sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 6/27/2009
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The busiest week of the NBA offseason, at least until free agency kicks off next month, yielded plenty of items to dissect. 5 keys to the draft 5. Are the Nets for sale? Four groups are positioned to invest in the Nets, a highly placed source in the league office confided this week. Two other ...
bizofbasketball.com - 6/27/2009
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Magic Obtain Vince Carter The New Jersey Nets
dealt Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson to the Orlando...
Magic for Rafer Alston , Tony Battie and Courtney Lee , ESPN.com reports. "Every player hopes for an opportunity like this, to just once compete for an NBA championship," Carter said. "This is ...
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NBA Round Up: Carter Dealt to Magic, Hawks Land Crawford
sportingnews.com - 6/26/2009
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sportingnews.com —
It's like the trade deadline jitters and the
pre-draft anticipation all rolled up in one, and I...
can barely take it anymore! The latest absolute stunner of a deal, according to Yahoo : The New Jersey Nets have agreed in principal to send Vince ...
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Nets Agree to Send Vince Carter to Magic
waitingfornextyear.com - 6/28/2009
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waitingfornextyear.com —
WFNY readers have been wondering how the Magic’s
acquisition of Vince Carter changes the team that ousted...
the Cavaliers in six games. The Magic pulled this trade off with the Nets on Thursday afternoon hours after the Cavs completed the Shaq deal. Carter, who grew up in nearby Daytona Beach, ...
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What the Vince Carter Trade Means for the Cavs’ “Rivals”
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Cleveland's Case Of Xenophobia, Kid Congo Edition
Orlando Magic —
... DeJuan Blair. A steal at #30, right? Where does he fit? He can't play with Varejao because that would be a disaster offensively. Not to mention, why draft another undersized forward/center after drafting two last year, in Darnell Jackson and JJ Hickson? Or how about our newest acquisition, Shaquille O'Neal. How would he fit in with him? Or better yet, what about those knees? As one story in SI.com said: "Most team doctors red-flagged him, which prevented the GMs from taking Blair in the first round." ...
Full Court Press
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... to sign away C.J. Miles from the Jazz last summer. They are expected to have $11 million in salary-cap space and could offer a contract in the neighborhood of five years and $65 million to a free agent. Detroit and Portland also could be potential Millsap suitors.
And, of course, as expected Hedo Turkoglu opted out.
A nice look by Chris Burnucca on Pro Basketball News at bargain free agents.
Ian Thomsen with follow up on DeJuan Blair's freefall.
Many executives in ...
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cantstopthebleeding.com 6/26/2009 —
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State of The Nets: We Need To Stay Put
netsarescorching.com 7/23/2009 — Every once in a while, I will take a look at the Nets organization and give you my opinions on where we are and what I think we should do. This is called State of The Nets.
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Report: Magic to acquire Vince Carter
scoresreport.com 6/25/2009 —
Whoa! I thought Vince Carter might be on the move, but I wasn’t expecting this .
The New Jersey Nets have agreed to a trade in principle with the Magic that will send Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson to Orlando for Rafer Alston, Tony Battie and Courtney Lee, two league sources told ...
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For a team that’s supposed to be in the bottom of the league’s standings this coming season, the New Jersey Nets have certainly generated a lot of mainstream media buzz during an otherwise sleepy week in the summer off-season. And not for the right reasons. ...
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Bleacher Report - NBA 6/27/2009
Shortly after the Cleveland Cavaliers announced its acquisition of Shaquille O'Neal, the Orlando Magic and New Jersey Nets agreed to a trade that sends the Nets' Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson to the Magic in exchange for Rafer Alston, Courtney Lee, ...
