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Chris Hunter signs with the Warriors
ridiculousupside.com - 18 hours ago
Chris Hunter signs with the Warriors
— ridiculousupside.com — Chris Hunter signs with the Warriors The Golden State Warriors have signed Chris Hunter, which I believe makes him the first D-League call-up of this season (which hasn't really started yet). While I wouldn't wish a coach like Don Nelson on anyone (the current incarnation, anyway), I ... (more) Chris Hunter signs with the Warriors

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Tulsa Waives Davis, Parham, Young, McCoy, Johnson
ridiculousupside.com - 21 hours ago
Tulsa Waives Davis, Parham, Young, McCoy, Johnson
— ridiculousupside.com — Tulsa Waives Davis, Parham, Young, McCoy, Johnson The 66ers have waived Jeral Davis, Tim Parham, Keena Young, Adam McCoy, Mitch Johnson. I thought Young and McCoy were both decent late-round draft picks, but this is how it goes. Davis and Parham were both likely to get cut because Tulsa ... (more) Tulsa Waives Davis, Parham, Young, McCoy, Johnson

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Hey, there are D-League games tonight!
ridiculousupside.com - 24 hours ago
Hey, there are D-League games tonight!
— ridiculousupside.com — More photos » by Laura Rauch - AP Highly-touted forward Alade Aminu makes his D-League debut tonight for the Erie BayHawks. Browse more photos » Tonight marks the beginning ... (more) Hey, there are D-League games tonight!

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Thunderbirds Waive Bullock, Carr, Kortovich
ridiculousupside.com - 38 hours ago
Thunderbirds Waive Bullock, Carr, Kortovich
— ridiculousupside.com — Thunderbirds Waive Bullock, Carr, Kortovich The Albuquerque Thunderbirds have waived Garrison Carr, J'Nathan Bullock and Brian Kortovich. Bullock spent some time away from basketball to try out for the NY Jets. Carr was the Patriot League player of the year a few years ago and made 45 ... (more) Thunderbirds Waive Bullock, Carr, Kortovich

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Utah Waives Lang, Goffney, LaRoche, Holmes, Darger
ridiculousupside.com - 2 days ago
Utah Waives Lang, Goffney, LaRoche, Holmes, Darger
— ridiculousupside.com — Utah Waives Lang, Goffney, LaRoche, Holmes, Darger The Utah Flash waived James Lang for "medical reasons," although with Garrett Siler and Luke Nevill on the team he probably wasn't going to play much anyway. I'm on record as saying that LaRoche was a good pick, and he has been a very ... (more) Utah Waives Lang, Goffney, LaRoche, Holmes, Darger

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Springfield Waives Taylor, Easterling, Jones
ridiculousupside.com - 2 days ago
Springfield Waives Taylor, Easterling, Jones
— ridiculousupside.com — Springfield Waives Taylor, Easterling, Jones The Armor waived expansion draft pick Marcus Taylor along with Charles Easterling and Brandon Jones. The other semi-big news in that article is the fact that center Major Wingate hasn't shown up to camp at all, citing "personal reasons." I ... (more) Springfield Waives Taylor, Easterling, Jones

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Sioux Falls Waives Johnson, McKenzie, Miles, Price, Alexander
ridiculousupside.com - 2 days ago
Sioux Falls Waives Johnson, McKenzie, Miles, Price, Alexander
— ridiculousupside.com — Sioux Falls Waives Johnson, McKenzie, Miles, Price, Alexander The SkyForce have waived five players. Nate Miles was the only notable name, and that was more for off-court stuff (being expelled from UConn) than for basketball. (more) Sioux Falls Waives Johnson, McKenzie, Miles, Price, ...

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Dakota Waives Powell, Quezada, Stanley, Payne and Davis
ridiculousupside.com - 2 days ago
Dakota Waives Powell, Quezada, Stanley, Payne and Davis
— ridiculousupside.com — Today's the deadline for teams to get down to 12 players so expect to see a lot of these announcements throughout the afternoon.  According to a team press release, the Dakota Wizards have released Rashaad Powell, Manny Quezada, Cameron Stanley, Derick Payne and Lorenzo Davis. Powell is ... (more) Dakota Waives Powell, Quezada, Stanley, Payne and Davis

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Fort Wayne Waives Tolbert, Woodfox, Carter, Cornley
ridiculousupside.com - 2 days ago
Fort Wayne Waives Tolbert, Woodfox, Carter, Cornley
— ridiculousupside.com — Fort Wayne Waives Tolbert, Woodfox, Carter, Cornley Making this team was going to be difficult with so many players from last year's rotation back in the fold, but the Mad Ants have waived forward Frank Tolbert, guard Booker Woodfox and center Jared Carter, and released guard Jamelle Cornley ... (more) Fort Wayne Waives Tolbert, Woodfox, Carter, Cornley

