Word is that the Thunder isn’t planning to can Brooks but the front office is feeling good that it has Cheeks in his back pocket. After all, the guy has led three teams to the postseason and has an overall NBA coaching record of 284-286.

And Brooks has another year on his contract and a team option for another.

It’s looking like the Knicks and Nets shouldn’t save their pennies for Wade. He’s apparently saying tat he can’t imagine himself playing for either one of those teams, according to the New York Post. "I’m not thinking about the Knicks or the Nets. Only when we play them," he said.

In fact, according to the New York Times, Wade wants to remain in Miami: "I want to be in Miami, and I hope everything works out that way," Wade told the paper. "I want to be one of those players that stays with one franchise for his entire career."

Lee’s pal on the Magic, Dwight Howard, is apparently saying that his 6′5" buddy isn’t overjoyed so Howard is feeding him self-help catchphrases to help ease his pain: "I told him he needs to make the best out of the situation. Learn from it and just use whatever he thinks is negative as a positive for motivation," said Howard.

Poor guy will just have to suffer with the $1.2 million he’ll be making this season.

The NBA has suspended Orlando Magic forward Rashard Lewis for the first 10 games of the season after he tested positive for a testosterone-producing steroid, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

The Sentinel reported Lewis tested positive after taking a nutritional supplement at the end of last season that unknowing to him contained the banned substance.

"First and foremost I take full responsibility for the situation and
accept the corresponding penalty," Lewis said in a statement. "Toward the end of the season I took
an over-the-counter supplement which at the time I did not realize
included a substance banned by the NBA. I apologize to Magic fans, my
teammates and this organization for not doing the research that should
come with good judgment."

The main rivals to Rambis for the spot has been former NBA guard Mark Jackson and current Houston Rockets assistant Elston Turner. But rumor has it that Rambis will be offered the gig very soon.

But will he take it? Perhaps. Especially since he’s had a couple of rejections already this year, going through interviews with the 76ers and the Kings before losing out on those jobs.

Free agent Lamar Odom plans to return to the champion Los Angeles Lakers with a four-year contract, according to a report on ESPN. Multiple sources also confirmed to Yahoo! Sports that the deal was close.

The contract reportedly would be worth as much as $33 million, including the Lakers’ option on the fourth year of the deal.

Odom, 29, averaged 11.3 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists for Los Angeles last season. He had also been considering rejoining the Miami Heat, for whom he played during the 2003-04 season before joining the Lakers.

Life gets trickier as well when you are a top draft pick of the Minnesota Timberwolves but is also under contract to another team back in Spain. (Go DKV Joventut!) Rubio seems to have worked out that situation by supposedly being close to getting a five-year deal offered to him from Regal FC Barcelona that’ll give him $1.4 million every year to throw around. Sorry, ‘Wolves fans.

But wait! There’s hope on the horizon. The deal reportedly has a clause that would let Rubio out of his deal in two years. Hello, NBA!

Dunleavy is already able to cut and squat and move his leg in all sorts of ways that most normal people would define as perfectly healthy, according to the Indianapolis Star. But he’s not a normal person. So he’ll keep working out and the Pacers will keep hoping the doctors will agree with Dunleavy’s "gut feeling" that he’ll be back sooner rather than later.

In his radio interview, he went out of his way to tell listeners how great he thinks South Beach is, how great he did in the playoffs, and how he can’t wait to find out where he’ll be playing this coming season.

Of course, if Miami can convince Lamar Odom to come to the Heat – and Dwyane Wade and team prez Pat Riley are apparently in Los Angeles this week doing everything they can on this front – the team likely won’t have the cash for Boozer, leaving him stuck in Salt Lake City.

In his radio interview, he went out of his way to tell listeners how great he thinks South Beach is, how great he did in the playoffs, and how he can’t wait to find out where he’ll be playing this coming season.

Of course, if Miami can convince Lamar Odom to come to the Heat – and Dwyane Wade and team prez Pat Riley are apparently in Los Angeles this week doing everything they can on this front – the team likely won’t have the cash for Boozer, leaving him stuck in Salt Lake City.