76ers chairman Ed Snider says that the organization has had no contact with current Bobcats coach Larry Brown or any of his representatives.

Snider also denied reports that the team has made overtures to former Philadelphia guard, and current TNT announcer, Doug Collins.

Reports by both Yahoo! and the Philadelphia Inquirer have linked the 76ers to Brown.

"I don't know where this stuff comes from," Snider said Monday night. "I keep reading that [new Bobcats owner] Michael Jordan has said it'd be OK for Brown to leave [under certain circumstances]. But it's not coming from us. Nothing is coming from us."

Brown also denied the rumors following his team's elimination from the postseason on Monday night.

Bobcats coach Larry Brown is refuting a report in the Philadelphia Inquirer that he'll soon leave the team for the 76ers.

The report claimed that Brown would leave Charlotte once the team was eliminated from the postseason. The Magic completed a four-game sweep of the Bobcats on Monday night.

Brown was first linked to the 76ers back in March and a Yahoo! report on Monday linked him to the franchise as well.

"I think I've answered that for the last two months," Brown said when asked to comment on the reports. "I'm not coaching anywhere but Charlotte."

He went on to say that he'll discuss his future with his family after the season.

"Now, am I going to talk to my family and talk to Michael? Absolutely," said Brown. "But I'm not coaching anywhere but for Michael if he'll have me."

Bobcats point guard Raymond Felton hasn't played well in the postseason against the Magic, which could hurt his free-agent stock.

Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer writes that, "I suspect Raymond Felton has cost himself a lot of money for the way he's played in this best-of-seven."

Felton will become an unrestricted free agent in July.

He is averaging 12.0 points and 4.7 assists in three games against Orlando, but he's shooting just 41.2% and Jameer Nelson has exploded offensively.

Magic forward Rashard Lewis will start on Saturday in Game 3 against the Bobcats despite his sprained left ankle.

Lewis had a wrap around the ankle after practice on Friday.

He said he came down sideways on the ankle during Orlando's Game 2 win over Charlotte.

Bobcats coach Larry Brown doesn't believe that the Magic are taking his team seriously enough.

Charlotte and Orlando are facing off in the first round of the playoffs. The Magic lead the series 1-0 heading into Wednesday night's Game 2.

The Bobcats practiced on Monday, but the Magic chose not to.

"Yesterday, Orlando took the day off," Brown said Tuesday. "That's how ... seriously they're taking us."

Orlando didn't have a formal practice on Monday, but a number of players did workout.

Bobcats forward Gerald Wallace doesn't want to see the team allow Magic center Dwight Howard to bully them.

"We're not going to just let him think he's the bully or that he's a factor up under the basket," Wallace said, "because he's not."

Charlotte turned into a perimeter team after Howard blocked eight shots in the first half of Game 1.

"He's a shot blocker, and we're a team that attacks the rim," Wallace said. "You put those two together, and somebody has to win."

Bobcats swingman Stephen Jackson has a small bone bruise on his left knee but no structural damage.

An MRI revealed the extent of the injury.

Jackson said Monday that he felt "way sorer" but expects to start in Game 2 against the Magic on Wednesday night.

He suffered the injury when teammate Gerald Wallace dove for a loose ball and collided with him in the second quarter of Sunday's Game 2 in Orlando.

Stephen Jackson hyperextended his right at the end of the second quarter and didn?t understand why Larry Brown didn't put him back in the game.

?I respect it, but I mean I played the whole third so I played through the pain,? Jackson said. ?Coach he was looking out for me and didn?t want me to get hurt.?

Jackson will have an MRI on Monday, but he?s sure he will play on Wednesday in the second game of the series.

?Not a chance in hell ? no way,? Jackson said about potentially missing Game 2.

His injury occurred in the final minute of the second quarter. He collided with Bobcats forward Gerald Wallace, then crumpled to the ground in pain

Bobcats coach Larry Brown was interested in signing Allen Iverson earlier this season, but majority owner Michael Jordan said no.

"We had a short conversation about him," Jordan said.

Jordan didn't feel Iverson was the right fit for the young team. Brown accepted Jordan's judgment and the matter wasn't discussed again.

Michael Jordan walked into the Bulls locker after the game that clinched the playoffs and offered congratulations to some of the players and coaches.

The Bobcats' owner bear hugged former teammate Randy Brown and gave embattled Bulls head coach Vinny Del Negro a few kind words.