Peking 'dunk' team redeemed
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One of the most-discussed events in the history of the Head of the Charles seemed an impossibility.
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Greg Oden, tagged as a possible superstar center, was the top choice in Thursday&#39;s National Basketball Association Draft while Chinese forward Yi Jianlian led all non-US prospects by going sixth.
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Friendship is one thing, competition quite another. That was apparent when reporters asked Juwan Howard and Liu Wei about playing against friends, Chris Webber and Yao Ming, in the China Games.
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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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Ending nearly three months of suspense about his future, Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning said last night at his annual Zoâs Summer Groove charity game in Miami that he would play again next season â a choice he kept secret to the end, insisting he was still deciding just hours before the actual announcement.âI want to redeem myself and try to help this team redeem ourselves as an organization and try to get back on track,â Mourning said. âThat wasnât the Miami team you saw in the playoffs last year.âHe added, âIt left a sour taste in my mouth and itâs time to really end it all on the right note.âThis was the third straight summer Mourning considered retirement before choosing to keep playing. Next season will be his 15th in the N.B.A., not including a full year he missed with kidney problems that led to a transplant in 2003.
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There will come a time when playing host to preseason basketball games will not set pulses racing in China, a time when the country is secure enough in its place as a world sports superpower that it will settle for nothing but the meaningful.
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The NBA's 28-year flirtation with China has become a serious commitment with the establishment of NBA China and the scheduling of exhibition games in the country.
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 17 (Ticker) --The returns of Ben Wallace and Larry Brown enabled the Detroit Pistons to get back on track.
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When Michael Jordan led the first NBA-studded &quot;Dream Team&quot; into the Olympics in 1992, the hope was that their dazzling displays of basketball would inspire others to play better and bridge the gap with the Americans.
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BEIJING (Ticker) -- Bobby Jackson made sure the Sacramento Kings did not leave China empty-handed. Jackson scored six of his 13 points in the final two minutes as the Kings rallied to their first preseason
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Yao Ming was back in the Houston Rockets' lineup. Too bad he didn't feel like a pro.
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For the first time since 1982, the NBA is sending two teams back for a do-over.
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The Phoenix Suns re-signed forward Paul Shirley on Sunday to help fill the void left by the trade of three players for Jim Jackson.
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Bee Sports Columnist. BEIJING - The world probably gets smaller only a little bit at a time. When Peja Stojakovic watched Yao Ming moving gracefully through a sea of people here late Sunday
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After a gruelling few days in his hometown of Shanghai for the first NBA game in China on Thursday, the Houston Rockets centre has had some time to unwind since arriving in Beijing.
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Two U.S. victories by a combined 77 points are not going to change Mike Krzyzewski's opinion. China will have a good basketball team &#151; soon.
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The game ball was retrieved following the Celtics&#39; 107-73 victory over the Knicks last night. It will be appropriately lettered and presented to coach Doc Rivers to commemorate his first win for the club.