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Will Tyson Chandler be a disappointment?
Dallas Mavericks Blog | ESPN Dallas — The trade that more or less swapped aging center Erick Dampier for oft-injured center Tyson Chandler didn't exactly set off fireworks around town, even though the Dallas Mavericks spun the deal as a defensive upgrade in the case the Mavs meet the front-court rich Los Angeles Lakers in the playoffs. Since Chandler joined the Mavs and then started workouts with Team USA in Las Vegas in late July, reviews of the 7-foot-1 center have been mixed. Initially, USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo said Chandler needed to get in basketball shape. Mavs owner Mark Cuban quickly responded with positive...
Dallas Mavericks 4 hours agoTickets for Heat, Lakers part of 3-game package
Dallas Mavericks Blog | ESPN Dallas — Premium regular season single-game tickets for the Dallas Mavericks will go on sale Sept. 18 at 10 a.m. These tickets will only be available online at mavs.com or through the Mavericks sales office. Tickets to the Nov. 27 game vs. the Miami Heat and the Jan. 19 and March 12 games vs. the Los Angeles Lakers can be purchased as part of a three-game package that includes one of the three premium games and two additional regular season games. The team will release more details about this the week of Sept. 13-17. Remaining regular season single-game tickets will go on sale Saturday, Oct. 2 at 10 ...
Dallas Mavericks 6 hours agoSweet victory: Oak Grove secures coach's 299th career win
The News Star — RAYVILLE — Oak Grove ended a four-year drought against Rayville, defeating the Hornets 45-42 on Thursday in the season opener.
New Orleans Hornets 12 hours agoDee Brown to go camping with Mavs
Dallas Mavericks Blog | ESPN Dallas — Former NBA guard Dee Brown announced through his Twitter account Thursday night that he is coming to Dallas Mavericks training camp later this month hoping to re-ignite his career. Mavs owner Mark Cuban confirmed that the 6-footer, who last year played for Maccabi Tel Aviv, will be in camp. Brown will come on a non-guaranteed contract. The Mavs have one open spot on the 15-man roster. Brown, the 46th overall draft pick of the Utah Jazz in 2006 out of Illinois, where he played with Jazz All-Star point guard Deron Williams, also played with Washington and Phoenix, as well as several stints ove...
Dallas Mavericks 19 hours agoU.S. rolls in 2nd half to rout Tunisia
San Antonio Express-News — Outworked and outhustled, the Americans led winless Tunisia by only four points early in the third quarter before turning the game into a rout over the final 15 minutes of a 92-57 victory Thursday.
San Antonio Spurs 23 hours agoMavericks around the Worlds
Dallas Mavericks Blog | ESPN Dallas — As Tyson Chandler fills a niche for undefeated Team USA, Dallas Mavericks guard J.J. Barea is playing a starring role, albeit for struggling Puerto Rico. The Puerto Ricans are just 1-4 in Group C play with a lone victory over China. Barea's bunch lost by two points to host country Turkey and by three to Greece. Barea, who will enter his fifth season with the Mavs, has averaged 16.8 points, 5.4 assists and 3.8 rebounds. He hasn't shot particularly well, 43.8 percent overall and just 26.1 percent from the 3-point line. As for the French team that is playing without point guard Roddy Beaubois, ...
Dallas Mavericks September 2, 2010New Orleans Hornets will offer two-game combo ticket for half price
Times-Picayune — The New Orleans Hornets will launch a two-game combo ticket starting next Wednesday at 10 a.m. for their Oct. 13 preseason game against the Miami Heat and their Oct. 27 regular season home opener against the Milwaukee Bucks. By purchasing...
New Orleans Hornets September 2, 2010Grizzlies launch press to stir fans
Memphis Commercial-Appeal — The Grizzlies want fans to know that this season — their 10th in Memphis — is the one to really believe in.
Memphis Grizzlies September 2, 2010Announcer accused of online harassment
San Antonio Express-News — Mike Lavender, a contract announcer for Spurs, Rampage and Missions games is accused of setting up a fake Twitter account to intentionally harm a local TV reporter.
San Antonio Spurs September 2, 2010Mavericks center Tyson Chandler is rebounding leader in U.S. win over Iran
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- Betting site favors Miami Heat, over the Lakers, to win 2011 NBA title Lakers Blog | Los Angeles Times Bodog.com has released its odds on who will win the 2011 NBA championship, and the star-studded Miami Heat, with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, are their favorite to win it all, at 7-4 odds. The Lakers, who are going for a three-peat (it would be Coach Phil Jackson’s fourth career three-peat), is the second favorite to win next June, at 11-4. They're followed by the Orlando Magic (11-1), the Boston Celtics (12-1) and the Chicago Bulls (15-1). The youthful Oklahoma City Thunder, Dallas Mavericks and Denver Nuggets follow at 18-1. By the way, the Clippers are listed at...
- 2010-11 roster breakdown: Pau Gasol Land O' Lakers | ESPN Los Angeles As part of our look ahead at the Lakers' projected roster next season, we continue to work our way from the bottom to the top of the rotation. Next up... Player Pau Gasol Salary $17,823,000 Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images Pau Gasol has been to the Finals three straight times with the Lakers. How good does he need to be this year to reach a fourth? We've grown so used to the metronome-worthy consistency it was jarring to see him struggle, relatively speaking, but from the moment he tweaked a hammy in training camp nearly a year ago, Pau Gasol set himself up for much tougher sled...
- Orange slices (aka Suns notes) Coro's Suns dish | Arizona Republic Phoenix Suns update: It's a holiday weekend so let's break out the orange slices: * It has been another great early turnout for the Suns voluntary workouts, which don't customarily start in earnest until after Labor Day. Nine of the 14 contract players are in town. The others are easily accounted for with Jared Dudley, Jason Richardson and Hakim Warrick sharing their workouts and events on Twitter and Hedo Turkoglu and Goran Dragic playing in the FIBA World Championship in Turkey. * With visitors like Amar'e Stoudemire, Zabian Dowdell, Cezary Trybanski, Sean Marks, Alex Scales and Lawrenc...
- Odom and Bryant not on equal footing Locker Talk | Orange County Register Lamar Odom and the rest of Team USA is 5-0 in the FIBA World Basketball Championships after beating Tunisia on Thursday and is within four games of adding a gold medal to his NBA championship, a thought that got him rather giddy. “The thought of being a world champion twice in one year is cool, you [...]Odom and Bryant not on equal footing is a post from: Lakers blog
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar flubs one on “Jeopardy” Locker Talk | Orange County Register Everyone makes mistakes with easy ones, but here’s what Alex Trebek calls Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s “embarrassing moment on ‘Jeopardy’ … Kareem Abdul-Jabbar flubs one on “Jeopardy” is a post from: Lakers blog Kareem Abdul-Jabbar flubs one on “Jeopardy” is a post from: Lakers blog
- 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.