NBA Notebook: Jordan gets engaged to model at Christmas

Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is engaged to longtime girlfriend Yvette Prieto, a Cuban-American model he has been dating for three years.

Publicist Estee Portnoy confirmed the news Thursday after it was first reported by WCNC in Charlotte, N.C.

Jordan got engaged over the Christmas weekend. No wedding date has been set.

This will be Jordan's second marriage.

He married Juanita Vanoy in September 1989, and they divorced in 2006. They have two sons, Jeffrey Michael and Marcus James, and a daughter, Jasmine.

Heat

The NBA said guard Dwyane Wade did not travel before his shot Wednesday night that beat Charlotte.

Wade banked in a short jumper with 2.9 seconds left, and the Heat held on for a 96-95 victory.

Because he appeared to make an extra move forward between stopping and releasing the ball, there was speculation he should have been called for a traveling violation.

But spokesman Tim Frank explained that "Wade gathers the ball with his right foot on the floor, and step one is when both feet touch the floor simultaneously. He then steps with his right foot for step two."

A video explanation of the play was posted at http://www.nba.com/official.

Suns

Michael Redd is going to Phoenix in a bid to revive a career derailed by injury, something he knows Grant Hill accomplished before him.

Redd, a 6-foot-6, 32-year-old sharpshooting guard, signed a one-year deal for the veteran's minimum of about $1.3 million.

Redd left the Milwaukee Bucks at the end of last season, the final year of his six-year, $91 million contract he signed in 2005.

Injuries to his left knee cost him most of the past three seasons. Redd played in 33 games in 2008-09, 18 games in '09-10 and 10 games in '10-11.

"We came out and worked out on Tuesday," Redd said Thursday after the Suns practiced.

"It went well. They wanted to see how I moved, if I still had some juice in the tank. I came out and performed and yesterday we made it happen."

He averaged 20 points in 11 seasons, all with the Bucks.

A 38 percent 3-point shooter for his career, Redd's best season came in 2006-07, when he averaged 26.7 points per game.

Warriors

Golden State agreed to terms with 7-foot-1 free-agent center Kyrylo Fesenko on a one-year contract pending Fesenko passing a physical. Fesenko, who spent the past four seasons mostly as a backup with the Utah Jazz, was in Golden State's locker room Wednesday before a game but neither he nor the Warriors could talk about the deal until was complete.

Thunder

Two-time scoring champion Kevin Durant has recorded at least 30 points in the first three games, the only player to do that the past two seasons. Oklahoma City went 24-5 last season when Durant recorded 30 points or more.

First published on December 30, 2011 at 12:00 am

Source: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11364/1200200-275.stm?cmpid=sportsother.xml

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