The Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks are pursuing free-agent forward Kenyon Martin, according to league sources.
Martin has spoken with executives from each of the clubs and is hoping to make his decision next week.
The veteran of 11 NBA seasons will be eligible to sign and begin playing with a team as soon as the Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers complete their season in the Chinese Basketball Association.
Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo has been named by NBA Commissioner David Stern to replace injured East All-Star guard Joe Johnson (injured left knee) of the Atlanta Hawks in the 2012 NBA All-Star Game in Orlando. This i
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The Trail Blazers are now starting Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) at PG. He made the most of his opportunity last night: http://t.co/SY4OsMXM The Los Angeles Lakers are shopping Pau Gasol, but one executive says "the Lakers are asking for way too much.” - http://t.co/SY4OsMXM I've never seen anyone with as much of a shooter's mentality as Johan Petro. Problem is he's Johan Petro. #Nets Another 3-pointer for D-Will cuts the lead back to 8. Howard hits a 2. #Magic 69, #Nets 59 with 6:45 left in 3rd. He'll never get credit for it, but Anthony Morrow can defend bigger perimeter players. He's doing a solid job against Turkoglu. #Nets
