In Houston, Jonathan Feigen reports that Rockets COO
George Postolos, Harris County-Houston Sports Authority
Chair Billy Burge and Vice Chair Grover Jackson "had dinner
and sat together" at the Nuggets-Rockets game last night
"before getting to work toward an agreement" to keep the
team in Houston. Postolos said that he "hoped to have a
list of fundamentals necessary to reach an agreement" by
next week (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 2/25)....Baltimore Mayor
Martin O'Malley told the Baltimore SUN's Pelton & Morgan
that the city's "chances of luring" an NBA team "appear dim
because the state is not willing to help pay for a new
arena, which could cost as much as" $200M. O'Malley: "I'd
love to have a basketball team. But there are bigger life-
and-death issues facing this city" (Balt. SUN, 2/25)....In
L.A., Steve Dilbeck writes on the Lakers' new practice
facility in El Segundo, CA, and notes that it's an "all-
inclusive complex" with a basketball court, training room,
weight room, audio-visual room and a swimming pool. Lakers
coach Phil Jackson said of the facility, "It's a remarkable
improvement" (L.A. DAILY NEWS, 2/25).
