Hornets Get Dickau in Armstrong Trade

The New Orleans Hornets traded veteran guard Darrell Armstrong to the Dallas Mavericks for third-year player Dan Dickau on Friday.

Hornet General Manager Allan Bristow said the move allows the 1-13 Hornets to give more playing time to young guards Junior Harrington and Alex Garcia.

Armstrong, 36, was brought in to lead the Hornets’ second unit, but often started this season and last because of injuries to Baron Davis, who currently is out with an inflamed disk in his lower back.

Armstrong has averaged 10.6 points and four assists in 93 games with New Orleans.

Dickau is averaging 1.3 points in four minutes this season. He has also played for Atlanta and Portland, averaging 2.9 points and 1.3 assists in 97 games.

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Auburn Hills police will submit the results of their investigation into the Nov. 19 brawl at the end of the Detroit Piston-Indiana Pacer game to prosecutors on Monday, Oakland County prosecutor David Gorcyca said Friday.

Investigators met with assistant prosecutors to discuss the case. Formal warrant requests may be made on Monday, after the case is submitted.

Gorcyca said they have identified the fans and Pacer players who had “violated state law.”

Bryant Jackson, the man Auburn Hills police believe threw a chair during the brawl, could face the most serious charge in the case, felony assault. Other fans and players will probably face a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery.

Police have identified a fifth Pacer player, guard Fred Jones, who was seen in the crowd during the fight. He could face misdemeanor assault charges.

Meanwhile, attorneys for the NBA and the players’ union fought before an arbitrator and in federal court, arguing over what avenues of appeal should be employed for the four players suspended in the brawl.

Arbitrator Roger Kaplan ruled that he has jurisdiction to decide whether the brawl-related suspensions given to Ron Artest and other players can be appealed to someone other than Commissioner David Stern, and the NBA responded by filing a lawsuit in federal court challenging the arbitrator’s authority.

Kaplan scheduled a hearing for Thursday, although the matter will next be contested Monday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

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Jason Kidd practiced with the New Jersey Nets for the first time since undergoing knee surgery in July and could play as soon as Monday.

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Times staff writer Chris Foster contributed to this report.