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No Trevor Booker any time soon for Wizards

Trevor Booker is no longer going to be listed as day-to-day with a strained right knee.

Booker has missed the past five games since getting injured in a loss against Indiana nearly two weeks ago, but Coach Randy Wittman said on Sunday there is still “soreness and swelling” in Booker’s knee and that the energetic forward wouldn’t return for “probably another couple of weeks.”

While traveling with the team to New York last week, Booker visited with a doctor who informed him that he needed to rest for a while longer before coming back.

“They said I shouldn’t play until don’t have any pain,” Booker said. “I’ll wait for that to clear up, but I’m feeling better each day.”

— Reported by Michael Lee of the Washington Post

Raymond Felton has MRI on hand

New York Knicks point guard Raymond Felton underwent an MRI to determine the extent of a left hand injury he suffered late in the Knicks’ 106-99 win over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday.

“It’s swollen right now,” Felton said. “It’s a lot of pain, but we’ll see what happens.”

Felton said, if it were up to him, he’d play in the Knicks’ next game on Wednesday against the Charlotte Bobcats.

If Felton is forced to sit, the Knicks could have just one healthy point guard available against Charlotte.

— Reported by Ian Begley of ESPN New York

Ricky Rubio says he feels good after first practice with Timberwolves

Ricky Rubio practiced with the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday, Dec. 2, for the first time this season. He says his surgically repaired left knee feels good, and he’s anxious to see how his body responds on Monday.

There is still no timetable for his first game. Rubio says he wants to be sure his knee is 100 percent before he comes back. Rubio tore the anterior cruciate ligament and lateral collateral ligament in his knee last March.

— Reported by Jon Krawczynski of the Associated Press

Marcus Camby out with sore left foot

Marcus Camby was ruled out of Sunday’s game against the Phoenix Suns shortly before tipoff due to a sore left foot.

Camby participated in a walk-through with the Knicks on Saturday, so it is unclear when the injury flared up. Mike Woodson said 90 minutes before tipoff he expected to have all of his players except Jason Kidd (lower back spasms) available.

Camby, 38, missed the entire preseason due to a calf injury and entered the season out of game shape. The veteran big man has played in just six of the Knicks’ 15 games. He has received DNP’s in the past two.

— Reported by Ian Begley of ESPN New York

Denver Nuggets recall rookie Quincy Miller from D-League

The Denver Nuggets have recalled rookie forward Quincy Miller from the Iowa Energy of the NBA Development League, Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Masai Ujiri announced today.

Miller, 6-9, 210, joined the Energy on Nov. 13. He started two of three games and averaged 14.0 points, 10.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 29.0 minutes.

Selected by the Nuggets with the 38th overall pick of the 2012 NBA Draft, Miller joined the Nuggets after being named the 2011-12 Big 12 Co-Freshman of the Year in his only season at Baylor University.

He averaged 6.8 points and 5.2 rebounds for Denver at the 2012 NBA Summer League but has not appeared in an NBA game.

Spurs assign Nando De Colo to D-League

The San Antonio Spurs today announced that they have assigned guard Nando De Colo to the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League.

De Colo has appeared in 13 games this season for San Antonio, averaging 2.5 points, 1.4 assists and 1.2 rebounds in 10.4 minutes.

The French native is currently in his first season playing for the Silver and Black. He was selected by the Spurs with the 53rd pick in the second round of the 2009 NBA Draft and spent the past three seasons playing for Valencia of the Spanish ACB League.

Warriors assign Jeremy Tyler to D-League

The Golden State Warriors have assigned forward/center Jeremy Tyler to the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Development League, the team announced today.

He is slated to join Golden State’s D-League affiliate in time for the team’s game this afternoon at Reno.

Tyler, 21, has appeared in five games with Golden State this season, averaging 1.6 points in 2.0 minutes per contest.

Celtics re-assign Kris Joseph to D-League

The Boston Celtics announced today that they have assigned forward Kris Joseph to their NBA Development League affiliate, the Maine Red Claws.

Joseph, a 6’7” forward, appeared in one game for the Celtics during his recall from the Red Claws against the Portland Trail Blazers on November 30 and recorded two points in 4:55 of action. He returns to the Red Claws where he appeared in two games earlier this season and averaged 25.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.0 block per game.

Rick Majerus dead at 64

Rick Majerus, the jovial college basketball coach who led Utah to the 1998 NCAA final and had only one losing season in 25 years with four schools, died Saturday. He was 64.

Utah industrialist Jon Huntsman, the coach’s longtime friend, confirmed in a statement released through The Salt Lake Tribune that Majerus died of heart failure in a Los Angeles hospital. The coach had been hospitalized there for several months.

Players remembered Majerus as a coach who was exacting and perhaps a bit unorthodox at times, but always fair.

“It was a unique experience, I’ll tell you that, and I loved every minute of it,” said Saint Louis guard Kyle Cassity, who was mostly a backup on last season’s 26-win team after starting for Majerus earlier in his college career.

— Reported by the Associated Press

Thunder recall DeAndre Liggins from D-League

The Oklahoma City Thunder has recalled guard DeAndre Liggins from the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League, it was announced today by Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti.

During his recent assignment with the 66ers, Liggins appeared in three games (all starts), averaging 11.7 points on .545 shooting from the field (12-22 FG), 7.0 assists (2nd in the D-League), 8.0 rebounds, 1.7 steals in 38.7 minutes per contest. On Nov. 23, he notched a triple-double in Tulsa’s 93-79 opening night victory over Texas after posting 15 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.

Liggins has appeared in four games with the Thunder during the 2012-13 season, logging a total of 11 minutes.