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Harris needs team Damontre Harris is on the move again. The former South Carolina starter has left No. 16 Florida and been granted permission to transfer anywhere he would like. After two years with the Gamecocks, Harris joined the Gators in 2012 and sat out last season under NCAA transfer rules. He was suspended this fall and never played for Coach Billy Donovan. Donovan said Harris wasn’t disrespectful. “He was a nice kid and never blamed anybody for what was happening,” Donovan said. “We tried to help him off the court and help him with some of the challenges he was dealing with, but there was never this reciprocation of wanting to be helped or wanting to do the things necessary.” Florida said Harris completed the semester in good academic standing.

Center Brook Lopez has broken a bone in his right foot again, leaving the Brooklyn Nets without their leading scorer as they try to turn around a disappointing season. The team said Saturday that Lopez was hurt during its 121-120 overtime loss at Philadelphia on Friday. The Nets said they would issue another update this week after consultation with their doctors. Lopez had the same injury, a fractured fifth metatarsal, when he was limited to five games in the 2011-2012 season. He underwent surgery following last season to replace a bent screw in the foot. Lopez is averaging 20.7 points and 6.0 rebounds in 17 games. He has missed nine games with a sprained left ankle. There was no indication he was seriously injured Friday, when he played 44 minutes. The 7-footer from Stanford didn’t miss a game during his first three seasons in the NBA but hasn’t made it through a full season since. He missed seven games last season when he sprained the same foot. The Nets are just 9-17 after entering the season with huge expectations. They have Andray Blatche and Reggie Evans as possible replacements on the bench, or could move Kevin Garnett to the center position, as the Boston Celtics did last season.

Marv Wolfenson, one of the two businessmen who brought the NBA back to Minnesota, has died. Timberwolves spokesman Brad Ruiter told The Associated Press on Saturday that Wolfenson died in La Jolla, Calif. Ruiter did not know any other details. The Star Tribune in Minneapolis reported that Wolfenson died Saturday morning. He was 87. Wolfenson and Harvey

Ratner were the Timberwolves original owners when the NBA granted them and Minnesota an expansion franchise that began play in 1989. They also owned a series of Twin Cities health clubs. They were responsible for building Target Center. They sold the team to Mankato businessman Glen Taylor in 1994. Ratner died in 2006. The team released a statement Saturday, saying the organization was deeply saddened and that Wolfenson will be remembered as a mentor, friend and “incredible” businessman.