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LA D-Fenders Waive Pinick, Wise, Moore, N'Doye, Pruitt
ridiculousupside.com - 3 days ago
LA D-Fenders Waive Pinick, Wise, Moore, N'Doye, Pruitt
— ridiculousupside.com — LA D-Fenders Waive Pinick, Wise, Moore, N'Doye, Pruitt As semi-promised, here are some more training camp cuts as announced by the D-Fenders. In turn: didn't expect N'Doye to make the team, as he (like Skemp in Erie) came into camp as the third center; Moore has bounced around other ... (more) LA D-Fenders Waive Pinick, Wise, Moore, N'Doye, Pruitt

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Erie's 1st cuts
ridiculousupside.com - 4 days ago
Erie's 1st cuts
— ridiculousupside.com — The Bayhawks reduced their roster to 13 by releasing G Raheem Moss, PG Derrick Mercer, F,C Jeff Skemp and G Ryan Troutman.  Moss was a camp invite.  He was the last player cut last preseason.  Mercer was Erie's 4th round pick out of American University.  Skemp was ... (more) Erie's 1st cuts

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How'z it goin? 2008-09 Ex-Idaho Stampede
ridiculousupside.com - 4 days ago
How'z it goin? 2008-09 Ex-Idaho Stampede
— ridiculousupside.com — Jon L. mentioned feel free to "fan post" - the only thing I know about "fan posts" involves me lifting my hind leg.  But since we are about ready to get started on another season, I thought I would give it a try and see if I could actually put together something worth reading as practice ... (more) How'z it goin? 2008-09 Ex-Idaho Stampede

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Ridiculous Transactions: 11/9 - 11/15, Plus Trade Analysis
ridiculousupside.com - 5 days ago
Ridiculous Transactions: 11/9 - 11/15, Plus Trade Analysis
— ridiculousupside.com — by Darron Cummings - AP The Houston Rockets said goodbye to Pops Mensah-Bonsu this week. Frowny face. View full size photo » A few relatively big moves happened (in our world, at least),  ... (more) Ridiculous Transactions: 11/9 - 11/15, Plus Trade Analysis

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Your Sunday D-League Bullets
ridiculousupside.com - 6 days ago
Your Sunday D-League Bullets
— ridiculousupside.com — View full size photo » I've skipped linking to all of the various "local player gets drafted by a D-League team" stories, mostly because they're all pretty similar and also because some of those players may get cut over the next ... (more) Your Sunday D-League Bullets

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Rockets Waive Pops Mensah-Bonsu
ridiculousupside.com - 7 days ago
Rockets Waive Pops Mensah-Bonsu
— ridiculousupside.com — Rockets Waive Pops Mensah-Bonsu Hey, so remember when I said that Pops Mensah-Bonsu was ahead of Joey Dorsey on the Rockets' depth chart? That is no longer a true fact. Deeks with his Bulls hat on does a good job of listing all of the things M-B can do (which is a fair amount). Brian ... (more) Rockets Waive Pops Mensah-Bonsu

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Rockets Assign Joey Dorsey to RGV
ridiculousupside.com - 7 days ago
Rockets Assign Joey Dorsey to RGV
— ridiculousupside.com — Rockets Assign Joey Dorsey to RGV Well here you go, the season's first NBA assignment. I'm a little surprised the Rockets didn't also send down Jermaine Taylor, who's played less than nine total minutes so far, but after Chuck Hayes, Luis Scola, Carl Landry, David Andersen and Pops ... (more) Rockets Assign Joey Dorsey to RGV

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Turnover at the Top
ridiculousupside.com - 8 days ago
Turnover at the Top
— ridiculousupside.com — Chris Hunter is one of only a few of last season's D-League leaders coming back to the league. View full size photo » I've made a few oblique references this offseason to all of the D-League ... (more) Turnover at the Top

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D-League Playoffs Expanding
ridiculousupside.com - 9 days ago
D-League Playoffs Expanding
— ridiculousupside.com — The Colorado 14ers were your D-League champions last season. View full size photo » The D-League announced today that its playoffs are expanding to include best-of-three series in both the first and ... (more) D-League Playoffs Expanding

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The Springfield Armor's mascot is going to have a dumb name
ridiculousupside.com - 10 days ago
The Springfield Armor's mascot is going to have a dumb name
— ridiculousupside.com — The Springfield Armor apparently still don't have a name for their mascot which, if you recall, looks like this:   The team held a naming contest which ended this past Sunday .  Why didn't Ridiculous Upside write about it before then, so that you, our readers could ... (more) The Springfield Armor's mascot is going to have a dumb name

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While in camp with the Pacers, I still kept a journal of my experience, took pictures during our...
ridiculousupside.com - 10 days ago
While in camp with the Pacers, I still kept a journal of my experience, took pictures during our...
— ridiculousupside.com — While in camp with the Pacers, I still kept a journal of my experience, took pictures during our trips and used my personal gift from David Stern (a Flip camera that everyone got) to record plenty of video. BDL's Too Much Rod Benson column is back up now that Rod Benson is back in the ... (more) While in camp with the Pacers, I still kept a journal of ...

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