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Mutombo wants to return for 18th NBA season (MSNBC.com)

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:15:41 GMT

Houston Rockets center Dikembe Mutombo still isn't ready to retire. “I’m going to consider to keep playing basketball. The next part will be to tell my lawyer, David Falk,” Mutombo said in Thursday's online edition of the Houston Chronicle.

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BYU basketball: NBA-hopeful Trent Plaisted will not return to Cougars for senior year (Salt Lake Tribune)

rpotkey@sltrib.com (Rhiannon Potkey / The Salt Lake Tribune) — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:26:16 GMT

Posted: 4:59 PM- Trent Plaisted has signed with an agent and will not return to Brigham Young for his senior season, according to sources. The 6-foot-11 forward, who entered his name into the NBA Draft last month, has signed with Mark Bartelstein and Priority Sports, which means he forfeits his final year of collegiate eligibility. Plaisted has spent the last few weeks working out in California in...

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NBA Scouting Reports, Southwestern Division (Part One) (Latest Draft Express Articles)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:44:05 GMT

Continuing our series of articles filling out our database with scouting reports of every single NBA player, we look at the first three teams in the Southwestern division, the Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets and Memphis Grizzlies.

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Boston's Danny Ainge Named 2007-08 NBA Executive of the Year (NBA.com: Celtics News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 10:12:42 GMT

Sporting News has named Boston Celtics Executive Director, Basketball Operations and General Manager, the 2007-08 NBA Executive of the Year.

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A Thursday Night Viewer's Guide [NBA Playoffs] (Deadspin)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:45:02 GMT

Basketbawful is here to once again bring you a double-dose of his favorite things: Boobs and basketball, not necessarily in that order. Okay, in that order. San Antonio versus New Orleans: Game...

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Can the NBA Deliver Kevin Johnson a Corner Office? (The Big Lead)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:15:33 GMT

Periodically, you'll be seeing some new voices on this site as we add occasional contributors. Today: Dan Lamothe, who blogs at Red Sox Monster. I’m going to go ahead and assume you're all familiar with Kevin Johnson, the former Suns star who is running for mayor in his hometown of Sacramento, Calif. If you've missed the [...]

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OPEN THREAD: Day 27 of the 2k8 NBA Playoffs (Golden State Of Mind)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:45:01 GMT

HIGHLIGHTS: Day 26 of the 2k8 NBA Playoffs Gimme a J! Gimme a U! Gimme a M! Gimme a P! What's that spell? Over in the East we've got the Pistons heading to their 6th straight Eastern Conference Finals (on a side note- where are all those clueless critics who called for Joe Dumars to blow up ship last season? Probably the same place as those Warriors fans/ analysts who are happy that Mullin and company...

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Best NBA Players Who Have Not Been All-Stars (ArmchairGM)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:42:19 GMT

... you know those guys were all All-Stars in there career. So it made me think, who are the worst NBA players to be selected to the All-Star team? Well those three would probably all start on that squad; why not compile a list of the best players not to have been an All-Star. I kept it to active players, so you won't see the likes of Rod Strickland , Byron Scott , Jalen Rose , Chuck Person , Wayman...

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Uncoached Resemblance: Yes the NBA Has/Had Ugly Players, But Who Do they Look Like? (Uncoached)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:00:10 GMT

I don't know who this dude on the right is, but he certainly looks related to Sam Cassell I’ve seen about 100 articles out there that display titles like ‘Top 5 Ugliest NBA Players.” But you know what I’ve never seen? An article that describes who these guys actually look like. That's [...]

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StubHub : StubHub FanStats(SM) - NBA Fans Finding Ticket Deals Plentiful for 2008 Playoffs (Market Wire - Retail: E-Commerce)

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:50:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Seven teams are still alive in the NBA Playoffs and the Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavs, Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers, Utah Jazz, New Orleans Hornets, and San Antonio Spurs all have a realistic shot for the Finals. Despite the frenetic action on the court, ticket resale prices on StubHub, the world's largest ticket marketplace, have remained remarkably affordable,...

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Retired NBA star Charles Barkley facing $400,000 gambling debt case in Las Vegas (Star Tribune)

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:22:03 GMT

LAS VEGAS - A prosecutor says retired NBA star Charles Barkley will face felony charges if he fails to repay a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino.

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NBA On TNT Playoff Notes: “I think we need to move the name ‘the big three’ from Boston to L.A.” (The Starting Five)

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:12:55 GMT

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NBA Essentials: Carmelo Anthony to the Nets? (The FanHouse - Utah Jazz)

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:49:00 GMT

Filed under: Nets , Pistons , Nuggets , Hornets , Jazz NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day. 1. NorthJersey.com : The Nets are talking trade for Carmelo Anthony , the Nuggets are listening. [ via SLAM ] 2. Dime : "Hornets Shutting Up the Haters" 3. The Sporting Blog : Deron Williams has a Twitter feed . Sure he does. 4. Third Quarter Collapse : Chauncey Billups sat out Game 5,...

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Gameloft to Unveil NBA Games for Cell Phones (PR News Wire )

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:00:00 GMT

NEW YORK, May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gameloft(R), a leading global publisher and developer of video games for mobile phones and consoles, today announced an agreement with the National Basketball Association (NBA) to develop and publish two NBA games for mobile phones. The first game scheduled is NBA Smash!, an arcade-style 2-on-2 street basketball game to be released...

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Home is where the wins are in NBA playoffs (Fox News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:46:16 GMT

Who's the MVP of the playoffs so far? The fans, of course. Home court is making all the difference these days, Mike Kahn says.

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Where Are They Now - 2001 NBA Draft Edition (Gilbertology)

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:42:14 GMT

Everyone knows that Gilbert famously was famously drafted in the second round of the draft in 2001 and became the first player from the draft class to make an All-Star team, becoming one of the better players to come from the second round in any NBA draft. But how about those 29 players that [...]

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SportsBiz: Do NBA dancers put fans in the seats? (MSNBC.com)

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:23:18 GMT

Love 'em or hate 'em, dance squads are employed by all 30 NBA teams. According to NBA marketing executives, these women help sell tickets and extend their marketing reach.

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Ballin': The NBA, Where Home Teams Don't Lose (The Big Lead)

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:20:24 GMT

If we could read his berry: “Not this year.” Boston 96, Cleveland 89: What really hurt was the end of the first half. Rondo hit two three’s and Ray Allen hit one and a 13-point lead with about four minutes left in the half was whittled to three at recess. The entire first half was wasted. [...]

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All Together: There Really IS No Place Like Home [Nba Closer] (Deadspin)

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:15:08 GMT

The NBA Closer is written by Matt McHale, who's starting to think HE could beat one of these squads on his homecourt. That's how impossible it is for NBA teams to win on the road right now. When he's...

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SportsBiz: Do NBA dancers put fannies in seats? (MSNBC.com)

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:27:37 GMT

Love 'em or hate 'em, dance squads are employed by all 30 NBA teams. According to NBA marketing executives, these women help sell tickets and extend their marketing reach.

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