Feb

28

Duhon Was Reportedly Included In Original 3-Way Trade

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According to the “Chicago Sun-Times” Thursday, Chris Duhon was originally supposed to be the player going to Seattle from the Chicago Bulls last week in the three team trade between Chicago, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Seattle SuperSonics. At the last minute, Adrian Griffin ended up filling the spot instead of Duhon, and no one is really sure why. Duhon is in the last year of a three year of a three year deal, and does not fit into the teams plans past this season.

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Feb

28

Reports Say Pistons Have Davis In Holding Pattern

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The Detroit News on Thursday that retired veteran big man Dale Davis is ready to commit to playing for the Detroit Pistons, but the Pistons are not quite ready to commit to Davis. According to the report, Detroit seems to be privy to some news about a team possibly releasing an active big man, if that does happen than the unnamed player would then become the Pistons first choice. Davis who had his glory days with the Indiana Pacers, played with Detroit last year, and is ready to return to play if he is still in the Pistons plans.

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Feb

28

Starbury May Be In New Home Come Next Season

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The “New York Post” reported Thursday that New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas, set the stage even more for New York to come to a parting of the ways with controversial point guard Stephon Marbury. “Starbury’ is out for the rest of this season after receiving surgery on his ankle. Zeke before the Knicks took the court to play the Charlotte Bobcats Wednesday, said the Knick’s priority next season will be to upgrade their back-court.

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Feb

28

Could Deke Play Another Season?

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The “Houston Chronicle” reported Thursday Houston Rockets veteran center Dikembe Mutombo is considering playing one more season after this one. Mutombo who will turn 42 years old this June and is in seventeenth campaign in the Association, told reporters that Houston General Manager Daryl Morley approached Deke about coming back one more time, next season. Mutombo told reporters “I have to think about it, to talk to the wifey and the kids and see how everybody feels about it. Even my teammates said, Deke, we don’t want you to leave. I don’t know why everybody wants me to stay. I wonder to myself, when will I go home. Let’s see how things go. If I wake up one morning and change my mind, God forgive. Right now, we’re trying to finish the season, make the playoffs and maybe get a chance to win a championship.”

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Feb

28

Who Stopped The Head Band Wearing In Chicago

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It’s the story in the Windy City that just will not go away, who exactly instituted the ban that keeps Chicago Bulls players from joining in solidarity and being allowed to wear head bands.The “Chicago Tribune” reported that the rule surfaced when former Cleveland Cavaliers players?Drew Gooden and Larry Hughes joined the Bulls last week. Gooden and Hughes who have worn the head bands for most of their careers in the Association, were informed by interim coach Jim Boylan told them they were not allowed to wear them playing for the Bulls. Rumors started to surface that it was Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf who instituted the ban, but Reinsdorf says it was former Bulls coach Scott Skiles who put the rule in place. Maybe the team should concentrate a little more on finishing out games, and a little less time worrying about fashion choices.

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Feb

28

To Keep Yao Or Not, That Is The Question

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It?s tough to build a team around one injury-prone player. It?s even tougher to build it around TWO injury-prone players. The Houston Rockets have a two-headed conundrum in recently-injured Yao Ming and perpetually-injured Tracy McGrady. Let?s look at Yao in this article. He averaged 81 games and 31 minutes per game his first three seasons with the Rockets, but 53 games and 35 minutes per game the last three. Some may say that his duty for his native China in the 2006 World Championships played an instrumental part in his being susceptible?to injury the last couple of seasons.

But Yao played in the 2004 Olympics while following that with nearly a full NBA season. Perhaps you could make the argument that playing in those Olympics ? along with his other off-season duties to China before that ? set up his body for the sort of failure it has experienced the last three NBA seasons. Now that Yao is out for the remainder of this season with a stress fracture in his?left foot, the popular topic is whether the Rockets should continue to build their team around him. Can Yao ?s growing injury history be dismissed as simply bad luck or is this a precursor to further frustration for Yao and the Rockets?

Some have even called Yao the next Bill Walton, another highly-skilled big man whose NBA career was cut short because of frequent foot injuries. In defense of Yao , we need look no further than Zydrunas Ilgauskas as an example of a big man who can overcome foot injuries to become a reliable player. Big Z missed 205 games between the start of the 98-99 season and the end of the 01-02 season and it seemed at the time that his career would end prematurely. Yet Z has averaged 79 games per season going into 07-08 and has missed only one game this year while maintaining a solid level of play the entire time.

So Yao has a reason to be optimistic. And he is still in his 20?s, so his pace of healing is still much quicker than if he were in his 30?s. The fact of the matter is skilled big men like Yao are held at a premium, especially when they run 7?6? and knock down 18-foot jumpers in their sleep. Even the most casual NBA fan can understand the league is still a big man?s game. Teams that employ?Shaquille O?Neal and Tim Duncan have won eight of the past nine NBA titles.

The resurrection of the Celtics and Lakers is due in part to the acquisitions of Kevin Garnett and Pau Gasol and the emergence of Andrew Bynum. The Magic, Mavericks and Suns are strong playoff teams, if not title contenders, because of Dwight Howard, Dirk Nowitzki, Amare Stoudemire and Shaq. After the Beijing Olympics this summer, in which Yao will likely play since he is the host country?s most recognizable athlete, the Rockets might try to hold Yao out of future international competition so that he can get proper rest during the summer. But unless they can get back a star big man in a trade for Yao , the Rockets best future title hopes remains building their franchise around their 7?6? asset.

Feb

28

Slam Dunk Central Presents: ESPN SportsCenter Right Now

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