Dwain Price of the Star-Telegram reports that players can't help but speculate which 3 players will be left off the playoff roster when it has to be finalized on April 19th.  Don Nelson said recently that Tariq Abdul-Wahad's sore left knee will keep him off the court for six months, so he will be one.  Otherwise, Price says the likely candidates are Danny Manning, Evan Eschmeyer, and Shawn Bradley.  Manning has been injured much of the season.  Eschmeyer has spent most of the season stashed on the injured list.

Bradley has yet to get back in Don Nelson's good graces but, Gerry Fraley of the Dallas Morning News reports, he has the last 13 games to redeem himself and proof himself useful.