nba.com - 7/1/2009
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With multiple players opting Monday and Tuesday not to test the NBA's free agent market by opting out of their existing contracts, there were fewer big names in the pool of potential impact players when the free agent signing period began early Wednesday morning. One of the bigger names ...
sports.yahoo.com - 7/1/2009
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sports.yahoo.com —
30. 31, by the time the playoffs start
next season. Portland? By the time the playoffs start...
in 2010? Brandon Roy , 25. LaMarcus Aldridge , 24. Rudy Fernandez , 25. Greg Oden , 22. Travis Outlaw , 25. And when those players are in ...
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Does Portland know that Hedo Turkoglu is 30?
chron.com - 7/2/2009
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chron.com —
Unable to beat the Lakers, Ron Artest is
ready to join them. Though the details of the...
deal were not complete, Artest had decided on Thursday to join the Lakers, the team that eliminated the Rockets in seven games on the way to the NBA Championship, ...
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Artest leaving Houston for the Lakers | NBA Basketball | ...
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One of the bigger names remaining, Chicago Bulls free agent guard Ben Gordon, didn't get an offer...
Blog a Bull —
... - David Aldridge.
Hopefully on his visit Ben sees dozens of cars on fire and realizes Detroit is no place to be.
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Raptors Republic - ESPN TrueHoop's Raptors Blog —
... the answer, he’ll give you minimal contributions this year, and I am at best skeptical to him reaching his potential, especially in Toronto.After watching the NBA draft, last week I came away with this conclusion on DeRozan, patience will be key, and that he has tons of potential. Frankly as a Raptor fan I am running out of the former and sick and tired about hearing the latter.
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Cavaliers: Ferry sets sights ...
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