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Jonny Flynn inks new deal with Melbourne
Jonny Flynn (183 cm, Syracuse’09) spent the last three seasons in the NBA, banked salaries in excess of $9.5m, and is taking his game down under after being released by the Detroit Pistons and signing a deal with the Melbourne Tigers (Australia-NBL). Flynn played his final collegiate ball at Syracuse in 2009 (sophomore year), leading…
Read MoreBrooklyn returns to pro sports with Nets
Brooklyn returned to major pro sports on Saturday, welcomed back by some beloved former stars and ready to embrace the Nets the way it once did the Dodgers. The Nets played their delayed first regular-season game at Barclays Center, two days after they were supposed to open against the New York Knicks. That was postponed…
Read MoreHidayet Turkoglu breaks hand. Out for weeks.
Turkish forward Hidayet Turkoglu has broken his hand in yesterday’s game against Denver. He has already been operated and is expected to be out from 4 to 6 weeks.
Read MoreClippers send Lakers to 0-3 start
A balanced offense, a deep bench and a burning desire to become the best team in Los Angeles were more than enough to carry the Clippers to a 105-95 victory Friday night at STAPLES Center, dropping the Lakers to 0-3 for the first time since 1978. QUOTABLE: “We’re hitting the panic button now.” –Lakers guard…
Read MoreGreivis Vásquez makes history for Venezuela
Greivis Vásquez has made history for Venezuela. He is the first Venezuelan to play in an inaugural NBA Basketball game. He played with the Hornets, who, unfortunately, lost the game. Vásquez scored 8 points in 37 minutes and had an impressive 13 assists, the most in the NBA on the first day of play.
Read MoreAfter turning down $55 million, James Harden gets $80 million
The Houston Rockets landed their star player after all, but it came at a hefty price. Shooting guard James Harden has agreed to sign a five-year, $80 million extension with Houston before tonight’s 11:59 ET deadline. Harden, the regining NBA Sixth Man of the Year and an Olympic gold medalist, was traded from the Oklahoma…
Read MoreNew York vs Brooklyn game postponed
The National Basketball Association game scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 1 between the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center has been postponed due to the conditions in the New York area caused by Hurricane Sandy. “Mayor Bloomberg informed us this afternoon that after further analysis of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy that…
Read MoreDerrick Brown signs with Lokomotiv Kuban
Derrick Brown (203 cm, Xavier’09) has signed with Russian team Lokomotiv Kuban. The former 2nd round draft pick played in the NBA last season with the Bobcats where he averaged 8.1 ppg and 3.6 rpg. This will be Brown’s first contract with a foreign team.
Read MoreDallas stuns loaded Lakers in opener, 99-91
Dwight Howard missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot, and the night never got much better for the Los Angeles Lakers. When Howard and Steve Nash took their places alongside Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol under the Hollywood spotlight, the Lakers opened a season of enormous expectations with an equally big dud of a…
Read MoreRecord-tying 84 foreign players on NBA rosters
Opening-night rosters for the 2012-13 NBA season feature a record-tying 84 international players, previously set in 2010-11, from 37 countries and territories. The opening-night record for countries and territories is 38, and was also set in the 2010-11 season. Twenty-nine of the 30 teams feature at least one international player. The San Antonio Spurs have…
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