Oct

29

Lakers Pick Up Options On Bynum And Farmar

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The Los Angeles Lakers announced Monday night that they have picked up the fourth?year option on center Andrew Bynum and the third year option on guard Jordan Farmar. Bynum?who last season?increased his numbers dramatically from his rookie year played in all?82 games last year for L.A. He averaged 7.8 points and 5.9 rebounds per game last season. Farmar played 72 games last season as rookie for the Lakers, averaging 4.4 points, 1.9 assists, and 1.7 rebounds per contest. The Lakers open the NBA season Tuesday night as they host the Houston Rockets.

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Oct

29

NBA Releases Opening Day Rosters

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The NBA released the Opening Day Rosters on Monday night. The rosters are listed by team and broken into two categories Active Roster and Inactive Players:

ATLANTA
Childress, Josh
Horford, Al
Johnson, Anthony
Johnson, Joe
Jones, Solomon
Law, Acie
Lue, Tyronn
Pachulia, Zaza
Smith, Josh
Stoudamire, Salim
Williams, Marvin
Williams, Shelden

INACTIVE LIST
Claxton, Speedy
West, Mario
Wright, Lorenzen

 BOSTON
Allen, Ray
Allen, Tony
Davis, Glen
Garnett, Kevin
House, Eddie
Perkins, Kendrick
Pierce, Paul
Posey, James
Powe, Leon
Pruitt, Gabe
Rondo, Rajon
Scalabrine, Brian

INACTIVE LIST
Pollard, Scot
Wallace, Brandon

 CHARLOTTE
Anderson, Derek
Brezec, Primoz
Carroll, Matt
Davidson, Jermareo
Dudley, Jared
Felton, Raymond
Herrmann, Walter
Hollins, Ryan
McInnis, Jeff
Okafor, Emeka
Richardson, Jason
Wallace, Gerald

INACTIVE LIST
Harrington, Othella
May, Sean
Morrison, Adam

 CHICAGO
Deng, Luol
Duhon, Chris
Gordon, Ben
Gray, Aaron
Hinrich, Kirk
Khryapa, Viktor
Noah, Joakim
Nocioni, Andres
Sefolosha, Thabo
Smith, Joe
Thomas, Tyrus
Wallace, Ben

INACTIVE LIST
Curry, JamesOn
Gardner, Thomas
Griffin, Adrian
CLEVELAND
Brown, Devin
Brown, Shannon
Gibson, Daniel
Gooden, Drew
Hughes, Larry
Ilgauskas, Zydrunas
James, LeBron
Jones, Damon
Jones, Dwayne
Marshall, Donyell
Newble, Ira
Simmons, Cedric

INACTIVE LIST
Nichols, Demetris
Snow, Eric
Tolliver, Anthony

 DALLAS
Ager, Maurice
Barea, Jose
Bass, Brandon
Diop, DeSagana
Harris, Devin
Hassell, Trenton
Howard, Josh
Jones, Eddie
Mbenga, DJ
Nowitzki, Dirk
Stackhouse, Jerry
Terry, Jason

INACTIVE LIST
Dampier, Erick
Fazekas, Nick
George, Devean

 DENVER
Anthony, Carmelo
Camby, Marcus
Diawara, Yakhouba
Hunter, Steven
Iverson, Allen
Jones, Bobby
Kleiza, Linas
Martin, Kenyon
Najera, Eduardo
Nene
Wafer, Von
Wilks, Mike

INACTIVE LIST
Atkins, Chucky
Carter, Anthony
Smith, JR

 DETROIT
Afflalo, Arron
Billups, Chauncey
Hamilton, Richard
Hayes, Jarvis
Hunter, Lindsey
Johnson, Amir
Maxiell, Jason
McDyess, Antonio
Mohammed, Nazr
Murray, Flip
Prince, Tayshaun
Wallace, Rasheed

INACTIVE LIST
Dupree, Ronald
Samb, Cheikh
Stuckey, Rodney
GOLDEN STATE
Azubuike, Kelenna
Barnes, Matt
Belinelli, Marco
Biedrins, Andris
Croshere, Austin
Davis, Baron
Ellis, Monta
Harrington, Al
Hudson, Troy
Jackson, Stephen
O?Bryant, Patrick
Pietrus, Mickael

