Four more years for Perkins with Celtics
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The Celtics signed Kendrick Perkins to a four-year extension yesterday worth approximately $16 million with incentives. Perkins is entering the fourth year of his rookie contract worth $1.7 million, and the club needed to make a determination about his future before Oct. 31; otherwise he would have become a restricted free agent at the end of the upcoming season.
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CHICAGO -- The Celtics credited Kendrick Perkins with securing last night's win over the Chicago Bulls, even though he watched the decisive fourth quarter from the locker room.
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For the benefit of those who believe Gary Payton will arrive in Boston sometime before the start of training camp Oct. 4 (read: Danny Ainge and Doc Rivers), here is a primer of sorts on the veteran point guard. Everyone knows what Payton has done over a 14-year career that includes just about everything except an NBA championship. Everyone knows ...
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Reggie Miller won't be chasing the NBA championship that eluded him during his 18-year career. He decided against a comeback bid at 42 years old with the Boston Celtics. Instead, the former Indiana Pacers star might announce some of their games.
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Reggie Miller closed the door on a comeback, declining the Celtics' invitation to return to the NBA. Miller, who turned 42 yesterday, determined his body could handle the rigors of an 82-game schedule. But Miller told Danny Ainge he didn't want to deal with the mental grind.
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Kendrick Perkins stifled a big smile when asked if he enjoyed serving as the Celtics' unofficial enforcer. The second-year big man clearly likes to mix it up inside, but he knows better than to take pride publicly in the pair of recent ejections. The latest came Tuesday night in Milwaukee when the officials assessed Perkins with a Flagrant Foul/Type 2 ...
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Kenyon Martin, who the Nets let go in a controversial sign-and-trade with Denver last summer, has had 5 coaches in 13 months.
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John Salmons will have at least one more season to find his niche with the 76ers. On Thursday, the team announced that it exercised the fourth-year option on Salmonsâ contract.
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Kentucky and coach Rich Brooks finalized a new four-year agreement Tuesday that raises his yearly salary to $1 million and keeps him under contract with the school through the 2010 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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Doc Rivers saw it when Kendrick Perkins set a pick Monday night in Chicago and then was supposed to roll to the basket. Perkins didn't roll. He took one step and stopped. Rivers sat him for the rest of the game.
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By that they mean whoever takes over running things for that franchise has a three- and four-year job in front of them. The team has cap issues, draft picks have been traded away and some of the best players are on the downside of their careers.
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When Otis Smith realized his 14-year playing career was over, he signed a one-day contract with the Patriots so he could retire as a member of the team. That's how much he enjoyed his four years in New England.
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The trimmed-down Celtics left room for a "Grasshopper" and potential player to be named later.
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Entering his second NBA season at age 22, Marcus Banks is blessed and cursed with youth. He still enjoys a certain carefree approach to life and possesses a short attention span and even shorter memory, qualities that recently served him well. Banks said any frustration resulting from the Celtics' amended trade with the Lakers did not linger past the weekend.
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Veteran referee Jess Kersey turned 64 a couple of weeks ago. And someone in the league office either has a skewed idea of what makes an age-appropriate gift or a wicked sense of humor, assigning Kersey to last night's fast-paced game between the Suns and Celtics at the FleetCenter. Keeping up with Phoenix these days is a near impossible task ...
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PHILADELPHIA - John Salmons had the fourth-year option on his contract picked up by the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday. Salmons, a 6-foot-7 guard, has averaged 4.1 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per