Kyrie Irving scored 21 points in his first exhibition game — including five free throws in the final minute — in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 91-87 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night. Irving, the top pick in this year’s draft out of Duke, wasn’t in the starting lineup, but he looked composed in what was a bad-shooting game. At halftime, the Wine [...]
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Celtics F Jeff Green will miss 2011-12 season
The Boston Celtics announced Saturday that forward Jeff Green will undergo surgery next month and will miss the entire 2011-12 season. A routine physical administered after Green agreed to a one-year, $9 million contract with the Celtics last week detected an aortic aneurysm. After consulting with leading cardiac specialists, the decision was made to completely repair Green’s condition, and [...]
New Orleans sends Chris Paul to Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers have completed a trade with the league-owned New Orleans Hornets to obtain the services of All-NBA point guard Chris Paul. The Clippers will ship standout shooting guard Eric Gordon, center Chris Kaman, second-year (8th overall) small forward Al-Farouq Aminu and Minnesota’s unprotected 2012 first-round pick to the Hornets for CP3. The Clippers will also receive two future second-round picks
Players, Owners agree to new deal: Free Agency, Training Camps open
The National Basketball Association is “officially” back. Commissioner David Stern announced that owners and players ratified a new collective bargaining agreement Thursday, the final step to ending the five-month lockout and paving the way for training camps and free agency to open Friday. “It’s a new beginning in a way,” he said. “It’s going to [...]


December 17th, 2011
Russ Loede
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