If I ran the NBA: Part 1

Tabuse Still Has Eyes on NBA Return

A Stern Warning found this 9/3/2008 on www.yomiuri.co.jp

From the YOMIURI SHIMBUN, "Yuta Tabuse's desire to play in the NBA again hasn't waned. But playing in Japan will give him the valuable playing time that he never got in three years in the NBA Development League and sharpen his game for another shot at ...

Bucks to Be Affiliated With D-League's Mad Ants

Detroit Pistons Full-Court Press - MLive.com found this 9/3/2008 on www.nba.com

The Milwaukee Bucks have joined the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers as the NBA parent clubs for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League for the 2008-09 season, the National Basketball Association announced today.

NBA.com Orientation Week

3 Shades of Blue found this 9/3/2008 on www.nba.com

Professional and Life Skills Computer Training Education Finance Professionalism/Networking Player Development Coach's Huddle NBA Legends Panel Player to Player Panel with current NBA players Players Association meeting Rules of the Game  ...

"Thunder" is OKC's new NBA team name

SLAM Online found this 9/3/2008 on www.newsok.com

Thunder will be the nickname of Oklahoma City ’s new NBA team. There were no surprises Wednesday afternoon when the team name leaked out before a 5 p.m. press conference. Even the logo wasn’t a surprise. This time, the NBA store’s Web ...

NBA Development League Affiliations for 2008/09 Season Announced

Maury posted 9/4/2008 from www.bizofbasketball.com

The NBA has released the tentative team affiliations between Development League (D-League) organizations and NBA franchises. As reported on NBA.Com , the D-League has expanded to sixteen teams to begin the eighth season of play, so each development team will be limited to affiliation with a maximum