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With Heat season tickets sold out, team fires season ticket sales staff - Miami-Dade Breaking News

With the arrival of Lebron James, the Miami Heat rapidly sold out all their season tickets. That turned out to be bad news for the ticket-sales staff, which was fired Friday. In a statement, the Heat confirmed the dismissals Friday afternoon, saying that with an ``exhausted'' inventory of ... — full article at miamiherald.com Related Stories: • NBA to release the big-ticket games Tuesday — probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com

NBA Saturday: Brown's Hard Decision

	Brown's Difficult Decision: The Los Angeles Lakers have made it clear that re-signing Shannon Brown is their top priority. He has an excellent relationship with Kobe Bryant, was a significant contributor during their title runs, and would be one of the few returning faces on the team's revamped ... — full article at hoopsworld.com

Only now, after a lifelong battle, does Turpin find sympathy

	Thoughts and prayers are rampant in the NBA these days. Sadly rampant. And typically ineffectual, because thoughts and prayers and condolences are often for us and those left behind, not for those who have died. Not for Lorenzen Wright, 34, the hometown basketball hero and 13-year NBA veteran ... — full article at nba.com

Reports: Niemi nets $2.75 million in arbitration

	— full article at chicagobreakingsports.com

Stuart Scott: “Proud” Of LeBron Decision Show

Stuart Scott recently conducted a chat on ESPN.com in which he discussed his feelings about LeBron James and the role ESPN played in the NBA player’s move from Cleveland to Miami. I excerpted a selection of Scott’s comments from the chat and responded to his remarks in bold.  ... — full article at sportsbybrooks.com Related Stories: • Akron Marketing Firm Tells LeBron He Can't Come Home Again — clevelandfrowns.com

New York Knicks' Amare Stoudemire in Israel to trace Hebrew roots

	The New York Knicks' Amare Stoudemire says he has come to Israel to explore whether he has Jewish heritage. — full article at sports.espn.go.com Related Stories: • Twitter / Amar'e Stoudemire: 2 clear everything up: I'm ... — twitter.com • NBA star Amar'e Stoudemire heads to Israel after discovering Jewish roots — haaretz.com • Report: Amar'e Stoudemire Not So Jewish — nba.fanhouse.com

MAGIC: Savage: Blood, Sweat and Tears
July 30, 2010 ORLANDO – This offseason has been all about blood, sweat and tears for Ryan Anderson. Literally. The Magic forward, who's about to enter into his third NBA season, recently emerged from the RDV Sportsplex training room with blood dripping down his brow. He'd been intensely ... — full article at nba.com


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• Ryan Anderson Doin’ Work in the Off-Season — magicbasketball.net

Dwight Howard opens up on LeBron, Shaq and Josh’s wedding (sssh)

	Dwight Howard joked with the kids to not ask about LeBron James (but he talked about him later). Dwight Howard was back in his hometown Friday, thrilling a group of kids from the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Atlanta who had no idea the Orlando Magic star and Atlanta native was coming ... — full article at blogs.ajc.com

Von Wafer Talks About Joining Celtics
by Tzvi Twersky Hours after Eddie House decided to spurn offers from numerous teams to join the Miami Heat, reports surfaced that the Boston Celtics had countered by signing guard Von Wafer . And though the Celtics have yet to confirm the deal, an hour ago Von Wafer told SLAM that he has an ... — full article at slamonline.com
With Heat season tickets sold out, team fires season ticket sales staff - Miami-Dade Breaking News

	With the arrival of Lebron James, the Miami Heat rapidly sold out all their season tickets. That turned out to be bad news for the ticket-sales staff, which was fired Friday. In a statement, the Heat confirmed the dismissals Friday afternoon, saying that with an ``exhausted'' inventory of ... — full article at miamiherald.com

Details on Brown Don’t Inspire Confidence

	Word has emerged that the Knicks have proposed a multiyear contract with a $4 million salary to Shannon Brown. A rejection of Brown, the potential Knick. — full article at midtownexception.com

The Googlization of basketball information
I just happened across a two-year-old Wired article by Chris Anderson . It's not about sports, but you might want to read it anyway, because I think it tells us a lot about the future of, well, everything, including basketball analysis: Google conquered the advertising world with nothing more ... — full article at espn.go.com
Rapcast #86: Talking Phoenix East + Andersen trade motivation

	David Andersen. The deal is a $2.5M salary dump for Houston, but what does it get the Raptors? Acquiring Andersen for a bench role is plausible but it’s hard to imagine why he’d get minutes ahead of Alabi, a player highly touted by the Raptors. The deal is made possible by ... — full article at raptorsrepublic.com Related Stories: • A handful of Phoenix Suns links — valleyofthesuns.com

NBA Rookie Rankings: Summer league wrap
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What About Scal?

	More photos » John Raoux - AP Is there room for Scal on next season's roster? (AP Photo/John Raoux) Browse more photos » Unlike Paul Pierce , Ray Allen , Marquis Daniels , ... — full article at celticsblog.com

Spurs' Hill: Parker not expendable

	Though he was the Spurs' starting point guard for 18 of the final 23 regular-season games and all 10 playoff games, George Hill wants the basketball loving world to know his rapid development at the position has not rendered three-time All-Star point guard Tony Parker expendable, no matter how ... — full article at mysanantonio.com

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