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Dallas Mavericks – Monta Ellis Signing Comes With Perfect Timing
It didn’t take Monta Ellis very long to recover from firing his agent, agreeing to a three-year, $30 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks, coming right on time as rookie point guard Shane Larkin breaks his ankle, and Devin Harris, with a different injury, eventually does not sign with the team.
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NBA Rumors – Atlanta Hawks & Milwaukee Bucks Could Still Swap Jeff Teague & Brandon Jennings
There’s not going to be a trade between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Atlanta Hawks, but Jeff Teague doesn’t want the Hawks to match the offer sheet he signed with the Bucks, which means the switch of point guards might still happen, simply through a different set of circumstances.
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NBA Rumors – New York Knicks Might Try Iman Shumpert as a Point Guard
There’s no doubt Iman Shumpert is a big part of the New York Knicks and their plans for the immediate and long term future, but they’re not quite sure in what role, and if it’ll be as a starter or coming off the bench. There’s a chance, that through the Las Vegas Summer League, they’ll discover his true and best value comes from playing point guard.
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NBA Rumors – Phoenix Suns Not Trading Marcin Gortat
Even during the end of the NBA season, Marcin Gortat leaving the Phoenix Suns seemed like an unavoidable development, but things have changed, and now it seems that the disgruntled Polish center isn’t going anywhere.
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NBA Rumors – Atlanta Hawks Might Keep Jeff Teague Instead of Sign Brandon Jennings or Monta Ellis
Even though Jeff Teague signed an offer sheet from the Milwaukee Bucks, being a restricted free agent means the Atlanta Hawks still have a short time to match the offer, as they’re considering keeping him instead of adding either Brandon Jennings or Monta Ellis.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – Ricky Rubio & Kevin Love Healthy Can Finally Get Them Into the Playoffs
For a third straight season, the Minnesota Timberwolves feel they have what it takes to finally make it into the postseason, which will be a first fo rthe franchise without Kevin Garnett on the team. After two seasons in which the injuries of both Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio got in the way, there’s a feeling of it’s now or never for the team.
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NBA Rumors – Brooklyn Nets Signing Andrei Kirilenko Suspicious to Some
The facts: Andrei Kirilenko opted out of next season’s deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves, worth $10.2 million, and signed with the Brooklyn Nets on a two-year deal worth $3.2 million a season. Suspicious? Some teams around the NBA think so.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Who is Going to Play Small Forward
Adding someone like Nick Young on a minimum salary is a great move for the Los Angeles Lakers, giving them a proven scorer off the bench to sub in for Kobe Bryant, but it still doesn’t take care of the biggest issue they have before them: Finding a small forward to start for them (and another one to come off the bench), and creating some kind of defensive identity for next season.
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Los Angeles Lakers – A Great Franchise But a Mediocre (At Best) Team
It seems that all those Los Angeles Lakers of past and present taking personality shots at Dwight Howard, from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant, have a hard time distinguishing between a great and successful franchise, which the Los Angeles Lakers obviously are, and a great NBA team, which at the moment, and for the last couple of seasons, the Lakers clearly aren’t.
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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Liverpool Interested in Signing Burak Yilmaz
Not a lot to verify this newest rumor except for mentions on ESPN & Sky, but there’s a chance Liverpool are going to try and make a move for Turkish striker Burak Yilmaz of Galatasaray.