Archive for July 20th, 2009

Lakers doing their best to look ahead to Game 5

Monday, July 20th, 2009

The Lakers led by 24 points in the second quarter and by 20 midway through the third period before being outscored 47-21 to finish what turned out to be the biggest recorded collapse in NBA finals history.

The MVP said he’s taken refuge by reading to his young daughters.

“We’re down 3-1. The Yankees were up 3-1,” said Lamar Odom, a Yankees fan who hasn’t forgotten the 2004 AL championship series, when the Yankees actually led Boston 3-0 before losing four straight games and th

OKC signs Miles to offer sheet

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Miles was the 34th player chosen in the 2005 draft, selected by Utah out of Skyline High School in Dallas.

Oklahoma city general manager Sam Presti announced the move on Friday. Under terms of the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement, Miles’ current team, the Utah Jazz, has seven days to match the multiyear offer.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma City has signed restricted free agent guard C.J. Miles to an offer sheet.

In three seasons, the 21-year old Mi

Lakers sign second-round draft pick

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Terms of the deal were not announced.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -Joe Crawford, the Los Angeles Lakers’ only selection in the NBA draft last June, signed a contract with the Western Conference champions on Wednesday.

The 22-year-old 6-foot-5 guard ranked fourth in the SEC in scoring as a senior with a team-leading 17.9-point average, and then averaged 11.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists in six Summer League games for the Lakers last month.

Crawford, the

LA Clippers team physician dead at 74

Monday, July 20th, 2009

He has also served as the team physician for the 1973-74 U.S. national basketball team and the USA-USSR national basketball teams’ tour in 1973.

Daly had served as the medical director or team physician for numerous sporting events and athletic teams, including head physician at the 1980 Winter Olympics and the U.S. “Miracle on Ice” gold medal hockey team and medical director for the 1994 World Cup Soccer.

Daly died at his home Friday following a lengthy battle with prosta

Bulls hope to blossom with Rose pointing way

Monday, July 20th, 2009

To that, a grinning Paxson said, “Better be.”

Instead, they threw a No. 1 jersey on him, giving him a uniform number to match his draft spot and his position. They also placed his namesake flower on each chair. Whether the point guard who led Memphis to a record 38 wins and the NCAA championship game can help the Bulls blossom following a dismal 33-49 season remains to be seen.

He hit jumpers. He threw down vicious dunks. He twisted his body like a contortionist while flipping

Kings re-sign Beno Udrih to 5-year deal

Monday, July 20th, 2009

“I did not want to start the season without a point guard – no, I did not want to go that route,” Theus said during a news conference at former Kings star Chris Webber’s restaurant. “Geoff and I talked quite a bit about our priorities, and we were both in agreement that Beno was one of our top priorities.”

“They were all offering a shorter term,” Udrih said. “So I wasn’t really interested in that. I wanted a longer-term contract, so I decided with Sacramento, of course.”

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