UPDATE: Click the attached link to read Chris Tomasson's story on the fine. K-Mart now has 8 technicals and Melo leads the team with 9 ... if a player reaches 16 technicals they have to serve an automatic one-game suspension.
Both Chris Tomasson and Benjamin Hochman report via Twitter that J.R. Smith is participating at the team shoot around and official word will come from George Karl at 11:30 a.m. on Smith's status for the game tonight.
He rolled his ankle pretty bad against New Orleans.
One word describes this: disappointment. Thanks to readers SDCat, LACK and BlueDane for posting a bit about J.R. Wanted to share this story by Travis Heath of HoopsWorld about Smith because Heath spends a lot of time with the team and has the proper insight on the situation. More to come ...
Disappointing news, but maybe the best thing for the team and JR in the long run
He also gave his picks for the backups. Didn't he used to work for RMN?
An NBA source said the Denver Nuggets made a failed run at acquiring seldom-used center Aaron Gray from the Bulls.
Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! SportsI'm scheduled to appear on Mile High Sports Radio (1510 AM in the Denver area) at 6:20 PM MST TONIGHT. I'll be on Marcello Romano's "Nuggets Weekly" show. Hopefully you can listen in live!
By me on the SB Nation Av blog. Go over there and learn something about the coolest game on the planet, Andrew.