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| Nuggets sign Dahntay Jones |
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07/30/2008 |
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| nced Wednesday. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. The 6-foot-6 Jones averaged 18.4 points per game in five games for the Nuggets 2008 NBA Summer League team that finished 4-1. He spent time with the Sacramento Kings last season, appearing in 25 games and averaging 3.2 points per game. In his five-year career with Memphis and Sacramento, Jones has posted 4.9 points and 1.6 rebounds per game in 246 career appearances. He was drafted 20th overall by the Boston Celtics in the 2003 NBA Draft. |
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| Clippers ink Ricky Davis |
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07/28/2008 |
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| hoot from the outside will spread the floor and help our low post players." The 6-foot-7 Iowa product averaged 13.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game for the Miami Heat last season. The Clippers will be the sixth club for Davis, who was picked 21st overall by the then-Charlotte Hornets in 1998, and has also played for the Heat (twice), Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics, and Minnesota Timberwolves. Davis has averaged 14.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game over 10 seasons in the NBA. |
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| Posey signs with Hornets |
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07/23/2008 |
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| New Orleans, LA (MySportsbook) - The New Orleans Hornets signed free agent guard/forward James Posey on Wednesday. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not released. The 31-year-old Posey played last season for the Boston Celtics and averaged 7.4 points and 4.4 rebounds. He also shot 38 percent from three-point range over his 74 games for the NBA champion Celtics. The Cleveland, Ohio native also won a league title with the Miami Heat in 2006. "I am excited to be a Hornet, it was a coveted destination fo |
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| Report: Celtics re-sign House and Tony Allen |
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07/21/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - The Boston Celtics have reportedly re-signed two pieces of their championship team, agreeing to terms with guards Eddie House and Tony Allen on two-year contracts. According to the Boston Herald, both contracts are for close to $2.5 million. In House's case, the money is roughly half of Boston's $5.585 mid-level exception while Allen's contract will not interfere with the exception money due to his four-year tenure with the club. Both House and Allen played important roles off t |
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| Posey joining Hornets |
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07/16/2008 |
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| tered their defensive presence by reportedly coming to terms with free-agent James Posey. The New Orleans Times -Picayune reports the contract for the guard/forward is for $25 million over four years. The 31-year-old Posey played last season for the Boston Celtics and averaged 7.4 points and 4.4 rebounds. He also shot 38 percent from three-point range over his 74 games for the NBA champion Celtics. It marked his second league championship in three years. Posey has career averages of 9.2 points and 4.9 boards |
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| Report: Mavs bring back Diop, sign Green |
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07/03/2008 |
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| to Dallas. He owns career averages of 2.1 points and 3.9 rebounds per game with the Nets, Mavs, and Cavaliers, who selected him eighth overall out of Oak Hill Academy High School in Virginia in 2001. Green, 22, was picked 18th overall in 2005 by the Boston Celtics out of Gulf Shores Academy in Texas, and was part of the deal that brought Kevin Garnett to Boston. The 6-foot-8 swingman, who won the 2007 Slam Dunk Contest in Las Vegas, averaged 5.1 points and 2.1 rebounds per game with the Timberwolves and Rocke |
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| Perkins undergoes surgery |
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07/02/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Boston Celtics center Kendrick Perkins underwent arthroscopic left shoulder surgery Wednesday. Perkins was hurt during the NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. The exact nature of the procedure was not disclosed and no timetable has been given for his return. The injury, which occurred in Game 4 of the Finals, was initially described as a strained left shoulder. He was hurt while trying to block a shot by the Lakers' Lamar Odom, then sat out Game 5 and returned for the cli |
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| Lakers extend qualifying offers to Vujacic, Turiaf |
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06/30/2008 |
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| r either player with the move. The 24-year-old Vujacic was a key cog in the Lakers bench play down the stretch last season, averaging 8.1 points and 2.2 rebounds per game in 21 playoff games for Los Angeles, which fell short to the eventual champion Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. Vujacic, entering his fifth year in the league and with the Lakers, appeared in 72 regular season games off the bench in 2007-08, averaging 8.8 points and 2.1 rebounds per game while shooting 45.4 percent from the field. The 25-ye |
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| Bulls take Rose with top pick |
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06/27/2008 |
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| UI guard George Hill, New Orleans taking Kansas forward Darrell Arthur, Memphis going with Syracuse forward Donte' Greene, Detroit picking Indiana University forward D.J. White, and New Mexico guard J.R. Giddens heading to the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics. Arthur's stock slipped in the first round due to an apparent kidney problem, and after he was finally taken, Arthur was shipped to the Portland Trail Blazers for cash considerations. However, that was just the start of his crazy night. Arthur was t |
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| Hawks bring back assistants Drew, Bender |
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06/24/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - The Atlanta Hawks signed assistant coaches Larry Drew and Bob Bender to contracts on Tuesday. Both men return to head coach Mike Woodson's staff, which put together a 37-45 record a year ago but pushed the NBA champion Boston Celtics to a deciding Game 7 in their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series. Each man has spent the four previous seasons as assistants with Atlanta. Drew had been an assistant with the Lakers, Pistons, Wizards and Nets since retiring as a player in 1991. |
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