Basketball News
Kevin Duckworth Dead at 44
Memphis signs Hamed Haddadi
Three-Way Deal Lands Cavs Mo Williams
This is a big move that brings the Cavs closer to the Celtics in the East. With Posey in New Orleans could this be the year Lebron gets past Paul Pierce and the Celtics?
Hawks Ink Flip Murray
Hawks Match Offer Sheet on Josh Smith
The Atlanta Hawks quickly matched the 58 million dollar offer sheet signed by Smith with the Grizzlies as expected.
Grizzlies Sign Josh Smith to Offer Sheet
The Griz have signed foward Josh Smith to a $58 million offer sheet. The Hawks have stated previous that they were matching all offers on J Smoove. Will they back that up now?
Lakers ink 6-9 Sun Yue
Boykins Bolts to Europe
Kwame Brown Inks with Pistons
Carlos Arroyo Inks With Maccabi Tel Aviv
Lakers sign former D-Leaguer Dwayne Mitchell
Free throw and outside shooting has always been an issue for this leaper. At 6′5 he’ll have to prove he can do both to crack the Laker’s rotation.
Okafor Gets $72 Million Over Six Years
Hawks Ink Randolph Morris
Bulls give Deng 6 years at 80 million
Rockets Set to Acquire Ron Artest after August 14th
The Houston Chronicle is reporting that the Kings and Rockets have agreed to move Crazy Ron Ron. The Rockets are set to give up Bobby Jackson, Donte Greene, a first round draft pick, and other salaries to match Ron Artest’s contract. The deal can’t be completed until the 14th due to rookie Donte Greene being involved in the deal. Can Ron ruin yet another franchise? I think he can. I think he can.
Knicks Trade Balkman to Nuggets for a Snickers Bar
D’Antoni’s former team forced former GM Thomas to draft Balkman ahead of them in the first round. Now with D’Antoni in town they are shipping him to Denver for Taurean Green and Bobby Jones.
Sixers Ink Ivey
Vujacic Stays with Lakers
He signs a 3 year deal for $15 million to stay with the LA Lakers.
Michael Finley Turns Down Europe
Rose picks Adidas
Wolves Ink Ryan Gomes
Sixers Sign Royal Ivey
Ivey will sign a 2 year deal with the Sixers on Monday.
Landry Next to Leave NBA?
The Houston Chronicle is reporting that Carl Landry is considering all serious offers from NBA and international teams.
Childress Leaves NBA for Greece
The Atlanta Hawks have lost forward Josh Childress but not to another NBA team. According to a report published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Childress said he agreed to terms Wednesday morning on a three-year contract with Olympiakos of Greece that is worth far more than $20 million initially reported.
Bellingham Slam Win IBL Title for 2008
The Bellingham Slam shook off a poor start to upset the Elkhart Express 118-111, in the IBL 2008 championship game in front of a sold out Whatcom Pavilion on Friday.
Chris “Birdman” Andersen Back in Nuggetland
He agreed to sign a one-year contract with the team, multiple sources said Wednesday. Andersen will make a league minimum $998,000 next season.
Blazers Ink Batum From France
The Portland Trail Blazers signed French guard-forward Nicolas Batum on Wednesday.
Bojan Malesevic to NBA/NBDL
While Peja Stojakovic was draining threes in the NBA, Bojan Malesevic was promoted from the junior/cadet team to Beopetrol Beograd in Serbia. Unfortunately this was also the year the United States was forced to intervene militarily in Serbia. Despite the turmoil of war Malesevic persevered to become a professional basketball player known across Europe and the Middle East as “King of the Assist”.
Basketball News- Updated August 28, 2008