INACTIVE LIST
Lasme, Stephane
Perovic, Kosta
Wright, Brandan

 HOUSTON
Alston, Rafer
Battier, Shane
Francis, Steve
Hayes, Chuck
Head, Luther
James, Mike
Landry, Carl
McGrady, Tracy
Mutombo, Dikembe
Scola, Luis
Wells, Bonzi
Yao Ming

INACTIVE LIST
Brooks, Aaron
Novak, Steve
Snyder, Kirk

 INDIANA
Daniels, Marquis
Diener, Travis
Diogu, Ike
Dunleavy, Mike
Foster, Jeff
Granger, Danny
Harrison, David
Murphy, Troy
O’Neal, Jermaine
Rush, Kareem
Tinsley, Jamaal
Williams, Shawn

INACTIVE LIST
Graham, Stephen
Owens, Andre
Sims, Courtney

 LA CLIPPERS
Cassell, Sam
Davis, Paul
Dickau, Dan
Kaman, Chris
Knight, Brevin
Maggette, Corey
Mobley, Cuttino
Patterson, Ruben
Powell, Josh
Ross, Quinton
Thomas, Tim
Thornton, Al

INACTIVE LIST
Brand, Elton
Livingston, Shaun
Williams, Aaron
LA LAKERS
Brown, Kwame
Bynum, Andrew
Cook, Brian
Crittenton, Javaris
Evans, Maurice
Farmar, Jordan
Fisher, Derek
Karl, Coby
Radmanovic, Vladimir
Turiaf, Ronny
Vujacic, Sasha
Walton, Luke

INACTIVE LIST
Bryant, Kobe
Mihm, Chris
Odom, Lamar

 MEMPHIS
Brown, Andre
Conley, Mike
Gasol, Pau
Gay, Rudy
Jacobsen, Casey
Lowry, Kyle
Milicic, Darko
Miller, Mike
Navarro, Juan Carlos
Stoudamire, Damon
Swift, Stromile
Warrick, Hakim

INACTIVE LIST
Cardinal, Brian
Kinsey, Tarence

 MIAMI
Barron, Earl
Blount, Mark
Cook, Daequan
Davis, Ricky
Hardaway, Penny
Haslem, Udonis
Mourning, Alonzo
O?Neal, Shaquille
Parker, Smush
Quinn, Chris
Williams, Jason
Wright, Dorell

INACTIVE LIST
Anthony, Joel
Johnson, Alexander
Wade, Dwyane

 MILWAUKEE
Bell, Charlie
Bogut, Andrew
Gadzuric, Dan
Ivey, Royal
Mason, Desmond
Redd, Michael
Ruffin, Michael
Simmons, Bobby
Villanueva, Charlie
Voskuhl, Jake
Williams, Maurice
Yi Jianlian

INACTIVE LIST
Noel, David
Sessions, Ramon
Storey, Awvee
MINNESOTA
Brewer, Corey
Buckner, Greg
Foye, Randy
Gomes, Ryan
Green, Gerald
Jaric, Marko
Jefferson, Al
McCants, Rashad
Ratliff, Theo
Smith, Craig
Telfair, Sebastian
Walker, Antoine

INACTIVE LIST
Doleac, Michael
Madsen, Mark
Richard, Chris

 NEW JERSEY
Allen, Malik
Armstrong, Darrell
Boone, Josh
Carter, Vince
Collins, Jason
Jefferson, Richard
Kidd, Jason
Krstic, Nenad
Magloire, Jamaal
Nachbar, Bostjan
Williams, Sean
Wright, Antoine

INACTIVE LIST
Williams, Marcus
Wesley, David

 NEW ORLEANS
Armstrong, Hilton
Bowen, Ryan
Butler, Rasual
Chandler, Tyson
Ely, Melvin
Jackson, Bobby
Pargo, Jannero
Paul, Chris
Peterson, Morris
Stojakovic, Peja
West, David
Wright, Julian

