CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte Bobcats owner Bob Johnson believes first-year coach Sam Vincent is the right man for the job.
But Johnson said Tuesday the final decision on whether Vincent will return next season rests with part-owner and basketball operations chief Michael Jordan.
The Bobcats are 28-46 and are all but certain to miss the playoffs in Vincent's first season as an NBA head coach.
Johnson said he believes Vincent has overcome early growing pains to do a "credible job."
But Jordan has the final say on all basketball decisions, and Johnson said the former Chicago Bulls great will decide Vincent's future. Jordan rarely grants interviews, and a team spokesman said he was not immediately available for comment.
Johnson made it clear he believes Vincent has earned another season.
The Bobcats took a chance on Vincent last spring when he was picked to replace Bernie Bickerstaff, who took a job in the team's front office. Vincent had never been an NBA head coach and spent just one season as an NBA assistant in Dallas. Full story
Push to put Wilt on stamp
PHILADELPHIA -- Wilt Chamberlain's next enduring stamp on basketball is likely to come on the upper right-hand corner of an envelope.
Wilt the Stilt could become Wilt the Stamp if a grassroots effort to get the Hall of Famer and the only NBA player to score 100 points in a game on a commemorative U.S postage stamp is approved by postal officials.
Chamberlain's image on a stamp might be the only way the 7-foot-1 basketball icon could ever be cut down to size.
The cause was started by sports writer Donald Hunt of the Philadelphia Tribune, a 123-year-old newspaper that primarily targets the black community. Hunt, who recalled as a child watching in person Chamberlain play for the 76ers against Oscar Robertson and the Cincinnati Royals, believes "The Big Dipper" has the credentials to join Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, Joe Louis and Jesse Owens among the sports legends with their own stamps.
Wade assists Heat with phone calls
MIAMI -- Dwyane Wade is going back to work with the Miami Heat.
Sort of, anyway.
Wade, the 2006 NBA Finals MVP, and several other injured Heat players will work the phones at halftime of Miami's game against the New Orleans Hornets, fielding calls from people looking to buy season tickets.
Other injured Heat players scheduled to take part in the event include Udonis Haslem, Shawn Marion, Alonzo Mourning, Marcus Banks, Jason Williams and Dorell Wright, along with anyone else on the Miami roster who's on the inactive list Wednesday.
The Heat, who have the NBA's worst record, have already seen players miss a combined 182 games because of medical issues this season.
