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| Kobe, Lakers open title defense against Clippers |
NBA Basketball |
08/04/2009 |
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| astern Conference semifinals, while the top-seeded Cavaliers were knocked off by the Magic in the conference finals. Orlando, which fell to the Lakers in the NBA Finals in five games, will open its season on Wednesday, October 28 at home against the Philadelphia 76ers. The first of two games between the Magic and Lakers will take place on Monday, January 18 in LA. The Magic will also play on Christmas, hosting the Celtics, to highlight a holiday schedule full of anticipated matchups. The Lakers, on Christmas, wil |
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| Bulls and Bears in the NBA offseason |
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08/04/2009 |
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| the unselfish Turkoglu walk and replacing him with Vince Carter has disaster written all over it. Carter will put up numbers on the offensive side but doesn't have the floor game to make others better, a staple of Turkoglu's stay in central Florida. PHILADELPHIA 76ERS: The Sixers let Miller walk and got nothing in return. To make matters worse, the team plans to hand over the keys to Lou Williams, a shoot-first "point guard" that is as careless as it gets with the basketball. New coach Eddie Jordan is trying to p |
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| Blazers sign Andre Miller |
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07/24/2009 |
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| Earlier Friday, Miller's agent told The Oregonian that the Trail Blazers would use all of their $7.7 million in salary cap space to ink the veteran guard. The 33-year-old Miller averaged 16.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 6.5 assists last season for the Philadelphia 76ers. Miller, who has also played for Cleveland, the LA Clippers and Denver, has career numbers of 14.6 points and 7.4 assists per contest. "We are excited to add a player of the caliber and character of Andre Miller," said Portland general manager Kevin |
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| Report: Blazers to sign Andre Miller |
NBA Basketball |
07/24/2009 |
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| ti-year contract. Miller's agent told The Oregonian that the Trail Blazers will use all of their $7.7 million in salary cap space to ink the veteran guard. The 33-year-old Miller averaged 16.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 6.5 assists last season for the Philadelphia 76ers. Miller, who has also played for Cleveland, the LA Clippers and Denver, has career numbers of 14.6 points and 7.4 assists per contest. The Oregonian reports the Sixers offered Miller a one-year deal worth about $6 million. Miller is expected to give |
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| Nuggets and Pacers to play in China |
NBA Basketball |
07/22/2009 |
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| ing and are looking forward to providing a great game between the Nuggets and Pacers in October to our avid fans." The Nuggets and Pacers will also play a preseason game in Taipei on October 8. Three other preseason games will be played outside the United States and Canada this October. The Chicago Bulls will face the Utah Jazz in London on October 6 and the Jazz will take on the Euroleague's Real Madrid in Madrid on October 8. The Phoenix Suns and Philadelphia 76ers will meet in Monterrey, Mexico on October 18. |
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| Sixers ink Holiday |
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07/21/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday signed first-round pick Jrue Holiday, though terms of the deal were not announced. The 17th overall pick in the '09 draft, Holiday was named to the Pac-10 All- Freshman team after averaging 8.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.6 steals in 35 games for UCLA last year. Earlier this month, the 19-year-old Holiday started all five games for the Sixers/Nets entry in the Orlando Pro Summer League and averaged 8.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and a te |
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| NBA Draft Update |
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06/26/2009 |
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| cats - Gerald Henderson (SG, Duke); 13. Indiana Pacers - Tyler Hansbrough (PF, North Carolina); 14. Phoenix Suns - Earl Clark (SF, Louisville); 15. Detroit Pistons - Austin Daye (SF, Gonzaga); 16. Chicago Bulls - James Johnson (SF, Wake Forest); 17. Philadelphia 76ers - Jrue Holiday (SG, U-C-L-A); 18. Minnesota Timberwolves - Ty Lawson (PG, North Carolina); 19. Atlanta Hawks - Jeff Teague (PG, Wake Forest); 20. Utah Jazz - Eric Maynor (PG, VA Commonwealth); 21. New Orleans Hornets - Darren Collison (PG, U-C-L-A); |
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| 2009 NBA Mock Draft: It's Blake and bad weather |
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06/22/2009 |
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| sense in the Windy City and should work well with the longer and more versatile Joakim Noah at power forward. Blair's toughness and ability to rebound would fill a huge void for a team that was 20th in rebounds last year. Think: Anthony Mason. 17. - Philadelphia 76ers - Ty Lawson (North Carolina), Point Guard - Andre Miller looks like he wants out of Philly and Lou Williams is a turnover machine, so the Sixers need a legitimate point. Lawson has the speed and quickness to rival a Rondo or Harris, but his size wil |
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| Sixers' Ivey becomes free agent |
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06/15/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia 76ers announced on Monday that guard Royal Ivey declined the player option on his contract for next season, making him an unrestricted free agent. The 27-year-old signed as a free agent with the Sixers last July, and saw action in 71 games with averages of 3.0 points and 1.1 rebounds in just over 12 minutes per contest. Over five NBA seasons with the Hawks, Bucks and 76ers, the Texas product has racked up 3.8 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists per contest in |
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| Toronto Raptors |
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06/10/2009 |
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| Acquired forward Reggie Evans from the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for guard-forward Jason Kapono. |
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