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 [...]
NBA Team-by-Team Western Conference Move Tracker
December 15th, 2011 
Russ Loede 
Posted in 2011-12 NBA Season, Main, NBA Free Agents, NBA News, NBA Trades Eastern Conference Move Tracker PACIFIC DIVISION Golden State Warriors – Signed Kwame Brown (Bobcats). Amnestied Charlie Bell. Lost Vladimir Radmanovic (Hawks), Reggie Williams (Bobcats), Jeremy Lin (Rockets). Did not re-sign Acie Law, Al Thornton. Traded Lou Amundson to Indiana for Brandon Rush. Los Angeles Clippers – Acquired Chris Paul (Hornets). Traded Eric Gordon, Chris Kaman, [...]
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
NBA Team-by-Team Eastern Conference Move Tracker
Western Conference Move Tracker ATLANTIC DIVISION Boston Celtics – Traded Glen Davis, Von Wafer to Orlando for Brandon Bass. Traded a second-round draft pick to Milwaukee for Keyon Dooling. Re-signed Sasha Pavlovic. Signed Chris Wilcox (Pistons), Marquis Daniels (Kings). Lost Nenad Kristic (Russia), Delonte West (Mavericks). Lost Jeff Green (heart surgery) for season. Signed Mickael Pietrus (Suns) [...]
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 [...]
