Archive for August, 2007
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Elson Sidelined For Six Weeks After Eye Injury
San Antonio Spurs center Francisco Elson will be out of commission after suffering a broken eye socket during a game last week. Elson incurred the injury last week playing for the Netherland’s team in a game against Belarus in the European Championship. The Netherlands won the contest 77-72, but then lost to Slovakia on Saturday. Elson […]
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Bobcats Reach Deal With Jeff McInnis
The Charlotte Bobcats announced Wednesday that they have reached a deal with veteran guard Jeff McInnis for the upcoming season. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. McInnis who was an unrestricted free agent, was traded from New Jersey to the Bobcats back in January. Jeff played 38 games with Charlotte, averaging 4.3 points, 3.3 […]
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Bucks Gutsy Move Pays Off As They Sign Yi Jianlian
The Milwaukee Bucks decided to roll the dice on the night of the NBA Draft. Even though they had been told by Chinese officials that they did not want their prospective NBA star Yi Jianlian to play in Milwaukee, the Bucks went ahead and selected him with the sixth pick in the NBA Draft. soon […]
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Team USA Dominates Puerto Rico 117-78
Team USA went back to their original starting lineup Tuesday night, and went back to beating up it’s opponent obliterating Puerto Rico 117-78. Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski went back to Jason Kidd at the point and Dwight Howard at the center spot, whether that was the difference between the game against Mexico on Monday […]
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Sacramento To Sign Kevin Martin To Long Term Deal
The Sacramento Kings in a preemptive move will sign a long term contract extension with guard Kevin Martin the team revealed on Tuesday. Martin would have become a free agent after next season, the deal is believed to be a five year pact which will take effect at the start of the 2008-2009 NBA season. […]
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Oklahoma City Mayor Says He Has Not Talked With Any NBA Teams
The Tacoma News Tribune Tuesday reported that Mick Cornett who is the Mayor of Oklahoma City said that he has not had any contact with any NBA franchise nor has the city been actively trying to recruit any team. The statement follows reports over the weekend that Seattle SuperSonics Owner Clay Bennett had been telling employees […]
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Alston Busted For Second Time In Three Weeks
Houston Rockets point guard Rafer Alston was arrested in Manhattan on Monday night in a New York City club according to reports published by the New York Post. Alston allegedly “slashed” a man in the club according to the report, when a member of his entourage got into an argument with another group at the […]
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Team USA Outlasts Mexico 127-100
Team USA had their toughest challenge so far in the FIBA Championship of the Americas Tournament Monday night. Team Mexico proved to be a worthy opponent in the first half trailing Team USA by only 14 points. But Coach K. had the team in overdrive in the second half as they defeated Team Mexico 127-100. The […]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
Team USA Does It Again Beats Brazil 113-76
Joni Mitchell once sang “Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got ’till its gone.” Remember a few years ago when Americans used to complain that the “Dream Teams” should not be allowed to compete in the Olympics, because our NBA players were just too good? A third place finish […]
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Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Cavaliers And Kings Could Be Talking Bibby For Gooden
NBA sources say that the Cleveland Cavaliers and Sacramento Kings are talking about swapping Kings point guard Mike Bibby for Cleveland power forward Drew Gooden. The Cavaliers who have not had an elite point guard on their roster since they traded Andre Miller to the L.A. Clippers, definitely need a quarterback. And Bibby at 29 […]
