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News from Kansas City

So that’s the good news from the Sprint Center this morning. Gary Browne, injured in the most recent game against tomorrow’s opponent, got loose and then went through all the drills during the team’s shoot around. He only went to the side once in between to work with the trainer, and that seemed procedural, almost like, “How’d that feel, G? Good? I think you’re fine.” It was not a full-speed session, and Brown barely broke a sweat, but he wasn’t limited in what he did.

That said, the title is not “Good news from Kansas City.” It would seem Juwan Staten is out again tomorrow.

(Update: Browne said hes 75 percent and that he has a high ankle sprain, a bone bruise and strained tendons. “I’m going to try to go tomorrow,” he said. “They need me out there, and next week I’ll be 100 percent.”

Browne started practicing three days ago, but said he hasn’t pressed at all — though that may change today. The Mountaineers had a real practice after leaving here.

Call Staten doubtful for tomorrow. “He probably in all likelihood won’t play tomorrow. That hasn’t been determined, but in all likelihood he won’t,” Bob Huggins said.

Huggins wouldn’t/couldn’t elaborate on what’s wrong with Staten (Groin? Knee? Both? One more than the other?) and if he’d had an MRI. On both topics, he deferred to the team’s trainer. “The older I get, the less I get into other people’s business,” he said.)