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| Free Agent Frenzy |
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06/29/2009 |
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| er on various signings and trades, maneuvers that could keep them from rounding a scary corner that leads directly to the unemployment line. With that in mind, here are the latest rumblings around The Association... FALLEN GIANT? A couple weeks ago, Houston Rockets general manger Daryl Morey boldly claimed his club was the second-best team in the NBA. It was a defensible position. Despite being without Tracy McGrady and Dikembe Mutombo and then losing Yao Ming during their series with LA, the Rockets gave the |
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| Rockets make deals to get second-round players |
NBA Basketball |
06/26/2009 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - The Houston Rockets made three separate deals to get a trio of players in the second round of Thursday night's NBA Draft. The Rockets obtained the draft rights of guard Jermaine Taylor, the 32nd overall pick, from Washington for cash. They acquired the draft rights of guard Sergio Llull, the 34th overall pick, from Denver for cash. Houston also got the draft rights of forward Chase Budinger, chosen 44th overall, from Detroit for a future second-round draft selection and money. |
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| Yao's hairline fracture not healing |
NBA Basketball |
06/25/2009 |
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| Houston, TX (Best E Casino) - Houston Rockets All-Star center Yao Ming will have to try a new treatment to heal a hairline fracture in his left foot. The team announced Yao underwent a medical evaluation by Rockets team physician Dr. Tom Clanton Wednesday. The exam revealed that the hairline fracture in Yao's left foot has not responded to the current treatment program. A bone scan conducted Wednesday night at Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Institute revealed that the hairline fracture on the top of the fo |
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| Rumors swirling as draft approaches |
NBA Basketball |
06/23/2009 |
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| " Grunfeld told the Post. "But I've said many times, I like our players. I think we can compete with just about anybody in the league. So, we like what we have. But if the right opportunity presents itself, you always look at it." In south Texas the Houston Rockets, who don't have any draft picks, want to join the party and are dangling the improving Carl Landry with the hopes of landing a lottery selection. Granted, this is a down year for the draft, but Landry for a lottery pick sounds like pie-in-the-sky ty |
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| Clippers get a silver anniversary gift |
NBA Basketball |
05/20/2009 |
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| work) - The NBA Draft Lottery is one of David Stern's better ideas. Pre-lottery, the first pick in the league's annual draft was determined by a coin toss between the two teams in each conference with the worst records. Stung by accusations that the Houston Rockets "tanked" their 1984 season in order to obtain Hakeem Olajuwon, Stern and the NBA instituted the lottery system in 1985. The Draft Lottery was at first a chance drawing for the top seven draft picks among the seven non-playoff teams, with each team h |
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| Lakers, Nuggets kick off West finals at Staples Center |
NBA Basketball |
05/19/2009 |
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| nver team in the Western Conference finals beginning tonight in Los Angeles. In what wasn't the most aesthetically pleasing series for the top-seeded Lakers, Phil Jackson's club came through when it mattered most, destroying a plucky but undermanned Houston Rockets team, 89-70, in Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinals series on Sunday. Pau Gasol dominated the paint with 21 points and 18 rebounds, six of those on the offensive glass in that one to help the Lakers advance. Kobe Bryant, who was tortured b |
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| The NBA's Final Four is set |
NBA Basketball |
05/18/2009 |
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| a pair of stand-alone Game 7s featuring the NBA's two marquee teams, the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics, those old Heinz ketchup commercials come to mind... Anticipation. Unfortunately, neither game delivered. The undermanned and overmatched Houston Rockets were run out of the gym by Kobe and Company, while the Orlando Magic bucked history by routing the defending champs in Beantown. Despite a pedestrian coaching performance by the overrated Zen master (one that single-handedly turned Aaron Brooks into |
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| Western Conference finals preview - LA Lakers vs. Denver |
NBA Basketball |
05/18/2009 |
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| r team in the Western Conference finals beginning on Tuesday in Los Angeles. In what wasn't the most aesthetically pleasing series for the top-seeded Lakers, Phil Jackson's club came through when it mattered most, destroying a plucky but undermanned Houston Rockets team, 89-70, in Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinals series on Sunday. Pau Gasol dominated the paint with 21 points and 18 rebounds, six of those on the offensive glass in that one to help the Lakers advance. Kobe Bryant, who was tortured b |
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| Rockets, Lakers clash in Game 7 at Staples Center |
NBA Basketball |
05/17/2009 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The banged-up Houston Rockets will be playing with house money this afternoon when they meet the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers in the deciding Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinals series. The surprising Rockets forced the do-or-die contest with an emphatic 95-80 win in Houston on Thursday. Luis Scola stepped up with a playoff career- high 24 points alongside 12 rebounds and Aaron Brooks dropped 26 in that one, as the Rockets staved off elimination. The series has featured back-and- |
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| Lakers aim to finish off banged-up Rockets |
NBA Basketball |
05/14/2009 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Complacency is a uniquely human trait. When the Houston Rockets lost All-Star center Yao Ming after Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinals series with the Los Angeles Lakers, observers across the country started preparing the team's obituary. Then a funny thing happened, the Rockets played the role of Jesse "The Governor" Ventura in Game 4 and "shocked the world" against a listless Lakers club. Complacency can't last forever, however, and reality set in for Houston on Tuesday in LA d |
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