PA Sports Ticker on Orlando’s Hedo Turkoglu receiving the NBA’s Most Improved Player Award: 
Gay, 21, showed marked improvement in his second NBA season, averaging
a team-leading 20.2 points for the Grizzlies. He received 23
first-place votes and 167 overall points.
 
Portland Trail Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge finished third in the
voting with 128 points. Minnesota Timberwolves center Al Jefferson (100
points) and Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo (77) were fourth and
fifth, respectively.
 
 
 
 
Is Hedo an up-and-coming player? I don’t think so. Memphis’ Rudy Gay, Portland’s LaMarcus Aldridge and Minnesota’s Al Jefferson better fit that description. They finished second, third and fourth in the voting, respectively. They’re all young players who deserved consideration for the league’s most improved player award. Big Al, by the way, garnered six first-place votes, 16 second-place votes and 22 third-place votes for a total of 100 points. 
 
 
 
From TMZ:
A Los Angeles Commissioner has just issued a $30,000 bench warrant for
former NBA player Isaiah Rider. The warrant was issued after Rider
failed to show up for his scheduled arraignment this morning.
 
 
 
The Wolves site on the Chick-fil-A Bowl Alma Mater at Reynolds Plantation – a head coach and celebrity golf event:
Minnesota head basketball coach Tubby Smith will team up with former
Golden Gophers’ basketball great and current television analyst for the
Minnesota Timberwolves, Jim Petersen.