Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle collapsed at practice on Friday and was briefly taken to a hospital. The 50-year-old Carlisle will not travel to the Mavericks’ outdoor exhibition game Saturday in California against Phoenix, team president Donnie Nelson said. Carlisle is expected to return to the sidelines for a preseason game Monday in Dallas. “He got lightheaded and fainted,” Nelson said. “I don’t know if he didn’t put enough sugar on his Wheaties this morning or what. But he’s fine now.” Team spokeswoman Sarah Melton said Carlisle “was apparently lightheaded” and fainted on the court at the American Airlines Center. He was responding to questions as he was carried by stretcher to an ambulance and taken to Baylor University Medical Center. “It was all sort of precautionary—get him to the hospital and make sure he is OK,” Melton said. Read more: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_y...GiHq8vLYF?slug=ap-mavericks-carlislecollapses
