Archive for August 24th, 2007
Friday, August 24th, 2007
Payton Not Expected To Return To Heat
The Miami Herald reported on Friday that Miami Heat head coach Pat Riley does not expect veteran point guard Gary Payton to play for his team in the upcoming season. According to the reports Riley said that Payton who played the last two of his 17 NBA seasons in Miami and helped them win the NBA Championship in 2006 […]
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
Traveling Man Johnson Signs With Miami
For an athlete who has only played one season in the NBA Alexander Johnson sure has been with a whole lot of teams. Johnson was originally drafted with the 45th pick of the 2006 NBA Draft by the Indiana Pacers, but he never played for them. Indiana traded him to Portland plus two future second […]
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
Miller Will Stay Retired
The Indianapolis Star is reporting that former Indiana Pacers shooting guard Reggie Miller will give up his comeback attempt and stay in retirement. Miller was approached last month by the Boston Celtics, to return to the NBA which he retired from in 2005. Boston had wanted him to be the backup to recently acquired Ray […]
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
Team USA Toys With U.S. Virgin Islands Team Win 123-59
Something tells me that Team USA has come into the FIBA Championship Of the Americas Competition with a new attitude. The squad that has been out on the court in the first two games, is playing team basketball to it’s fullest, as opposed to the playground antics we saw on the floor from Team USA in […]
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
Coaching Legend Butch van Breda Kolf Dies
Legendary former NCAA and NBA head coach Butch van Breda Kolf passed away on Wednesday in a Spokane, Washington nursing home on Wednesday. He had been suffering the last few years through extended illness, he was 84. Although universally known as “Butch” he was born Willem Hendrick van Breda Kolf in Montclair, New Jersey in October […]
