NBA Notebook | Spurs' Tony Parker out two weeks

SAN ANTONIO — Tony Parker sprained his left ankle Friday against Miami and is expected to miss at least two weeks, adding more misery to the already short-handed San Antonio Spurs.

The NBA's leading scorer rolled his left ankle while driving for a layup late in the first quarter, then winced and stayed crouched on the baseline for several seconds before collapsing behind the basket.

Parker sustained a moderate lateral ankle sprain and will probably be out more than two weeks, said Dr. Paul Saenz, a team physician. An MRI was expected to be performed today.

The Spurs have sputtered without Manu Ginobili, who is still recovering from offseason ankle surgery and is not expected back until next month at the earliest.

Notes

• Phoenix C Shaquille O'Neal got the night off against Chicago, part of a plan to rest him periodically throughout the season. "The thought process, in some of our back-to-backs, is try to give him some kind of rest," coach Terry Porter said.

• Michael Redd missed his second straight game with a sprained right ankle when Milwaukee faced Boston.

• Unable to make a comeback on the court, Allan Houston was given a front-office position with New York, hired as the assistant to the president for basketball operations.

• Golden State fired assistant general manager Pete D'Alessandro and replaced him with assistant coach Larry Riley in another sign of trouble for Chris Mullin, the club's top basketball executive. In Mullin's first five years of running the team, D'Alessandro had been his trusted lieutenant in the basketball operations department.

• Michael Jordan says he would like to become majority owner in Charlotte when and if Bob Johnson decides to sell the team. In an interview with the Charlotte Observer, Jordan said: "When Bob wants to step aside, I have no problem stepping in and saying, 'Hey, look, I'd love to take control of this franchise.' But Bob, he's not at that point now."