We're still hopeful. We want to be in the running.

Three songs in the last 40 years.

They're destroying a big part of Los Angeles history. I'll be very sad to see it go.

That's about all we can and want to do right now -- study the situation and see what's shaking loose around the league. We certainly hope to find somebody who can fill the bill, but we're going to be pretty selective.

That's all we can do, watch what happens and see who is out there. It's going to be interesting to see who's left after the amnesty deadline. Then things progress from there.

There's not a whole lot to say at this point. It's something that's going to play out over the next few days. It's not that we're playing coy, we just have to wait.

We're pretty happy with where we're at right now. If some player comes available, we can look. But if we don't see anybody we like, we don't have to do something.

We simply classified it as a numbers game. Rickey is a quality player and has the skills to play in the NBA. For Rickey, it just wasn't the right time or right place for him in Detroit.

More rain at the end of the week, but nothing on the scale of what we have seen.