The Nets sat six players, including Trevor Booker and Jeremy Lin, for their season finale against the Bulls, who clinched a playoff spot with Wednesday's win.
The Dallas Mavericks are firmly in the mix to sign free-agent point guard Jeremy Lin, according to league sources.
With six games still to go in the franchise's worst season, Lakers coach Byron Scott is already targeting which players he wants to keep around going forward as the team works to rebuild.
Kobe Bryant returned to practice for the first time this month and called his teammates "soft" during a heated 5-on-5 scrimmage between the starters and reserves.
Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard clashed during their one-season stint as Los Angeles Lakers teammates in 2012-13. And Byron Scott believes he knows why.
Kobe Bryant said Steve Nash can go to sleep at night knowing he did everything he could do in order to return this season.
