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Civil rights activists question Minnesota Timberwolves’ white roster
The Minnesota Timberwolves and the skin color of many of their players has some questioning the front-office’s true motives when it comes to constructing the roster. Reports the Star Tribune: “Dante Cunningham noticed when he reported for work in Minnesota this fall that his new Timberwolves team is unlike any for which he has ever…
Read MoreNBA Set to Tip Off 67th Season
The NBA is set to tip off its 67th season today with the first three contests of the 2012-13 campaign; the Cleveland Cavaliers will host the Washington Wizards, the Los Angeles Lakers will entertain the Dallas Mavericks and the 2011-12 Champion Miami Heat will square off with the Boston Celtics in Miami. The landscape of…
Read MoreHarden turns down $52m – traded to Rockets
The Oklahoma City Thunder, 2011-12 NBA Finals Runner-up, lost hope in working out a contract extension with shooting guard James Harden and sent him and three others to the Houston Rockets in exchange for two players and three high draft picks on Saturday. With the trade deadline quickly approaching, the Thunder did what they had…
Read MoreNBA shelves Uniform Ads Idea until April ’13
After the marquee news stories were reported from the NBA Board of Governors meeting, namely the approval of the Memphis Grizzlies sale and Commissioner David Stern announcing his retirement, another hot topic got pushed aside and went relatively unnoticed, advertisements on uniforms. The topic of the uniform ads has been around for a while in…
Read MoreJoey Dorsey leaving Olympiacos for NBA
Joey Dorsey (203 cm, Memphis’08) has announced that he will be leaving returning Euroleague and Greece A1 champion Olympiacos effectively immediately and has worked out a contract termination with the club. With NBA rosters being cut to the league maximum 15 this week for the season opener coming next week, the timing is good for…
Read MoreDavid Stern announces end of tenure at NBA
David Stern, NBA Commissioner, took the opportunity at the 2012 NBA Board of Governors meetings to announce that he will step down as the NBA’s long-standing Commissioner in February 2014. Stern took over the position as the league’s commissioner on Feb. 1st, 1984, which will mean that he’ll retire after 30 years at the helm.…
Read MoreMemphis Grizzlies Sale to Pera approved by NBA
New York — The NBA Board of Governors has unanimously approved the sale of the Memphis Grizzlies to an investor group led by Robert Pera. “We are delighted that the NBA’s Board of Governors has approved Robert Pera’s purchase of the Grizzlies,” said NBA Commissioner David Stern. “Robert will no doubt bring great energy and…
Read MoreBen Uzoh gets released by Nuggets
Ben Uzoh (191 cm, Tulsa’10) was released today by the Denver Nuggets in order to get their roster down to the league maximum 15 players. Uzoh, has had a rough fall, first signing a deal with Cholet Basket (France-ProA) in August, then getting released by them in September after he didn’t pan out as hoped…
Read MoreGrizzlies Sale Unanimously Approved by NBA’s Finance Committee
The NBA Finance Committee meet yesterday in New York as part of the two-day Board of Governors meetings; as a key topic, the sale of the Memphis Grizzlies from current owner Michael Heisley to an investors group lead by Robert Pera. The Committee unanimously approved the sale to Pera’s group, which includes such big names…
Read MoreSeattle Council takes step to get NBA back in town
SEATTLE (AP) — King County Executive Dow Constantine and Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn signed legislation Tuesday on the funding plan for construction of an arena that could be used to lure the NBA back to Seattle. The executives signed the deal a day after a negotiated memorandum of understanding between the city, county and investor…
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