Steve Nash will miss at least two more games with a non-displaced fracture in his left leg.

Nash has already missed 13 games for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Steve Blake will miss at least seven more games with a lower abdominal strain.

“Once the Steve’s come back, all of this stuff will go away,” Mike D’Antoni said of his team’s offense.

The Los Angeles Lakers have assigned rookie forward/center Robert Sacre to the D-Fenders.

Sacre, a 7-0 forward/center out of Gonzaga, was selected by the Lakers in the second round (60th overall pick) in the 2012 NBA draft. Sacre finished his career with the Bulldogs ranked second all-time in school history in career blocks (186) while averaging 9.4 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 135 games.

Sacre, assigned to the D-Fenders for the second time after participating in practice with the team yesterday, has appeared in eight games for the Lakers this season, totaling two points, two rebounds, one assist and two blocks in 19 minutes.

Mike D'Antoni regrets not remaining with the Phoenix Suns when he decided to become the head coach of the New York Knicks.

"I shouldn't have gone to New York," said D'Antoni.

"I should have stuck in there and battled. You don't get to coach somebody like him [Nash] too many times. It's pretty sacred and you need to take care of it. I didn't."

The parting with the Suns had always been reported as mutual.

"No. It was me," D'Antoni admits now. "I initiated it and I probably shouldn't have."

The Knicks' had a plan to rebuild while pursuing cap space.

"We had a three-year plan and it was good," D'Antoni says. "There were good aspects of it. But it was better the other way [in Phoenix]."

D'Antoni became head coach of the Lakers after the team fired Mike Brown.

Brian Shaw was surprised by the Los Angeles Lakers' decision not to hire Phil Jackson to replace Mike Brown as head coach.

"Under the circumstances, Phil Jackson, who's been there and done that and put a lot of money in everybody's pockets around here, the way it was done . . . it's mind-boggling," Shaw said Monday in an interview with The Times. "I was joking with him, at least you got a phone call, even though it was midnight.

"In 11 years he was coach here, he took the team to the Finals seven times and won five. I don't know if any of the other 29 teams would have done him the way he was done [by the Lakers] after he had done so much for the organization and the city."

Steve Nash participated in agility drills and jogged on Monday, but won't play on Tuesday for the Los Angeles Lakers against the Pacers.

The Lakers have been without Nash for 12 consecutive games as he recovers from a non-displaced fracture in the head of his left fibula.

The Los Angeles Lakers are not actively seeking a trade of Pau Gasol, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times.

Gasol trade chatter had increased in recent days in the media, coinciding with his struggles on the floor and significant contract that runs through the 13-14 NBA season.

Gasol has played in four different offensive systems over the past three seasons and clearly prefers the Triangle.

"It put me in a natural position, which was post. I could score and I could pass," he said. "It was a perfect fit for me when I got here and Andrew (Bynum) was out. I had a lot of minutes and it was a need to cover.

"Now it's a different personnel, different need, different look, different system, different positioning. As a professional, you adjust to a different position in your company and try to do your best so the company still finds you a valuable asset and the company still performs as well as it did before."

Gasol has been slow to adapt to Mike D'Antoni's system.

"We're all trying to get adjusted to the faster pace and running harder to our spots so the spacing's better, the flow is better," Gasol said.

The Los Angeles Lakers are unlikely to make any changes to the current staff of assistant coaches, according to a source.

Each of the star players on the Lakers have their personal favorites of those currently employed.

Eddie Jordan, Steve Clifford, Bernie Bickerstaff, Chuck Person and Darvin Ham were all part of Mike Brown's staff and remain with the Lakers.

Dan D'Antoni was added to the coaching staff following the hiring of Mike D'Antoni.

The Los Angeles Lakers re-assigned Darius Johnson-Odom to the Los Angeles D-Fenders, the Lakers’ NBA Development League affiliate.

Johnson-Odom has appeared in four games for the Lakers this season, averaging 1 rebound and 1.5 minutes. In three preseason games for the Lakers this year, he averaged 2.0 points and 4.7 minutes. 

Johnson-Odom returns to the D-Fenders following three previous assignments earlier in November.

Pau Gasol's tendinitis in both knees has been "pretty bothersome" of late.

Gasol has been wearing bands over both knees during games to control the swelling and pain.

"It's something that has been lingering," said Gasol. "So far, I'm dealing with it."

Gasol's knees didn't bother him during the Olympics.

Kobe Bryant is leading the NBA in scoring with 26.9 points per game.

But Bryant believes his scoring will increase when Steve Nash returns from injury. Bryant is currently averaging 5.1 assists per game.

"I've been doing this my whole career, and some nights my teammates hit more shots and that adds up to more assists for me," Bryant said. "The games we win are when the whole team is making shots. Now, if our shots aren't going in, then I have to take more of the offensive load."

Nash will be reevaluated next week.

"I'll be scoring a lot more when Nash gets back," Bryant said. "I won't have to facilitate as much, and it will allow me to do what I do best — and that's put the ball in the hole."