Associated Press
LeBron James is closing in on history.
The Miami Heat forward is 18 points away from becoming the 38th player in NBA history to score 20,000 points, with his next chance coming Wednesday when the reigning league champions visit the Golden State Warriors.
The three-time MVP will become the youngest to score 20,000 points. He will be 28 years, 17 days old on Wednesday. According to STATS LLC, Kobe Bryant was the youngest to score that many, doing so at the age of 29 years, 122 days. And only Bryant, Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan scored 20,000 points before turning 30.
It would seem likely that James reaches the milestone in Wednesday's game. He's scored more than 18 points in 74 of his last 75 contests.
Sacramento mayor to present counteroffer for Kings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson says he has received approval from NBA Commissioner David Stern to present a counteroffer to the league from investors who would keep the Kings in California's capital city.
Speaking at the annual State of Downtown Breakfast on Tuesday, Johnson says the city is in a "six-week sprint" to put together a proposal for the NBA's Board of Governors to consider. The league's deadline for teams to apply for relocation is March 1.
People with knowledge of the situation said last week that a group led by investor Chris Hansen, who wants to return the NBA to Seattle, has contacted the Maloof family about buying the Kings. They spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because no deal has been reached.
The Kings and the NBA have declined to comment.
Knicks set up mics to hear teams talking to Melo
NEW YORK -- Listen up! Talk trash to Carmelo Anthony at Madison Square Garden and you may wind up on tape.
Days after Anthony's overreaction to some bad words led to an NBA suspension, MSG chairman James Dolan had listening devices monitoring everything said to and by Anthony, according to a report in the Newark Star-Ledger.
The report Monday said Dolan had two MSG Network audio technicians stationed at opposite corners of the court during Friday's home game against Chicago. Holding umbrella-shaped parabolic microphones, they were told to record Anthony's interactions and send the tape directly to Dolan himself.
The Knicks did not comment on the report. The team left Monday night for a game Thursday in London against Detroit.
Timberwolves: Love's hand surgery goes as planned
MINNEAPOLIS -- Kevin Love is expected to return sometime in March after undergoing surgery on his broken right hand.
The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Tuesday that the operation to repair Love's third and fourth metacarpal bones was successful. The procedure was done by Dr. Michelle Carson at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.
Love was hurt during the Jan. 3 game at Denver, after suffering the same injury in a workout at his home on Oct. 17. The two-time All-Star power forward has played in only 18 of Minnesota's 35 games this season.
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