls interim coach Jim Boylan told the AP that he hopes Deng will play Friday at Philadelphia. Deng said he wasn’t sure he’d be ready by then. |
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| Bobcats swingman Derek Anderson sat out his second straight game on Tuesday with a right knee bruise. The AP reported that he isn’t expected to travel on a two-game road trip to Boston and Cleveland. |
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| Andrei Kirilenko missed his second straight game with lower back inflammation Tuesday, the AP reports. It's not clear yet if he'll be able to go Thursday against Phoenix. |
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| John Salmons was able to play Tuesday despite missing the previous day of practice with a sore ankle. He finished with 23 points in 43 minutes of action. |
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| Richard Jefferson scored 25 points in 38 minutes against Charlotte Tuesday, a decent sign that his knee soreness isn't any big deal. |
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| Brandon Roy, G, Portland Trailblazers | Wednesday 1/9, 8:34 AM CT |
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| Brandon Roy tested his ailing tailbone at practice on Tuesday, and although he remains a game-time decision, he hopes to be ready for Wednesday night's game with Golden State, The Oregonian reports. "I think I should be able to go," Roy said. "It feels a lot better now than it did before Saturday's game. I started to do some moves, and I felt (pain), but it wasn't like it was stopping me from doing what I wanted to do." |
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| Michael Redd missed his third straight game Tuesday as he continues to battle a left thigh bruise. He remains day-to-day. |
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| Jamaal Tinsley (hamstring) returned to action Tuesday and played just under 29 minutes at Utah. He finished with 13 points, five assists and six turnovers. |
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| Joe Smith, F, Cleveland Cavaliers | Wednesday 1/9, 8:27 AM CT |
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| Joe Smith had 22 points and 12 rebounds in Tuesday's loss to the Knicks. It marked his second double-double over his last three games. |
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| Dorell Wright (ankle) missed his fourth straight game Tuesday. It's not clear when he'll be able to play again. |
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| Dwyane Wade returned to the starting lineup in Tuesday's loss at Minnesota, finishing with 25 points and seven assists in 39 minutes. He's playing through an assortment of injuries right now, and you have to wonder if the club, which fell to 8-27, might shut him down at some point in the second half, thinking about the future. |
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| Antoine Wright was unable to play Tuesday even as he participated in the game-day shootaround with the Nets. Wright, who's now missed eight games in a row with his sore ankle, might be able to play Wednesday. |
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| David West, F, New Orleans Hornets | Wednesday 1/9, 8:14 AM CT |
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| David West is back at full speed after missing the Phoenix game with a bruised left hip, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. He'll play Wednesday against the Lakers. |
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