THINKS THE EAGLES STOLE ONE
The Cleveland all-star can opt for free agency on July 1, but he said yesterday he isn't concerned with that now because he believes the Cavaliers have a chance to contend for the championship this season.
The team said that Martin will have the operation Monday and is expected to miss at least eight weeks. He has a hairline fracture of the navicular bone.
Beno Udrih is expected to start in his place tonight in Utah.
In four games this season, the fourth-year player from Louisiana State is averaging eight points and five rebounds in 21 minutes.
With Thomas out, rookie Taj Gibson is expected to start.
A businessman from Kannapolis, N.C., Shinn, 68, has been the owner of the team since he received an expansion franchise in Charlotte, N.C., in 1988.
He moved the team to New Orleans in 2002, and worked with the NBA to give the team a temporary home in Oklahoma City for the 2005-06 season after floods from Hurricane Katrina damaged the New Orleans Arena.
- Associated Press
