Jul

20

Bobcats Retain Wallace

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Charlotte Bobcats Vice President, and former coach Bernie Bickerstaff said?that the team’s number one priority heading into the off-season was retaining swingman Gerald Wallace. On Thursday the team achieved that goal, inking Wallace to a six year pact worth a reportedly $57 million. Wallace became an unrestricted free agent when he opted out of the final year of his contract, but he said he always wanted to remain with the Bobcats. One of the main reasons that Wallace was so enamored with coming back to Charlotte was the draft night acquisition of Jason Richardson from Golden State for the draft rights to North Carolina player Brandan Wright. The Bobcats also re-signed guard Matt Carroll and are trying to work out an extension with power forward and former U Conn star Emeka Okafor. The Bobcats also will have new head coach as Sam Vincent, a former teammate of part-owner?Michael?Jordan takes over from Bickerstaff.

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Jul

20

Fisher Will Rejoin Lakers

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Reports out of Los Angeles are stating the LA Lakers will announce on Friday that they have signed point guard Derek Fisher to a?three year contract reportedly worth $14 million. Fisher who was originally drafted by the Lakers back in 1996,?requested and received his unconditional release from the Utah?Jazz because of his daughter’s medical condition. Fisher’s daughter has cancer in her eye, and only certain cities have the medical resources to deal with the situation. Fisher cleared waivers on Thursday, and is now free to sign with any team. Fisher will probably be starting point guard for the Lakers.

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Jul

20

Francis Heads Back To Houston

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Veteran NBA guard Steve Francis is heading back to the Houston Rockets the player’s agent revealed on Thursday. Jeff Fried who represents Francis says his client has reached a deal with the team with which he played for his first five years in the NBA. Terms of the deal were not reported. Francis was traded to the Orlando Magic for Tracy McGrady, the Magic ended up trading him to the New York Knicks during the 2005-2006 campaign. Francis was then traded to the Portland Trail Blazers?in a deal that sent?Zach?Randolph to New York on the night of the NBA Draft. Last week the Trail?Blazers bought out the remainder of Francis’ contract making him an unrestricted free agent. Although quite a few teams were interested In Francis, Fried said the guard signed with Houston due to the comfort factor.

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Jul

20

Mihm Re-Signs With Lakers

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The Los Angeles Lakers announced on Thursday that they have re-signed center Chris?Mihm to a three year deal. financial terms were not disclosed. Mihm missed the entire 2006-2007 season due to reconstructive surgery on his ankle. He injured the ankle back in March of 2006 in a game against Seattle. Mihm up?until that point was having his best season as a pro, averaging career highs of 10.2 points and 6.3 boards per game. However?he played only one more game after the injury and was forced to have the surgery.?Mihm says the ankle feels great, and he is looking forward to showing the Lakers he is better than ever. The 28 year old center was originally drafted by Cleveland, and then traded to the Celtics, who eventually traded him to the Lakers.

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Jul

20

Oklahoma City Could Be New Home For Sonics

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Somehow the name the Oklahoma City SuperSonics just does not seem to fit. However, Seattle owner Clay Bennett on Thursday let it be known that if the city of Seattle and the team don’t get together on a plan for a new arena, that will be their future home. Bennett who bought the team a year ago addressed the arena issue on Thursday calling for cooperation in getting a deal done. But Bennett’s spokesman Dan Mahoney said that if Bennett does file relocation papers it will be to move the franchise to Oklahoma City Bennett’s home town. Bennett has set a date of October 31, for a deal to be in place.

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Jul

19

Tigers Deny Report about Yi Paper Sticks To Story

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The Yi Jianlian saga just keeps getting “curiouser and?curiouser.” Thursday reports surfaced that the Guangdong Tigers are denying a story in the Beijing News earlier this week.? That story?reported that team owner Chen Haitao made statements that Yi would “definitely not” play for the Milwaukee Bucks the team that drafted him in the NBA Draft last month.?Liu Hongjiang a vice president?of the Tigers said that the team had?not spoken with the newspaper. The Beijing News sticks by the accuracy of their story,?saying? that Chen said not only would Yi not sign with Milwaukee?but he could possibly end up playing back with the Tigers in the Chinese Basketball Association this upcoming season. So, now it really starts to get cool if you are a conspiracy theorist; Did Chen pull a “John Rocker” and say stuff that he assumed was off the record but he was actually being quoted? Is the Beijing News putting up a “trial balloon” and using the Tigers as the “vehicle” to float the story? Are we dealing with an overzealous reporter, who may be bending the truth? And where exactly does Yi stand on all this? Something tells me this going to get a lot stranger before it is resolved.

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Jul

19

NBA Reveals 2008 All-Star Logo

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The NBA on Wednesday revealed to the public the logo?that will be used for the 2008 NBA All-Star game which will be held in New Orleans next February 17. The Logo was displayed at a ceremony at Tulane University by New Orleans Hornets big man Hilton Armstrong, and former NBA star Clyde Drexler who is a New Orleans native. Drexler says that New Orleans has always been a big part of his life as he still has relatives in the area, even after he and his mother moved to Houston when he was a child. Drexler believes that the All-Star game and the NBA All-Star Weekend festivities will be a big help in getting New Orleans back on it’s collective feet after Katrina.

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