INACTIVE LIST
Haluska, Adam
Vinicius, Marcus

 NEW YORK
Balkman, Renaldo
Chandler, Wilson
Collins, Mardy
Crawford, Jamal
Curry, Eddy
Jones, Fred
Lee, David
Marbury, Stephon
Randolph, Zach
Richardson, Quentin
Robinson, Nate
Rose, Malik

INACTIVE LIST
James, Jerome
Jeffries, Jared
Morris, Randolph
ORLANDO
Ariza, Trevor
Arroyo, Carlos
Augustine, James
Bogans, Keith
Dooling, Keyon
Foyle, Adonal
Garrity, Pat
Howard, Dwight
Lewis, Rashard
Nelson, Jameer
Redick, JJ
Turkoglu, Hedo

INACTIVE LIST
Battie, Tony
Gortat, Marcin
Outlaw, Bo

 PHILADELPHIA
Booth, Calvin
Carney, Rodney
Dalembert, Samuel
Evans, Reggie
Green, Willie
Iguodala, Andre
Korver, Kyle
Miller, Andre
Ollie, Kevin
Smith, Jason
Young, Thaddeus
Williams, Louis

INACTIVE LIST
Amundson, Louis
Hill, Herbert
Randolph, Shavlik

 PHOENIX
Banks, Marcus
Barbosa, Leandro
Bell, Raja
Diaw, Boris
Hill, Grant
Marion, Shawn
Marks, Sean
Nash, Steve
Piatkowski, Eric
Skinner, Brian
Stoudemire, Amare
Strawberry, DJ

INACTIVE LIST
Tucker, Alando

 PORTLAND
Aldridge, LaMarcus
Blake, Steve
Frye, Channing
Green, Taurean
Jack, Jarrett
Jones, James
LaFrentz, Raef
Outlaw, Travis
Przybilla, Joel
Rodriguez, Sergio
Roy, Brandon
Webster, Martell

INACTIVE LIST
McRoberts, Josh
Miles, Darius
Oden, Greg
SACRAMENTO
Abdur-Rahim, Shareef
Artest, Ron
Douby, Quincy
Garcia, Francisco
Greene, Orien
Martin, Kevin
Miller, Brad
Moore, Mikki
Salmons, John
Shakur, Mustafa
Thomas, Kenny
Watkins, Darryl

INACTIVE LIST
Bibby, Mike
Hawes, Spencer
Williams, Justin

 SAN ANTONIO
Barry, Brent
Bonner, Matt
Bowen, Bruce
Duncan, Tim
Elson, Francisco
Finley, Michael
Ginobili, Manu
Mahinmi, Ian
Oberto, Fabricio
Parker, Tony
Udoka, Ime
Washington, Darius

INACTIVE LIST
Horry, Robert
Vaughn, Jacque

 SEATTLE
Collison, Nick
Durant, Kevin
Green, Jeff
Petro, Johan
Ridnour, Luke
Swift, Robert
Sczcerbiak, Wally
Thomas, Kurt
Watson, Earl
West, Delonte
Wilcox, Chris
Wilkins, Damien

INACTIVE LIST
Gelabale, Mickael
Sene, Mouhamed

 TORONTO
Bargnani, Andrea
Bosh, Chris
Calderon, Jose
Delfino, Carlos
Dixon, Juan
Ford, TJ
Garbajosa, Jorge
Graham, Joey
Humphries, Kris
Kapono, Jason
Nesterovic, Rasho
Parker, Anthony

INACTIVE LIST
Baston, Maceo
Martin, Darrick
Moon, Jamario
UTAH
Boozer, Carlos
Brewer, Ronnie
Collins, Jarron
Fesenko, Kyrylo
Giricek, Gordan
Harpring, Matt
Hart, Jason
Kirilenko, Andrei
Millsap, Paul
Okur, Mehmet
Price, Ronnie
Williams, Deron

INACTIVE LIST
Almond, Morris
Miles, CJ

 WASHINGTON
Arenas, Gilbert
Blatche, Andray
Butler, Caron
Daniels, Antonio
Haywood, Brendan
Jamison, Antawn
Mason, Roger
McGuire, Dominic
Pecherov, Oleksiy
Songaila, Darius
Stevenson, DeShawn
Young, Nick

