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| Diop, Barea return to Dallas |
NBA Basketball |
07/09/2008 |
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| Dallas, TX (Best E Casino) - The Dallas Mavericks signed center DeSagana Diop and guard J.J. Barea, the club announced Wednesday, bringing the free agents back to the team. Terms of the deals were not released, but Diop has reportedly agreed to a five-year contract starting at $5.585 million per year, according to the Dallas Morning News. Diop spent two-plus seasons with Dallas before being traded to New Jersey this past February, in the deal that brought Jason Kidd to Dallas. The seven-foot player averaged 2 |
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| Report: Mavs bring back Diop, sign Green |
NBA Basketball |
07/03/2008 |
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| Dallas, TX (Best E Casino) - The Dallas Mavericks have reportedly come to terms on a deal with center DeSagana Diop, traded away in the Jason Kidd deal last season, and with young swingman Gerald Green. The Dallas Morning News reported the Diop deal on Thursday. The Mavericks announced the Green signing Thursday, but not the Diop contract. The seven-foot Diop will sign a five-year deal that starts at the full-mid level exception, according to the News, which the paper said should be about $5.5 million for nex |
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| Warriors' Davis opts out of deal |
NBA Basketball |
07/01/2008 |
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| He was the only Warrior to appear in every game last season. Acquired from New Orleans during the 2004-05 season, Davis has career averages of 17.1 points and 4.1 rebounds over 608 regular season games. The Warriors finished 48-34 last season, barely missing out on the playoffs. Davis engineered the Warriors to the postseason the previous year, breaking a 12-season playoff drought. It was during the 2007 playoffs when the Warriors, as an eighth seed, shocked the top-seeded Dallas Mavericks in the first round. |
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| Bryant, James headline U.S. Olympic team |
NBA Basketball |
06/23/2008 |
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| James highlighted a group of 12 NBA players named to the U.S. Olympic basketball team on Monday. The squad, which will be attempting to win a gold medal for the first time since 2000, also includes a trio of point guards -- veteran Jason Kidd of the Dallas Mavericks, New Orleans' Chris Paul and Utah's Deron Williams. Rounding out the backcourt are Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat and sharpshooter Michael Redd of the Milwaukee Bucks. The frontcourt features Denver's Carmelo Anthony, Utah's Carlos Boozer, Toronto's |
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| Dallas Mavericks 2008 Draft Preview |
NBA Basketball |
06/20/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The draft is not going to have an impact on the Dallas Mavericks' roster. They will not pick until late in the second round, 59th overall. Dallas gambled when it acquired All-Star point guard Jason Kidd from the New Jersey Nets prior to the trade deadline. It had to part with Devin Harris in the deal. The trade did not work out the way the Mavericks had hoped, and there could be personnel changes on the way. The team replaced head coach Avery Johnson with Rick Carlisle. Former MVP Dirk Nowit |
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| Cubs' financial books said sent to possible buyers |
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06/11/2008 |
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| bune still hopes to sell separately. No dollar estimates were given for any assets. Interested buyers are believed to include a group headed by John Canning, chairman of private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners LLC; Internet billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and the family of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.'s founder Joe Ricketts. Sports economists say the expressed interest of several billionaires, among other well-heeled investors, make it a good bet it will exceed the record $660 milli |
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| NBA Coaching Changes |
NBA Basketball |
06/11/2008 |
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Charlotte Bobcats - Sam Vincent, Larry Brown. Chicago Bulls - Scott Skiles, Jim Boylan (interim), Vinny Del Negro. Dallas Mavericks - Avery Johnson, Rick Carlisle. Detroit Pistons - Flip Saunders, Michael Curry. Miami Heat - Pat Riley, Erik Spoelstra. Milwaukee Bucks - Larry Krystkowiak, Scott Skiles. New York Knicks - Isiah Thomas, Mike D'Antoni. Phoenix Suns - Mike D'Antoni, Terry Porter.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News |
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| Ex-NBA referee: playoff series manipulated |
NBA Basketball |
06/10/2008 |
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| alleges that the opposing team's coach later was fined $100,000 after revealing an NBA official informed him of the behind-the-scenes instructions. That would correspond with the 2005 first-round playoff series between the Houston Rockets and the Dallas Mavericks, in which Mark Cuban complained to officials and Jeff Van Gundy was fined. Donaghy's letter said that in the first of several meetings with prosecutors and the FBI in New York in 2007, he named names while describing ``various examples of improper |
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| Spurs' VP Bookbinder resigns |
NBA Basketball |
06/10/2008 |
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| s magnitude," said Bookbinder. "This is a unique business. The passion it takes, the time you have to give and the day-to-day stress - being emotionally attached to four different teams - takes a toll. For me it is the right time to take a step back, take a deep breath and reflect." Bookbinder has worked in pro sports since graduating from the University of Florida in 1974. Prior to joining the Spurs he also worked in management positions for the Denver Nuggets, the San Diego Clippers and the Dallas Mavericks. |
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| Michael Curry tabbed as new coach of the Detroit Pistons |
NBA Basketball |
06/09/2008 |
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| xt season after only one year as an assistant. A former teammate is not surprised. Curry is set be introduced as Detroit's new coach at a news conference Tuesday, Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars told The Associated Press. Dallas Mavericks guard Jerry Stackhouse, who played with Curry in Detroit, said Curry was like a player-coach during his career on the court. ``It was just a matter of time,'' Stackhouse said a telephone interview with the AP on Monday. ``Everybody who knew Michae |
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