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| NBA goes global |
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08/24/2009 |
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| ball League commissioner Yook Chon. "Our association with the NBA helps to further develop the sport in this country." The international explosion will be capped off by live basketball abroad. The NBA will play its first-ever game in Taiwan when the Denver Nuggets and Indiana Pacers tip off at the Taipei Arena on Oct. 8. Those two teams will then meet again at the Wukesong Arena in Beijing on Oct. 11. NBA Europe Live will feature the Utah Jazz and the Chicago Bulls from the O2 Arena in London on Oct. 6 follow |
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| Nuggets ink Anthony Carter |
NBA Basketball |
08/14/2009 |
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| Denver, CO (Best E Casino) - The Denver Nuggets brought back guard Anthony Carter on Friday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The 34-year-old posted 5.3 points, 4.7 assists and 1.23 steals per contest in 78 games for the Nuggets last season, his third with the club. Over 512 games with four teams in a 10-year NBA career, the Hawaii product has recorded 5.2 points, 4.1 assists and 2.2 rebounds per game. |
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| Thunder name former Sixers coach Cheeks as assistant |
NBA Basketball |
08/14/2009 |
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| record of 122-147 with one playoff appearance. A member of the Sixers' 1982-83 NBA championship team, he started his head coaching career in Portland, where he finished with a 162-139 mark and a pair of playoff appearances. Kalamian comes to Oklahoma City from Sacramento, where he served as an assistant coach with the Kings during the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. Prior to joining the Kings, Kalamian spent two years as an assistant coach with the Minnesota Timberwolves and one season with the Denver Nuggets. |
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| Memphis Grizzlies |
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08/08/2009 |
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| Acquired center Steven Hunter and a protected 2010 first- round draft pick from the Denver Nuggets in exchange for a future conditional second-round pick. |
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| Nuggets trade Hunter, first rounder to Memphis |
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08/07/2009 |
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| Denver, CO (Best E Casino) - The Denver Nuggets traded center Steven Hunter and a protected first-round pick in the 2010 Draft to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for a future conditional second-round pick. Hunter, a seven-year veteran out of DePaul, missed the 2008-09 campaign after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right knee. The seven-footer has logged career averages of 4.7 points and 3.2 rebounds in 379 career games with Orlando, Phoenix, Philadelphia and Denver. |
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| Kobe, Lakers open title defense against Clippers |
NBA Basketball |
08/04/2009 |
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| nships earlier in the decade (2000-02). ESPN will air three games on Christmas, starting with perennial All-Star Dwyane Wade and the Heat visiting the New York Knicks. The evening doubleheader features the Clippers battling the Phoenix Suns and the Portland Trail Blazers hosting the Denver Nuggets. The All-Star Game is set for Sunday, February 14. It will be played at the new stadium of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys in Arlington. ABC will exclusively broadcast the NBA Finals for a seventh straight season in June. |
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| Nuggets get Malik Allen from Milwaukee |
NBA Basketball |
07/31/2009 |
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| Denver, CO (Best E Casino) - The Denver Nuggets acquired forward Malik Allen from the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for forward Walter Sharpe and swingman Sonny Weems. The 6-foot-10 Allen has career averages of 5.4 points and three rebounds per contest in 409 games with Miami, Charlotte, Chicago, New Jersey, Dallas and Milwaukee during his eight-year NBA career. He averaged 3.2 points in 49 games for the Bucks last season. Sharpe was obtained by the Nuggets on July 13 along with guard Arron Afflalo from the D |
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| Nuggets and Pacers to play in China |
NBA Basketball |
07/22/2009 |
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| Beijing, China (Best E Casino) - The National Basketball Association will play a preseason game in China this fall, as the Indiana Pacers and Denver Nuggets will square off on October 11 in Beijing. This will be the eighth NBA game played in China and the third in Beijing. The contest will be staged at the refurbished Wukesong Arena, formerly known as the Beijing Olympic Basketball Arena. "The Wukesong Arena is an outstanding facility that we are proud to call the home of the NBA in Beijing," said Tim Chen, |
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| Nuggets sign G Lawson |
NBA Basketball |
07/15/2009 |
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| Denver, CO (Best E Casino) - The Denver Nuggets signed rookie guard Ty Lawson on Wednesday. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. The 5-foot-11, 195-pound guard was selected 18th overall in this year's NBA Draft. The North Carolina product was acquired by Denver from the Minnesota Timberwolves in a draft-night trade. Lawson, who helped the Tar Heels win the 2009 NCAA Championship, made his Nuggets debut on Tuesday night during Denver's first game of the 2009 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. |
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| Pacers sign SG Jones |
NBA Basketball |
07/14/2009 |
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| Indianapolis, IN (Best E Casino) - The Indiana Pacers signed shooting guard Dahntay Jones on Tuesday. Jones, known as a defensive specialist, became a free agent after a productive season for the Denver Nuggets last year. The Duke product averaged just over 18 minutes per game, logging 5.4 points and 2.1 rebounds while starting 71 of 79 regular season games. Jones also started all 16 playoff bouts for Denver, upping his averages to 7.0 points and 2.4 boards a game before the Nuggets bowed to the Lakers in t |
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