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Raymond Felton '92 percent' after live practice action (...)
Once Felton is declared healthy enough to play, which should happen over the next week, he must start serving a four-game suspension that stemmed from his guilty plea to gun charges in New York last season.

I'm not sure if this is the right topic for that, but it says "random articles" and I guess this is as random as it gets. My question is: Why dont the Mavs just say hes healthy (hes practicing afterall) and let him sit out the suspension? Why didnt they just do it 1-2 games ago if it looks like he will be ready to play next week? I really doubt the NBA is actually checking how healthy he is, and since hes back in practice anyway, how exactly could they say "no, hes not healthy enough to sit out his suspension"? Just doesnt make sense to let him practice but not put him as available player.