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| Doleac signs with the Heat |
NBA Basketball |
07/15/2004 |
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| free-agent big man Michael Doleac. As per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. "We are really excited to have Michael Doleac on board," said Heat head coach Stan Van Gundy. Doleac split time last season between the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets, averaging 4.5 points and 3.7 rebounds in 72 games. In 396 career games with Orlando, Cleveland, New York and Denver, the 6-11 Doleac has posted averages of 5.6 points and 3.6 boards. "I think he was one of the best big men on the market this year," |
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| Suns sign Quentin Richardson to offer sheet |
NBA Basketball |
07/14/2004 |
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| nd averaged career-highs in points (17.2 ppg) and rebounds (6.4 rpg). Richardson has participated in 281 games during his career and owns averages of 12 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists. The 24-year-old has not yet played in the postseason during his NBA career. The Clippers have 15 days to match the offer. LA is still waiting on a decision from unrestricted free agent All-Star guard Kobe Bryant as to where he will sign. The Denver Nuggets were also reported to have had an interest in signing Richardson. |
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| Doleac headed for South Beach |
NBA Basketball |
07/13/2004 |
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| i Heat and center Michael Doleac have reportedly agreed on a four-year contract worth about $12 million. According to The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the New Orleans Hornets were also interested in Doleac. The Utah product split last season with the Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks, averaging 2.0 points and 1.4 rebounds over a total of 82 games. Doleac, a former first-round pick (12th overall) of the Orlando Magic in 1998, played in 26 games for the Nuggets before being dealt to the Big Apple. He was also s |
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| Nuggets name ex-Laker Cooper assistant coach |
NBA Basketball |
07/06/2004 |
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| === Nuggets name ex-Laker Cooper assistant coach === Denver, CO (Best E Casino) - The Denver Nuggets hired Los Angeles Sparks head coach Michael Cooper as an assistant on Tuesday. Cooper had a stellar head-coaching run with the WNBA's Sparks, as he guided the team to a 116-31 regular-season record with four playoff appearances in four-plus seasons. The Sparks captured back-to-back WNBA Championships in 2001 and '02 and also made the Finals three consecutive seasons. "We're overjoyed to be able to add someon |
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| Nuggets' Camby agrees to new deal |
NBA Basketball |
07/02/2004 |
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| Denver, CO (Best E Casino) - Forward Marcus Camby and the Denver Nuggets have reached an agreement on a new contract. Camby averaged 8.6 points, 10.1 rebounds and 2.6 blocks in a career-high 72 games for Denver last season. He was acquired by the Nuggets on June 26, 2002 in a trade with New York that sent Antonio McDyess to the Knicks. Citing a league source, the Denver Post is reporting that the contract runs five or six years and if Camby meets all incentives it could be worth $60 million to $65 million. |
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| Magic have a winner in Jameer Nelson |
NBA Basketball |
06/29/2004 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Orlando acquired Saint Joseph's point guard Jameer Nelson, who was drafted by Denver with the 20th overall selection, from the Nuggets in a trade on draft night. The Magic obtained the draft rights to Nelson from Denver Nuggets exchange for a future first round draft pick. The Portland Trail Blazers decided to pass on Nelson, who spent four seasons at Saint Joseph’s University, and pick high school point guard Sebastian Telfair at No. 13, while the Atlanta Hawks, New Orleans Hornets and |
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| 'Melo added to USA Basketball squad |
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06/23/2004 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - Denver Nuggets rookie Carmelo Anthony has accepted an invitation to join the 2004 USA Senior National Team roster, which is scheduled to compete this summer in the Olympics in Athens. Anthony will be reportedly joining fellow friend and first-year star LeBron James on the highly-talented squad consisting of 12 players. According to the Denver Post, the former Syracuse star had been upset about the selection process but now will be another weapon for the Americans. Anthony and |
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| Hornets name Bristow GM |
NBA Basketball |
06/17/2004 |
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| rior to the 2003-04 season. He ended with a 207-203 record as the club's head coach, and at the time, his 207 victories represented the most by any coach in franchise history, a mark that would stand until 2003 (he now ranks second all-time). Prior to his head coaching duties, he spent the 1990-91 season (and two NBA Drafts) as the Hornets' vice president of basketball operations. After leaving the sidelines in 1996, Bristow joined the Denver Nuggets as vice president of basketball operations from 1997-1998. |
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| Kings, Timberwolves play for spot in conference finals |
NBA Basketball |
05/19/2004 |
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| nett ended with 19 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for the Timberwolves, who are attempting to capture their second consecutive playoff series after having never advanced past the first round prior to the 2004 postseason. Minnesota defeated the Denver Nuggets in five games in the opening round of this year's playoffs. The Kings will be without reserve guard Anthony Peeler tonight. He was suspended two games without pay on Monday for throwing two elbows at Garnett in Game 6.Near the end of the third quart |
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| Sprewell's 34 lifts Wolves to 3-2 series lead |
NBA Basketball |
05/15/2004 |
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| points to trim Minnesota's edge to three. But Garnett closed out the frame with back-to-back baskets to expand the Timberwolves' lead to 64-57. Minnesota forward Wally Szczerbiak returned Friday night, but played just six minutes and missed both of his field goal attempts. Szczerbiak hasn't played since he was injured in Game 2 of the first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets when he broke three small bones in his back. An MRI exam revealed three transverse process fractures of his lumbar spine. |
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