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LeBron James works out as a member of the Miami Heat: Video
Plain Dealer — Certainly you've all been waiting to see LeBron James in his Miami Heat practice gear putting up bricks shots as the Heat get ready for the upcoming season. Of course you have. In about three months the Heat will come...
Cleveland Cavaliers 3 hours agoBucks sign second-round pick Hobson
Bucks Blog | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Darington Hobson, one of two second-round picks selected by the Bucks in the June draft, has signed with Milwaukee and an official announcement is expected later Friday.
Milwaukee Bucks 4 hours agoBulls announce TV schedule
Chicago Sun-Times — The Chicago Bulls today announced their television broadcast schedule for the 2010-11 season, with Comcast SportsNet and WGN-TV/WCIU overseeing all local television duties. All 82 regular season games will be televised, as well as all eight preseason games. The Bulls will make 39 nationally-televised appearances on TNT, ESPN, ABC, NBA-TV and WGN America.
Chicago Bulls 4 hours agoShaquille O'Neal stars in his version of wedding crashers
Plain Dealer — Tracy Boulian, The Plain Dealer Shaquille O'Neal There is the movie "Wedding Crashers" and now there's the real life wedding crasher in former Cleveland Cavaliers center Shaquille O'Neal. Reporter John Beattie of NESN.com writes how Shaq wandered into the wedding...
Cleveland Cavaliers 7 hours agoBulls release 2010-11 TV broadcast schedule
Bulls Blog | Chicago Breaking Sports — The Bulls' TV broadcast schedule for the 2010-11 season released Friday reveals that all 82 games will be televised, along with eight preseason games.Comcast SportsNet and WGN-TV/WCIU will provide local game coverage, and the Bulls will make 39 nationally televised appearances on TNT, ESPN, ABC, NBA-TV and WGN America.The Bulls will open the regular season Oct. 27 on WGN-TV against the Oklahoma City Thunder.The complete TV broadcast schedule is after the jump:Here is the Bulls' 2010-11 broadcast schedule:PRESEASONDATE OPPONENT TIME TVTue. O...
Chicago Bulls 8 hours agoCavaliers, Ohio State Comment of the Day: LeBron on OSU's sideline?
Plain Dealer — "With him being the ultimate front runner, he will probably wind up on the sidelines of whatever team is winning at halftime." - doctor3dee
Cleveland Cavaliers 11 hours agoAll but one Pistons regular-season game will be on TV
Detroit Free Press — Fox Sports Detroit will televise 80 of the Pistons' 82 regular-season games. Including an ESPN telecast, 81 of the club's games will be televised.
Detroit Pistons 15 hours agoFree Cavs preview again planned for UA Even witho...
Akron Beacon Journal — Free Cavs preview again planned for UA Even without LeBron James, the Cavaliers are returning to Akron.
Cleveland Cavaliers 17 hours agoLack of defense costing Granger minutes in Turkey
Pacers Insider | Indianapolis Star — THE 'BURBS - Playing for Team USA this summer is the best thing for Danny Granger. Granger is hopefully using his time playing with Kevin Durant and Co. to learn what he needs to do to improve his game. It's no secret that Granger's defense has regressed the past few years. His lack of defense has been in an even bigger spotlight this summer. Some people thought Granger would end up getting more minutes than Andre Iguodala and Rudy Gay when the team was training in Las Vegas. It's been the opposite. Granger got a DNP-CD in USA's narrow victory over Brazil earlier this week. He's averaging 13.3...
Indiana Pacers 22 hours agoBoozer's goal for Bulls? 'A championship'
Bulls Blog | Chicago Breaking Sports — ESPN.com reports: The Bulls new power forward has lofty expectations for his team this season. "A championship," Carlos Boozer said after a Nike House of Hoops event. "I think a realistic goal for us is a championship. I think anything shorter than that we're setting ourselves up to be shorter than what we can reach. I think [we have] potential to be a championship-level team." Get the full story at espn.com.
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- Next summer doesn't look as Melo Nets Blog | ESPN New York Even if the Denver Nuggets are able to re-sign Carmelo Anthony to a contract extension, the Nets will be in strong contention next summer to make a pitch for the 2011 free agent. That's because the Nets will have roughly $20 million in cap space (New York Post). In the meantime, the Nets already have a guarantee from one new member who will join them at the Prudential Center next summer -- the New York Liberty. The WNBA franchise will play all of its home games across the river while its current arena, Madison Square Garden, undergoes a multimillion-dollar renovation (The Star-Ledger). Jared ...
- Walsh nixed trade for Fernandez Knicks Blog | ESPN New York An international combo of Rudy Fernandez and Danilo Gallinari would have been intriguing to watch in Mike D'Antoni's run-and-gun system, but Knicks president Donnie Walsh boxed out that notion. According to a team source, Walsh recently rejected a three-team deal that would have sent Anthony Randolph to Indiana, a first-round pick to Portland and Fernandez to New York (New York Daily News). While Fernandez would have brought dazzle to the court and even some much-needed Knicks D -- he averaged a steal per game last season -- Walsh may prefer to develop a big man in Randolph, who's only 21 and ...
- Team USA improves to 5-0 at world championships Orlando Sentinel Eric Gordon scored 21 points for the Americans
- Top Magic and NBA news: Friday, September 3 Magic BasketBlog | Orlando Sentinel Team USA closed out its group play schedule in the 2010 FIBA World Championship with a listliss victory over Tunisia.
- Source: Walsh recently nixed Rudy deal New York Daily News Rudy Fernandez continues to lobby for a trade to New York, but the Knicks either can't or won't make a trade for the Portland shooting guard. According to a team source, Knicks president Donnie Walsh recently rejected a three-team deal that would have sent Anthony Randolph to Indiana, a first-round pick to Portland and Fernandez to New York.
- Why David Lee Will Be a Bust Fantasy Basketball Cafe David Lee will be a “bust” this year. The purpose of this article will be to illustrate where Lee is being ranked and why I believe that Lee’s ranking is too high. Also, while there are a lot of good discussions here at the Café on the pros and cons of Lee and his ranking [...] Related posts:David LeeKeeper Case: Nate RobinsonMock – Yeah! – Ing – Yeah! – Bird – Yeah!
- Preseason Ranks: Center Yahoo! Sports Pau Gasol tops the 2010 preseason fantasy center rankings.
- Preseason Ranks: Point Guard Yahoo! Sports Chris Paul tops the 2010 preseason fantasy point guard rankings.
- Preseason Ranks: Shooting Guard Yahoo! Sports Dwyane Wade tops the 2010 preseason fantasy shooting guard rankings.
- Preseason Ranks: Top 40 Yahoo! Sports Kevin Durant tops the 2010 preseason top 40 fantasy rankings.