Strickland, Miami Reach Agreement

The Miami Heat have added trouble-prone point guard Rod Strickland to their thin backcourt.

Published reports in Miami said Strickland signed a one-year contract worth $1 million.

Strickland, 35, who finished last season with Portland, spent 10 days in jail and was placed on two years’ probation after pleading guilty in April to drunken driving. He has been arrested several other times.

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Contrary to what Michael Jordan believes, NBA Commissioner David Stern says he’s very enthusiastic about Jordan’s return to the court.

“Michael is going to be great this season,” Stern said. “The concern everyone has is his ability to take the strain and the grind of an 82-game NBA season.”

Jordan had said he felt Stern was only lukewarm to the idea of a comeback, believing it would undo the progress the league made in turning the public’s interest toward its new generation of stars.

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The Denver Nuggets acquired Scott Williams and a future first-round draft choice from Milwaukee in a three-team trade with Houston.

The Nuggets sent center Aleksandar Radojevic and Kevin Willis to Milwaukee. Willis was then traded to Houston in exchange for the Rockets’ second-round draft pick in 2002.

In other news, Buck forward Darvin Ham is expected to sit out four to six weeks after having arthroscopic knee surgery.

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Seattle SuperSonic guard Shammond Williams will sit out four weeks because of a broken left ring finger.