Aug

31

Morris Pleads Guilty To Reckless Driving

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New York Knicks Center and former University of Kentucky player Randolph Morris pleaded guilty to charges of reckless driving?Friday. Morris was stopped by police in Lexington, Kentucky on August 7, and admitted to the officers he had been drinking. Morris was given a breathalyzer test and fell below the state limit as his blood alcohol was at?.069. Kentucky’s legal limit is .80. Morris was fined $100.00, no word yet about reaction from the league.

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Aug

31

Nuggets “Welcome Back Carter”

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On Wednesday the Denver Nuggets cut backup guard Anthony Carter. On Friday they signed a backup guard, Anthony Carter. Yes the same Anthony Carter they had cut two days earlier. No explanation from the team as of yet why the situation seemed to sour and then turn around so quickly. The 32 year old 6′2″ guard is expected to be the primary backup for Chucky Atkins. As?I wrote on?Wednesday with all the NBA teams needing backcourt bench strength, if Carter is healthy he will not be unemployed for long. I just did not expect it to be the same team.

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Aug

31

Lonny Baxter Gets 60 Days For Shipping Guns

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Former University of Maryland, and former NBA forward Lonny Baxter was sentenced to sixty days behind bars for illegal shipment of guns. Baxter who was arrested and?jailed in 2006 for shooting off a gun near the White House is currently playing in Spain. Baxter told U.S. District Court Judge Peter Messitte that he is obsessed with guns. Messitte said the sentence was based on?Baxter’s history. The Judge said that Baxter had basically injured himself with the crime, and he was in effect on injured reserve. Baxter last played in the NBA with the Charlotte Bobcats in the 2005-2006 season. When asked why Baxter was no longer with the Bobcats the next season an official with the team said that his contract had run out and Charlotte chose not to re-sign him. Baxter won a NCAA Championship with?the University of Maryland in 2002.

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Aug

31

NBA Suspends Celtics Posey For Season Opener

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Boston Celtics small forward James Posey will be suspended for the opening game of the NBA 2007-2008 it was announced on Friday. The suspension comes after Posey pleading “No Contest” to reckless driving charges?in Southern Florida. Posey had been pulled over in April by police in Miami Beach, and refused to take a breathalyzer test. He was originally charged with drunk driving, but made an agreement to plea to the lesser charge. Posey who played for the Miami Heat last season signed? on with the Celtics as a free agent earlier this month. Boston’s season opener will be November?2, at Boston’s TD BankNorth Garden.

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Aug

31

Kobe Leads Team USA To Victory Over Argentina 91-76

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Team USA will go into Saturday’s FIBA Championship of the Americas semi-final as the number one seed after defeating Argentina 91-76 Thursday night. Although?it was the USA team’s smallest margin of victory, the game was never in doubt (anytime that Bill Walton tells you half through the second quarter that Argentina is Spanish for silver you have a pretty one sided game.) Both?teams came into the game with 6-0 records, Team USA will play the fourth seed Puerto Rico while Argentina will play third seed Brazil. Leading the?way for Team USA was Kobe Bryant who scored 27 15 in the first quarter. Carmelo Anthony put in 18 and LeBron James contributed with 15. Team Argentina was without a lot of their top players including Manu Ginobli, Fabricio Oberto, and Andres Nocioni. Luis Scola led Argentina with 20.?

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Aug

30

Reports Say Celtics Reach Deal With Gabe Pruitt

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The Boston Globe reported on Thursday that the Boston Celtics have come to terms with one of their two second round picks and may have the other player signed as early as mid next week. The Globe is reporting that the team has signed 6′4″ guard Greg Pruitt to a three year contract. According to the report the first year would be worth $650,ooo for this upcoming season, year two would be worth $711,517 and the third year would be worth $729,005 for the 2009-2010 campaign. Pruitt who was the 32nd pick of the 2007 NBA Draft played three years for USC, averaging 12.5 points?4.3 assists and 2.8 boards. He averaged 13.8 points per game over his collegiate career. Pruitt mainly is a shooting guard but scouts say he can handle some point. The Globe is also reporting that Boston is close to finalizing a deal with Glen “Big Baby”Davis and may have him signed by sometime mid next week. Davis out of LSU was taken with the 35th pick in the draft.

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Aug

30

Team USA Annihilates Uruguay National Team 118-79

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This “contest” can be summed up very simply, Uruguay cut Team USA’s lead in the the waning minutes of the first quarter to five at 24-19 Wednesday night. At that point the USA players looked at each other and said it’s time to get serious gentleman. They then proceeded to score seven unanswered points until Uruguay scored the last two points of the quarter. Team USA led 31-21, and Team Uruguay would never be that close again, as the “contest” was over, and USA went on to a one sided 118-79 victory. LeBron James must have thought he was in Detroit, because he put on a?performance in the first half that looked like his Game Five in the Eastern Conference Finals. LBJ went 11-11 for 26 points, and never had to leave the bench in the second half. Amare Stoudamire finished with 19 points. Team USA will take on Argentina the only other unbeaten team in the FIBA?Championship of the Americas Thursday night.

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