News from April 8.

The NBA named Nikola Pekovic (Min) and Carmelo Anthony (NY) as Players of
the Week.  Pekovic averaged 25 points and 8.5 rebounds as Minnesota went
3-1.  Anthony averaged 41.8 points and 8.3 rebounds as New York went 4-0.

Chicago signed Malcolm Thomas for the rest of the season after he
completed his 2nd 10-day contract.

Golden State assigned Scott Machado to the NBADL.

Kevin Love (Min) is scheduled to undergo arthroscopic surgery on his left
knee to remove scar tissue.  It is expected to take 4 to 6 weeks to
recover from the surgery.

The Basketball Hall of Fame announced the inductees for the class of 2013.
The inductees are:
  Players
    Bernard King    played 14 seasons in NBA including 4 with New York
                    Knicks and 4 with Washington Bullets, lead NBA in
                    scoring in 84-85 with 32.9 points
    Gary Payton     played 17 seasons in the NBA including 13 with Seattle,
                    won 2006 NBA Championship, 1996 NBA Defensive Player of
                    the Year, won 2000 and 1996 Olympic Gold Medals
    Dawn Staley     won Olympic gold Medals in 1996, 2000, 2004; college
                    player of the year in 1991 and 1992, 5 time WNBA
All-Star
  Coaches
    Sylvia Hatchell  won NCAA 900 games, won 1994 National Championship
                     with North Carolina, 3 time National Coach of the Year
    Guy Lewis        coached 30 years in college with over 600 wins,
                     National Coach of the Year in 1968 and 1983
    Rick Pitino      coached 1996 NCAA Championship with Kentucky, won
                     over 600 college games
    Jerry Tarkanian  won 990 college games, won 1990 NCAA Championship, 4
                     time National Coach of the Year
Those players join Roger Brown (American Basketball Association
Committee), Edwin B. Henderson (arly African-American Pioneers of the Game
Committee), Oscar Schmidt (International Committee), Richard Guerin
(Veterans Committee), and Russ Granik (Contributors Direct Election
Committee) who were previously selected and did not have to go through the
voting process.  The enshrinement ceremonies will take place September 8.


Schedule for Tuesday, April 9  (All times Central)
  Cleveland @ Indiana            6:00 pm
  Philadelphia @ Brooklyn        6:30 pm
  Washington @ New York          6:30 pm
  Milwaukee @ Miami              6:30 pm
  Toronto @ Chicago              7:00 pm
  Charlotte @ Memphis            7:00 pm
  Phoenix @ Houston              7:00 pm
  Oklahoma City @ Utah           8:00 pm
  New Orleans @ LA Lakers        9:30 pm
  Minnesota @ Golden State       9:30 pm

Schedule for Wednesday, April 10  (All times Central)
  Atlanta @ Philadelphia         6:00 pm
  Miami @ Washington             6:00 pm
  Milwaukee @ Orlando            6:00 pm
  Detroit @ Cleveland            6:00 pm
  Brooklyn @ Boston              7:00 pm  ESPN
  Phoenix @ Dallas               7:30 pm
  New Orleans @ Sacramento       9:00 pm
  LA Lakers @ Portland           9:00 pm
  San Antonio @ Denver           9:30 pm  ESPN
  Minnesota @ LA Clippers        9:30 pm


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