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Colangelo inclined to stay with US hoops (AP)
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News [2008-09-22 14:56:11]
After building an Olympic gold medal-winning team, Jerry Colangelo might make a run at another championship with USA Basketball. "I'm kind of leaning toward continuing, but we still have some things that we're talking through just in terms of organization," Colangelo said Monday at a luncheon benefiting the Special Olympics of Arizona.
Bobcats extend offer to Rockets F Landry (AP)
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News [2008-09-24 15:57:05]
The Charlotte Bobcats moved to bolster their thin frontcourt Wednesday, signing Houston Rockets restricted free-agent forward Carl Landry to a three-year, $9 million offer sheet. The Rockets have a week to decide whether to match the offer or lose Landry to Charlotte. The 6-foot-9, 248-pound Landry averaged 8.1 points and 4.9 rebounds in 42 games for the Rockets as a rookie last season.
Heat's Spoelstra set to open first camp (AP)
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News [2008-09-24 10:23:41]
It's not in Erik Spolestra's contract, but he has an unspoken agreement with the Miami Heat. For one week every summer, without fail, he gets to attend a family reunion in Hawaii. On this year's trip, he found a new obsession: Paddleboarding. For two, three, sometimes four hours a day, the rookie Heat coach would climb atop something resembling a surfboard in the shimmering blue water, removed from...
Heat rookies look past summer mistakes (AP)
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News [2008-09-24 16:05:53]
For Heat rookies Michael Beasley and Mario Chalmers, the joy of getting drafted and settling into their new homes in Miami has long been forgotten. Getting into trouble with the NBA before their first seasons even started took care of that. Answering questions for the first time about the Sept. 3 incident at an NBA symposium for all incoming first-year players, the two Heat rookies reiterated...
Donaghy reports to federal prison camp (AP)
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News [2008-09-23 17:23:00]
Disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy has reported to a federal prison camp to begin his 15-month sentence in a gambling scandal. Donaghy's attorney, John Lauro, says his client arrived at the Saufley Field minimum-security prison about 1 p.m. Tuesday. A New York judge sentenced Donaghy in July after the 41-year-old referee said he took thousands of dollars from a professional gambler in exchange...
At referees camp, a general takes charge (AP)
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News [2008-09-24 14:50:39]
It's still training camp, not boot camp. The NBA's referees are now reporting to a general, and so far he seems a perfect fit for a group that was seeking a strong leader to guide them through the toughest times their profession has ever endured. Ron Johnson, a two-star general who served 32 years in the Army, was hired over the summer as the league's new senior vice president of referee...
Nuggets G Atkins to miss 6 weeks (AP)
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News [2008-09-24 16:28:47]
Denver Nuggets guard Chucky Atkins will miss six weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Wednesday. Atkins felt pain two weeks ago while playing pickup games, and an MRI on Monday revealed an operation was necessary. Team orthopedic surgeon Steve Traina repaired torn cartilage and cleaned out loose bodies, the team said.
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