Coach: Apology Would Do

After filing a $5 million defamation suit against Marcus Camby on Friday, Toronto Raptor Coach Butch Carter said Sunday that the suit “would go away” if the New York Knick forward apologized.

The suit stems from newspaper comments by Camby last week in which he called Carter “a liar” for his role in trading him to New York in 1998.

Camby appeared to glare at Carter in Sunday’s game, but refused to say whether he would apologize to his former coach.

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Philadelphia 76er management and star guard Allen Iverson made up again after Iverson’s 10-minute rant about a lack of respect from the team after Saturday’s playoff-opening victory over Charlotte.

Iverson was responding to a newspaper story in which General Manager Billy King said there had to be some “soul-searching” for the relationship to work.