NBA players cautious over European expansion
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New talk of adding European teams to the National Basketball Association within a decade has some appeal to the league's European stars, but they want to see the details.
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Good thing Dwyane Wade and LeBron James got their big contract extensions last summer. Their teams might pay less now after proving they can win without their stars.
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Sarunas Jasikevicius is just another international nobody who is too slow and too anchored to the floor to play in the NBA. He is not what we want, not our style.
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The NBA is considering playing some of its regular season games in China, commissioner David Stern said Friday. The Sacramento Kings and Houston Rockets, team of Chinese national Yao Ming
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With five NBA players on the roster, the Spanish national team is the dominant story at the European basketball championship.
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All that talk of the United States returning to the top of the basketball world will have to wait. The reality is that the Americans are no closer now than they were two years ago.
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Scottie Pippen may have been the most significant figure in the history of the NBA. Nah, lots of guys refuse to go into games. Heck, Carmelo Anthony made the Olympic team after he did it last season.
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The Portland Trail Blazers and Seattle  SuperSonics ushered in a changing of the guard in the NBA&#39;s  Pacific Northwest while Milwaukee gambled on the promise of  China&#39;s Yi Jianlian at the 2007 NBA Draft.
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They exist in their original form for only one year, then they evolve into a more advanced life form. Sixteen of the extant NBA franchises first drew breath as expansion teams - Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas
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The NBA will return to Europe for  pre-season training camps and exhibition games, Commissioner  David Stern said on Saturday.
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BEIJING The NBA has reached booming, basketball-crazy China _ but the league doesn&#39;t expect to make any money soon. The NBA flew more than 100 people halfway around the world for its first games in China, featuring
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Winning a gold medal would ease the sting of two Olympic qualifying defeats for the United States team of NBA stars. But their path to defending the throne is a rocky one, with unbeaten Spain coming up first
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The NBA has come to booming, basketball-crazy China &#151; but it doesn't expect to make any money soon.
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This time, the United States is prepared to handle player withdrawals. USA Basketball announced Thursday that Lamar Odom and Paul Pierce would miss training camp later this month. Another player, J.J. Redick, had recently said he wouldn&#039;t take part when camp opens in Las Vegas on July 19 because he has been out with a back injury.
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In the aftermath of the fiasco that was the Pacers-Pistons game last Friday night, you would think that pro sports leagues would be looking to move fans farther away from the action.
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With the asking price for Allen Iverson too high, the Celtics' interest in the former NBA MVP may have cooled, according to league sources. Boston knows what Philadelphia wants, but is reluctant to put certain players, and possibly draft picks, on the table. Gerald Green and Paul Pierce are off limits. And Al Jefferson may have joined Green ...
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They are the biggest story in the NBA but not the dominant sports topic in their own hometown.