Before their outdoor game against the Phoenix Suns, the Warriors announced they are suspending Jackson two preseason games for "conduct detrimental to the team."

Jackson was not with the team for the outdoor game against the Phoenix Suns at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. And he won't play against the Los Angeles Clippers at the Staples Center on Monday.

Jackson will lose $139,000 in the suspension (preseason games are figured into salaries). The suspension stemmed from an incident Friday in the Warriors' victory over the Los Angeles Lakers at the Forum in Inglewood. Jackson played just 9 minutes, 20 seconds all in the first quarter while matched up against Kobe Bryant and picked up five fouls and a technical foul.

Frustrated and animated, he was taken out of the game. One team source said Nelson told Jackson to cool off. Before long, Jackson was in the locker room, never to return.

Nelson declined to comment after Friday's game. He maintained the same stance Saturday before the game. He did suggest the incident was fairly serious in his eyes.

"I will say that in my 30, whatever it is I've been coaching, 30 some-odd years, I have never suspended a player before," Nelson said. "Maybe I should have a couple of times, but I never have. I try to stay away from doing anything that will cost the players a lot of money. I hate to take big money from guys."

This latest incident brings Jackson's desire to play elsewhere back to the front burner. He was fined $25,000 this past summer for publicly demanding a trade, saying he wanted to play for Cleveland, Houston, Dallas or New York. Then, at media day, he expressed his disappointment in the Warriors' lack of progress and how management dismantled the team that reached the 2007 playoffs.

The uncertainty of what happens next looms over the franchise. Will they trade Jackson or suffer him? Can the relationship be repaired?

General manager Larry Riley declined to comment on whether the Warriors have ramped up their efforts to accommodate Jackson's trade request.

The Warriors have, according to a team source, talked with the Cleveland Cavaliers about trading Jackson for center Zydrunas Ilgauskas. The talks, according to the source, have been stale for a while. The Cavaliers prefer to keep Ilgauskas, the source said, and it would take more than Jackson for them to consider moving him.

Golden State, however, doesn't have much else its willing to part with. Even backup center Ronny Turiaf is off the table, one team insider said.

The Warriors value Jackson and don't want to give him away, as Riley and Nelson have said. But trading an unhappy Jackson just might be more beneficial than keeping him around.