After a flat preseason performance against the Detroit Pistons on Friday, Washington Wizards coach Eddie Jordan is eager to put the 73-62 defeat in the past and turn attention to the team's weeklong European tour. Read Full Article

Ex-Sun and TNT analyst Charles Barkley was a huge fan of the Denver-Phoenix outdoor preseason game, but thinks the NBA didn't go far enough with the idea.Barkley said February's 58th All-Star Game in Phoenix should be played across the street from US Airways Center at Chase Field - where up to 50,000 fans could watch the spectacle game and the roof could be open if the weather permitted. Read Full Article

Monta Ellis broke the rules. Now the Warriors are making him pay. Team President Robert Rowell announced Saturday that Ellis will be suspended 30 games for violating the terms of his player contract when he injured himself in a moped mishap this summer. Read Full Article

Wally Szczerbiak is much more at ease coming into his first full season with the Cavaliers. That will help a player who was expected to add some pop coming off the bench after being traded to the Cavaliers in a three-team deal last winter. Read Full Article

After opening the preseason schedule on Thursday and Friday with a pair of losses that showed how far they have to go before the regular season begins later this month, the Bulls had a little fun Saturday during an open practice at the United Center. Read Full Article

Gabe Pruitt's actions are speaking louder than words.Pruitt, developing as a backup to Rajon Rondo at point guard, converted the deciding field goal with 6.6 seconds remaining as the Celtics took a 90-89 victory over Houston last night at Verizon Wireless Arena. Read Full Article

Usual backup small forward Matt Harpring will miss at least the Jazz's next four preseason games. Harpring did not travel with the team to Portland for Sunday's game against the Trail Blazers, and -- according to a team spokesman -- will not accompany the club on a three-game trip later in the week that includes one outing at Denver and two against Chicago. Read Full Article

He's the 20-year-old center with the potential to shift the balance of power in the Northwest Division for years to come. He's also the former No. 1 overall draft pick who underwent microfracture knee surgery before he'd even played one NBA game. Read Full Article

In each of his first two exhibition outings, Tony Battie had been looking to recover the familiarity and comfort level that was denied him last season after he was forced to sit out the year following surgery on a torn rotator cuff in his left shoulder. Read Full Article

The exhibition season will be half over by the end of the weekend, so what have we learned about the Pistons? Start with this: Perhaps the biggest question coming into camp already has become a non-issue -- Michael Curry's relative inexperience as a coach. Read Full Article