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 Thunder guard Eric Maynor undergoes successful knee surgeryOklahoma City Thunder backup point guard Eric Maynor has had successful surgery to repair a right knee injury that will keep him out for the season. Maynor was hurt during the fourth quarter of Oklahoma City's win at Houston on Jan. 7. The team announced that he had surgery Wednesday morning and should be ready for training camp before next season.
Maynor was averaging 4.2 points and 2.4 assists this season as the primary backup to All... |
 Nets sign Larry Owens from D-LeagueThe New Jersey Nets have signed forward Larry Owens. General manager Billy King announced the moves on Wednesday. Owens has been playing for the Tulsa 66ers of the D-League. He has appeared in 12 career NBA games during the 2010-11 season with San Antonio and Washington, averaging 3.3 points and 1.3 rebounds. He's averaging 13.2 points, 5.2 rebounds this season with Tulsa. |
 Corey Fisher will participate in the 2012 Turkish All Star Game Corey Fisher, Antalya Buyuksehir Belediyesi player, has been selected to play in the All Star Game of Turkish Basketball as part of the Import Stars Team. The event, that will take place on Sunday 22th of January in Trabzon, will include the Slum Dunk Challenge and the 3 Point Shoutout Challenge, where Fisher will participate too.
The players has been selected by fans and coaches, and the results are a mi... |
 Lowry Blazes Trail To Victory File this one under the category “Be careful what you wish for.”
Just 24 hours earlier, Kyle Lowry had sat in front of his locker after Houston’s victory over Sacramento – a game that had seen Lowry log 41 minutes of action – and nonchalantly said he’d happily play all 48 minutes of every game if he had to so long as it helped the Rockets rack up win upon win.
Of course, that’s exactly what you’d expect Houston’s bulld... |
 Spanish ACB round 16 best performance: Josh Asselin American-Dominican Rep. Josh Asselin put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Manresa, receiving a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 16. The 33-year old player was the main contributor (28 points, six rebounds) to his team's victory, helping them to beat Caja Laboral (#4, 12-4) 76-65. Manresa is placed at 11th position in Spanish ACB. Manresa is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the m... |
 Milt Palacio knows the way through the backdoorMilt Palacio has a word of advice for anyone aspiring to play professional basketball. "I always tell guys,” says 33-year-old Palacio, who spent several years in the NBA and now plays for Blusens Monbus in Spain, to FIBA: “I even tell my son that, ‘You can't relax. No matter how good you think you are, or how good you (actually) are, you can't relax.’”
Palacio has had that philosophy from the very beginning. Fifteen years ago, when he ... |
 Levon Kendall: Don’t stop believing Canada's men didn't accomplish their mission at the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship of staying in the hunt for the London Games. In a very tough tournament in Mar del Plata, Argentina, they came in sixth. Hosts Argentina beat Brazil in a star-studded gold-medal game with both sides advancing to the Olympics. The Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Venezuela finished third, fourth and fifth and booked spots in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying... |
 76ers ship Speights to Grizzlies in three-team tradePhiladelphia, Memphis and New Orleans agreed on a multi-player trade Wednesday involving front-court player Marreese Speights and young swingman Xavier Henry. The 76ers sent Speights to Memphis, the Grizzlies moved Henry to New Orleans and the Grizzlies and Hornets each sent a second-round draft pick to Philadelphia.
The 6-foot-6 Henry, in his second NBA season out of Kansas, averaged 4.3 points and 1.0 rebound in 38 games with Memphis... |
 29 You First Sports clients in the NBAOnce the lockout is over and the new season is under way, You First Sports has 29 players in the NBA. They are including in the 29 players, three players from our partner in Turkey: Omer Asik, Semih Erden and Ersan Ilyasova, who have been placed in the NBA by Justin Zanik. We have also included the last three players who have recently joined us as clients thanks to Andy Miller, such as Jamal Crawford, Larry Sanders and Josh Howard.
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 Chinese CBA round 19 best performance: Gani Lawal Nigerian forward Gani Lawal (206-F-88) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Xinjiang F.T., receiving a Asia-basket.com Player of the Week award for round 19. The 23-year old player had a double-double of 27 points and 24 rebounds, while his team beat Shanxi Zh. (#10, 8-9) 100-94. Xinjiang F.T. maintains the 8th position in Chinese CBA. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this sea... |
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