Gasol gets six more years to play for West, Brown
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Pau Gasol has been in the NBA for three seasons. That&#39;s been long enough for the 7-foot Spaniard to realize he wants to keep working with Jerry West and Hubie Brown.
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He will be remembered for the passion and principle he displayed in a 15-season career that included six seasons as a member of the Green Bay Packers.
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The versatile 39-year-old forward won six NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls between 1991 and 1998, playing alongside legendary shooting guard Michael Jordan.
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Stromile Swift signed a one-year deal worth six million dollars to stay with the Memphis Grizzlies, who refused to offer the forward a longer National Basketball Association contract.
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Mark Brown has gone from the practice squad to the starting lineup in a little more than a year.
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Spanish playmaker Pau Gasol finally has the pressure of great expectations in the National Basketball Association now that he has helped excite Kobe Bryant about staying with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Caron Butler decided to take his game to the next level after the Wizards were eliminated from last year's playoffs, and now the five-year veteran is having a career year.
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With everyone back on a team that made the Western Conference finals, the Minnesota Timberwolves expected to be at least as good this season. The early going hasn't been smooth at all, though. The Wolves rank just sixth in the West as 2004 comes to a close, and owner Glen Taylor can't be pleased with a 16-11 record in exchange for one of the NBA's five highest payrolls.
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Spanish center Pau Gasol is not expected to return to the National Basketball Association until January after successful left foot surgery, the Memphis Grizzlies announced.
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US players are going to have to work harder than they wanted next year after finishing third at the World Basketball Championship, but the experience could pay golden dividends in 2008 at Beijing.
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Jason Richardson and Troy Murphy will stay with the Golden State Warriors for the long term after agreeing to six-year contract extensions with the team a day before the start of the season.
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Fear not, Cleveland and Miami fans. LeBron James and Dwyane Wade say they expect to be with your teams for a long time. For now, though, four more years is all the superstars will commit to.
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West, who was the 24th overall selection in the 2004 draft, has not played this season. He was placed on the injured list on November 1 with a broken right thumb.
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The Spanish player was pivotal for the Grizzlies last year, averaging 17.7 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.69 blocks per game. The 7-foot Gasol came in an impressive 20th overall in the NBA in field goal percentage, and 18th in blocks.
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This is a story about second chances. Or, perhaps, third chances. J.R. Smith is in his third year in the NBA, is just barely old enough to buy what former Gov. William Weld liked to call an "amber-colored beverage," and is now with his third NBA team, the Denver Nuggets.
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1. Item: At 71, Hubie Brown suddenly retired as coach of the Memphis Grizzlies Thursday night. Brown, who was 83-65 with the Grizzlies in parts of three seasons, said unexpected health issues were the cause
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The only person charged with a felony in the November 2004 brawl during a Pacers-Pistons game at The Palace of Auburn Hills will spend the next six months in jail after a judge determined he violated his probation.