Nash bridges way in NBA for young Ridnour
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Sonics general manager Rick Sund likes to boast that the core of his team consists of young players who are unfinished basketball products.
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Greg Oden, a 7ft center from Ohio State, was made the first overall pick of the 2007 NBA Draft on Thursday by the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Tony Parker became the first European player to be named Most Valuable Player of the National Basketball Association Finals but the French guard expects even more NBA glory from Europe&#39;s finest.
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His wiry 6-foot-6 frame is better suited for basketball, except when it comes to reaching for a high pass in the end zone.
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Greg Oden, the top pick in this yearâs N.B.A. draft, will likely miss his first season with the Portland Trail Blazers after surgery on his right knee today.
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For almost three hours, two of the NBA's best point guards went head to head in a shootout, neither willing to let his team lose a game that will go down as a classic. In the end, Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns beat Jason Kidd and the New Jersey Nets 161-157 in a double-overtime thriller on Thursday night that was as good as it gets in the NBA.
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Before the on-court schooling begins,  the NBA&#39;s rookie class of 2007 are being taught lessons in life  beyond the hardcourt.
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Kobe Bryant scored 39 to become the youngest NBA player to reach 20,000 career points when the Los Angeles Lakers beat the New York Knicks 95-90 on Sunday.
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As expected, the Portland Trail Blazers took Greg Oden and the Seattle Supersonics took Kevin Durant with the first two picks of the N.B.A. draft.
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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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Phoenix Suns&#39; Quentin Richardson (3) goes up for a shot over New Orleans Hornets&#39; Baron Davis (1) in the second half in New Orleans Arena Wednesday night, Dec. 29, 2004.
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Last March, Adam Morrison and J. J. Redick were vying for national honors in the college tournament. Now they are both coming off the bench in the professional league.
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The intense motivations of a bizarre NBA superstar
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The assists piled up, and Steve Nash lost track.
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Last week, Gary Payton was telling people out West that he wasn&#39;t going to Boston. Danny Ainge dismissed the news as tough talk from a prideful player who felt he&#39;d been wronged by the Lakers.
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INDIANAPOLIS - Rasheed Wallace sauntered off the court and into the exit tunnel, pausing long enough to peel off his headband and hand it to a youngster wearing the rival&#39;s colors.
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Steve Nash believes in flow and âgiving backâ and recycled shoelaces and the mind-opening opportunities of the global village. But what he really likes is to move the ball forward, fast.