INACTIVE LIST
Thomas, Etan

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Oct

29

Spurs Trade Udrih to T-Wolves

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The San Antonio Spurs announced Monday they have completed a trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves that sent Spurs guard Beno Udrih to Minnesota. The Spurs will receive a protected 2008 second round draft pick in exchange for the native of Slovenia. Udrih played three seasons with San Antonio?averaging 5.2 points 1.8 assists and 1.0 rebounds per contest. Minnesota is trying to build a new nucleus after trading Kevin Garnett to Boston, and last week sending guard Ricky Davis to Miami.

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Oct

29

Hornets Pick Up Options on Paul And Armstrong

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The New Orleans Times Picayune reported Monday that the New Orleans Hornets have picked up the fourth year option on point guard Chris Paul and the third year option on center Hilton Armstrong. The?Hornets had until?Wednesday to make the moves or both players would have become unrestricted free agents at the conclusion of the season. I had the pleasure of covering Paul?during the first round of?the NCAA Tournament in Cleveland a few years ago.?After seeing this young man play from my courtside perch I told?everybody and anybody that this young man would make a huge impact in the NBA. His numbers his first two years in the?league validate my predictions, as he has averaged 16.6 points 8.3 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game since being drafted out of Wake Forest. Armstrong who went to school at Connecticut averaged 3.1 points and 2.7 boards per game last season as a rookie.

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Oct

29

Penny Back In The NBA As Miami Announces Roster

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They probably will not be the best team in the NBA but they just might be one of the league’s biggest. The Miami Heat Monday announced their opening day roster, and it will have five centers! But the name that may cause the biggest stir is not a center but forward Penny Hardaway?who will return to the NBA for the first time since playing just 4 games for the New York Knicks back in the 2005-2006 season. Hardaway who had a try out for Miami early this Summer was in camp on a non-guaranteed contract. Hardaway had retired because of knee pain but appears to be back in playing shape. He is reunited with former teammate center Shaquille O’Neal with whom he played with as they both started their careers with Florida’s other team the Orlando Magic. The four other centers on the roster are Alonzo Mourning, Mark Blount, veteran Earl Barron?and undrafted rookie Joel Anthony. guards on the roster are Dwayne Wade, Smush Parker, Ricky Davis, Jason Williams, Chris Quinn, and rookie Daequan Cook. Forwards Udonis Haslem, Dorrell Wright, and Alexander Johnson fill out the roster.

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Oct

29

Pistons Surprise Observers With Cutting Mejia To Get To Roster Limit

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The Detroit Pistons have their roster down to the NBA Maximum of 15 players after cutting 2007 second round pick Sammy Mejia. Mejia who was the 57th pick in the draft and ?is a product of DePaul University was given a partially guaranteed contract after playing so well in the Las Vegas Summer League. Mejia was expected to beat out veteran Ronald Dupree for the final roster spot, but Dupree got the nod. Mejia who can play at either small forward or shooting guard position was effected when Detroit signed former Washington Wizards Jarvis Hayes. The?Pistons still have three rookies on their roster Rodney Stuckey, who is on the injured list, Arron Afflalo?ho were both first round picks in the 2007 draft. they also have center Cheikh Samb who is from Senegal and was taken in the second round of the 2006 draft. Samb played in Spain last season.

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Oct

29

Nets Acquire Wesley From Hornets

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The New Jersey Nets and the New Orleans Hornets completed a trade Monday sending guard David Wesley to New Jersey. The Nets sent New Orleans in return guard/forward Bernard Robinson and center Mile Ilic and cash considerations. New Orleans then immediately waived the two players according Hornets General Manager Jeff Bower?who said that the moves were made for roster and financial flexibility. The Hornets roster now is at 14 players one below the NBA maximum. Wesley who played last season for the Cleveland Cavaliers came back to the Hornets with whom he played?most of his career with?in a trade that sent Cedric Simmons to Cleveland in September.??

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