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A source told ESPNLosAngeles.com that the Lakers' options at this point are somewhat limited, but they'll likely consider free agents such as Delonte West, who was cut by the Dallas Mavericks in October, and Eddie House, as well as a trade. ESPN.com

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How frightening can retirement be? This frightening: Tuesday, former Miami Heat guard Eddie House found himself trying to stand as a voice reason amid a televised debate with Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith. Perhaps that's why, even 34 and one year removed from the NBA, House doesn't consider himself truly retired. "I'm still working out. I'm waiting to get a call," he said this past week by phone after leaving ESPN's studio. "If I get one, I get one. I'll be ready. But if I don't, just trying to open up other doors. Hopefully something good happens." South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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All the while, the phone never rang for House, even after he moved past the knee issue that contributed to his Christmas Eve 2011 release. There was one NBA tryout last season that went well, he said, but never led to an offer. "It just seems like they're not calling, for whatever reason," he said. "I'm healthy right now, in good shape, feel good." South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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This is what happens when injuries get in the way, when a defined role no longer is defined, when a new kid in town like Terrel Harris comes along. So Eddie's back home in Scottsdale, Ariz., recovering from that Nov. 1 procedure on his left knee, waiting for the next chapter. "It's funny, I talked to Dwyane like three days before they actually made the announcement," House said this past week by phone of a conversation with Dwyane Wade. "I was telling him, 'There's really nowhere for me to play.' I want to play my last couple of years. It was not like I can't." South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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So, no, the Christmas Eve release did not come as a shock. "If you were looking at the situation, the numbers situation and talking to my agent, there really wasn't anywhere I was going to play there." South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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In a surprising move, the Miami Heat kept two free-agent rookies on their final, 15-player roster, instead opting to waive veteran guard Eddie House. Mickell Gladness, a shot-blocking center out of Alabama A&M who spent time with the Heat in the team's 2010 summer league, and Terrel Harris, a former Oklahoma State standout who went undrafted in 2009 and had played in recent years in France, Germany and the NBA Development League, both made Erik Spoelstra's cut. South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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Eddie House chose to opt in for the final year of his contract, because he felt he had “unfinished business” and didn’t want to “venture into the unknown” of the lockout. Now he’s facing the unknown of his recovery from minor knee surgery. House had his left knee scoped on Nov. 1st, to clear up issues that appeared on an MRI. He said that it could be “2, 3, 4 weeks,” and will be careful not to return too soon, because a setback could mean missing even more games than usual, due to the condensed schedule. Palm Beach Post

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Ethan J. Skolnick: Eddie House will miss training camp after undergoing a knee procedure. Twitter

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Ethan J. Skolnick: Udonis Haslem says he's looking forward to training camp in part "so I can listen to Eddie House's mouth for an hour straight." Twitter

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Ethan J. Skolnick: Eddie House has opted in with the Heat for next season. Twitter

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Riley also said that he expects Eddie House, 33, and James Jones, 30, to opt in for the 2011-12 season with the Heat. ESPN.com

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Ira Winderman: LeBron James, during the delay reviewing Eddie House's flagrant foul, "I've got a Super Bowl party, man, Come on!" Twitter

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Miami Heat guard Eddie House said Wednesday he was not proud about being fined $25,000 by the NBA for what the league deemed an "obscene" gesture, but also was not embarrassed by the episode. House was sanctioned Monday by the NBA for the crotch-related gesture in celebration of his go-ahead 3-pointer late in Sunday's nationally televised road victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. "I was very surprised, the first time being fined," House said after Wednesday's practice at AmericanAirlines Arena, his first expansive comments on the fine. "I've always followed the rules and stuff like that. It was just the emotion of the game." South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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"I know Sam used to do it and I don't think he got fined for it," House said. "So I thought it was something within the game that I was going to be able to do, not like thinking, 'I'm going to do this.' But, at the end of the day, my emotions took over. I was surprised. I was very surprised. And it was a steep fine, too, very steep, without a warning." South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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Art Garcia: I asked Sam Cassell about Eddie House stealing his $25K move: "He can have it. I'm retired now." Twitter

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Darnell Mayberry: Heat guard Eddie House has been fined 25K by the NBA for making an obscene gesture against the Thunder inside Oklahoma City Arena on Sunday. Twitter

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House was hit with a $25,000 fine for "making an obscene gesture," the NBA said. If you missed it, House pulled out Sam Cassel's famous "big balls" move. CBSSports.com

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Ira Winderman: Erik Spoelstra on Eddie House's gesture: "It won't happen again." Twitter

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Going into Wednesday night's game against the Utah Jazz at EnergySolutions Arena, the Miami Heat veteran 3-point specialist had been held out of the previous two games and appeared for a total of 24 minutes in the three games before that. "I'm just as baffled and dumbfounded as everybody else," he said after Wednesday's shootaround. "It's not like I played myself out of the rotation. My numbers don't look like, 'OK, I could see why.' " South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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