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| Cavs sign G Kinsey |
NBA Basketball |
08/04/2008 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - The Cleveland Cavaliers signed guard Tarence Kinsey to an undisclosed contract Monday. Kinsey, 24, split last season with the Memphis Grizzlies and Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul of the Turkish Basketball League. In 11 games with Memphis, he averaged 3.6 points and 1.1 rebounds. Meanwhile, he averaged 9.2 points in 14 regular season games with Fenerbahce Ulker, and posted averages of 8.8 points and 2.8 rebounds in 12 Euroleague games. "Tarence is a talented young perimeter player tha |
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| Artest reportedly headed to Houston |
NBA Basketball |
07/29/2008 |
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| ore being traded to Houston. During his career, Jackson, a former Sixth Man of the Year, has averaged 10 points since breaking into the NBA in 1997 with Denver. His most prolific years were in a Kings uniform. Greene was selected 28th overall by the Memphis Grizzlies in the June 26 draft before his rights were traded to Houston that night. The 6-foot-9 Greene entered the draft after one season at Syracuse, where he led the team and ranked fourth in the Big East with 17.7 points per game. The athletic forward als |
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| Suns sign F Barnes |
NBA Basketball |
07/23/2008 |
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| one- year deal with free agent forward Matt Barnes. Barnes averaged 6.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in 73 contests last season for the Warriors. The 28-year-old will suit up for his sixth NBA team in his seventh season, with career averages of 6.1 points and 3.8 rebounds per game for the Clippers, Kings, Knicks, Sixers, and Warriors. Drafted in the second round out of UCLA by the Memphis Grizzlies in 2002, Barnes spent a season in the NBA's D-League before signing with the Clippers for the 2003-04 season. |
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| Durant highlights USA Basketball Select Team roster |
Olympics |
07/16/2008 |
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| 10-24. The rest of the team includes: LaMarcus Aldridge (Portland Trail Blazers); Jeff Green (Oklahoma City); Luther Head (Houston Rockets); Al Horford (Atlanta Hawks); Andre Iguodala (Philadelphia 76ers); Kevin Martin (Sacramento Kings); O.J. Mayo (Memphis Grizzlies); Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls) and Rodney Stuckey (Detroit Pistons). In addition, two more players from the 2008 NBA Summer League, which is taking place until July 20, will be added to the team. "We brought into the senior team's training camp last |
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| Rockets sign F Greene |
NBA Basketball |
07/14/2008 |
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| Houston, TX (MySportsbook) - The Houston Rockets signed forward Donte Greene to a multi-year contract on Monday. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Greene was selected 28th overall by the Memphis Grizzlies in the June 26 draft before his rights were traded to Houston that night along with a 2009 second round pick in exchange for the rights to forward Darrell Arthur, who the Rockets took one pick earlier. The 6-foot-9 Greene entered the draft after one season at Syracuse, where he led the t |
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| Minnesota Timberwolves |
NBA Basketball Transaction |
06/28/2008 |
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| Acquired the draft rights to forward Kevin Love, guard/forward Mike Miller, forward Brian Cardinal and center Jason Collins from the Memphis Grizzlies for the draft rights to O.J. Mayo, guards Marko Jaric and Greg Buckner, and forward Antoine Walker. |
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| Nets shine on draft night |
NBA Basketball |
06/27/2008 |
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| player they coveted, though Sacramento selected the 6-11 forward a little early (No. 12) and could have made a lot more of the acquisition had it moved down and picked up a player and/or a future pick. Thompson may have still been around at No. 20. MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES - Yes, the Grizzlies did eventually acquire Mayo, who fits in very well with the up-tempo style they want to play. The USC product will team with high-flying Rudy Gay to give Memphis an exciting duo on the break. But the Grizzlies did not get fair v |
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| Arthur waits and waits...then traded |
NBA Basketball |
06/27/2008 |
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| traded three times. He was then sent to Houston along with forward Joey Dorsey, the 33rd overall pick from Portland, in exchange for the draft rights to guard Nicolas Batum, the 25th overall selection. However, even after that deal was announced the Memphis Grizzlies acquired Arthur. In return, the Grizzlies traded the draft rights to forward Donte' Greene (28th overall) and a 2009 second-round pick. A forward of the national champion Kansas Jayhawks, Arthur was the final player to leave the green room Thursday |
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| Bulls take Rose with top pick |
NBA Basketball |
06/27/2008 |
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| s. He has the ability to play both shooting and point guard positions. A pair of UCLA players were taken next as point guard Russell Westbrook was picked fourth overall by the Seattle SuperSonics, while freshman forward Love was grabbed fifth by the Memphis Grizzlies, only to apparently be dealt. It was the sixth time in the history of the draft that teammates were taken back- to-back. Westbrook played a large part in pushing the Bruins to the top of the Pac-10 for the third straight year and into the Final Four |
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| Memphis Grizzlies 2008 Draft Preview |
NBA Basketball |
06/20/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Memphis Grizzlies are trying to become an athletic team that pushes the ball up the court. The fifth and 28th overall picks should net them two players who can be a part of the future. Twenty-one-year-old Rudy Gay had his best season, as he averaged a team- best 20.1 points and 6.2 rebounds in 81 games. The Connecticut product shot 46.2 percent from the floor, including 34.6 percent from beyond the arc. Gay is developing into the cornerstone of the franchise. Sharp-shooting Mike Miller po |
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