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As of last night, still no baby. Williams will skip away games until the child arrives.

Williams lost it with 6:18 left in the third quarter and did not play again. He may have officially put himself in the dog house with this move. It doesn’t help matters that Earl Watson has been waiting for an opportunity to start for three years and looks very good. If you own J-Will, you may want to pick up Watson for insurance.

Williams is be eligible to come off the IL for Wednesday’s game against Chicago, but the Griz won’t know if he’s ready until Williams can practice.

In the first three games, Williams was shooting just 29 percent with three assists. He’ll eventually have himself among the league leaders in assists and steals.

Brown had been concealing chest pains, which may have been brought on by stress, since he had been exhausted by a constant struggle to coax Jason Williams and Bonzi Wells into honoring his coaching philosophy. Personnel decisions and an issue of trust involving the Grizzlies’ equipment manager also left Brown to wonder if he had the unconditional support of team president Jerry West, who was rumored to openly second-guess Brown’s 10-man rotation -- particularly as it relates to Williams’s playing time.

He did not practice yesterday and was scheduled to undergo an MRI last night to determine the extent of his foot injury. Results won’t be known until later today. There are also multiple trade rumors swirling around J-Will, including him going to New Jersey in a package for Jason Kidd or Philadelphia in a package for Kenny Thomas. If he goes and they don’t get a top-notch point guard in return, Earl Watson’s value goes through the roof.

Hopefully we’ll know something before gametime. He missed Sunday’s game with a sore foot.

The absence was unexcused. The team is withholding judgement until they speak with Williams, but some penalty is likely.

Williams is out with what are being called back spasms. He strained back muscles near his ribs and shoulder blade. Earl Watson would start in his place.

Williams underwent an MRI recently, and the results were negative. His injury is described as a strained back muscle around the rib cage and near his shoulder blade. Keep him reserved this week.