Fed up with losing team, Bryant says "There's no other alternative."
ESPN May 30, 07 3:42 PM CDT
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Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant, on a tear ever since the team was knocked out of the playoffs, finally lost it on a New York radio show today and declared that he wants to be traded. The 28-year old shooting guard is frustrated with the team—which has not won a playoff series since Shaquille O'Neal was traded in 2004—and livid at suggestions that he was responsible for the Shaq trade.
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Yao's fans heartened
by offense-minded Adelman
Associated Press May 24, 07 5:54 AM CDT
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A China Daily poll indicated that 53% of Chinese hoops fans approved of new Rockets coach Rick Adelman, and just over a third regretted the ouster of defensive guru Jeff Van Gundy. Thanks to all-star center Yao Ming, the Rockets have the close scrutiny of perhaps the world's largest basketball fan base—over 300 million Chinese play.
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Portland, Seattle win big in NBA draft lottery; Memphis, Boston fans foiled
ESPN May 23, 07 5:43 AM CDT
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In a dramatic NBA draft lottery, the Trail Blazers and SuperSonics won the respective rights to first and second choice in June's selection process—widely considered tickets to Ohio State center Greg Oden and Texas forward Kevin Durant. Portland, led by 2006 rookie of the year Brandon Roy, had only a 5.3% chance of landing top choice.
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Amare-less Phoenix blows lead, trails San Antonio 3-2
Yahoo! May 17, 07 8:17 AM CDT
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The Phoenix Suns, minus their two best big men, squandered their home-court advantage last night, dropping game 5 of a hotly contested playoff to the Spurs, 88-85. Serial gamemakers Amare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw sat the game out on a controversial suspension for leaving their bench out of turn in game 4.
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Amare, Diaw suspended for leaving bench after Horry's flagrant foul
ESPN May 16, 07 6:29 AM CDT
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Two of the Suns' most valuable big men will miss Game 5 for briefly leaving the bench after Robert Horry's grotesque foul against Steve Nash, who was thrown against the scorer's table Monday. An NBA rule states that a player who leaves "the immediate vicinity of the bench" during an altercation automatically receives a suspension.
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Trophy fills Dirk with existential angst after playoff debacle
Fort Worth Star-Telegram May 16, 07 6:26 AM CDT
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Dirk Nowitzki was named the first European MVP of the NBA, but he was also the first since Moses Malone in 1982 to receive the award after losing in the first round of the playoffs. Nowitzki put up career statistics, especially in shooting efficiency, while leading Dallas to the sixth-best record in basketball history. Voting finished before the postseason.
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Chicago's young guns stave off late Detroit surge, sweep
NBA.com May 13, 07 10:19 PM CDT
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After seven playoff wins, the Pistons finally dropped a game in Chicago; they return home with a 3-1 series lead. The Bulls had coughed up a 19-point lead in Game 3, and seemed headed for similar disaster in Game 4, when Detroit pared a 21-point lead to seven late in the fourth, despite Chris Webber's second straight scoreless game.
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NBA's blondest fan base in ecstasy after second home win of semis
Yahoo! May 10, 07 5:18 AM CDT
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After an historic upset of top-seeded Dallas, Golden State has lost its first two games against Utah, the second in an overtime thriller in which it led with 2.9 seconds left in regulation. Blossoming point guard Deron Williams hit the tying basket and ended with 31 points, electrifying a Utah crowd dressed uniformly in powder-blue t-shirts.
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Fans jeer one of the best players in team history
ESPN May 8, 07 7:20 AM CDT
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Despite six years of success in Detroit, where his defense and charisma helped turn around a slumping franchise, Ben Wallace can't get a break from the fickle fans who once loved him. Wallace jumped ship to division rival Chicago after being offered a frankly insane $60 million, four-year deal. Detroit fans are acting like jilted lovers.
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San Antonio veterans seize opportunity, break home-court advantage in Phoenix
CBC (Canada) May 6, 07 11:20 PM CDT
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Bleeding copiously, wiry Canadian heartthrob Steve Nash was forced to the sidelines in the final minute of the semifinals opener against San Antonio, and Phoenix wilted without their go-to scorer. Nash's nose collided with the forehead of rival point guard and Frenchman Tony Parker, who scored 32 points. Tim Duncan topped with 33 and 16 boards.
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Golden State deflated, mopey after Nowitzki saves Dallas from elimination
San Francisco Chronicle May 2, 07 10:43 PM CDT
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Heading into Game 5 with a 3-1 series lead, the 8-seeded Warriors had all the momentum on their side. Now the Mavericks are the team with a swagger after a close but decisive win at home. The good news for Golden State is that they're going home, where the most rabid fan base in pro basketball awaits.
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Refs call more fouls against players with different skin color
New York Times May 1, 07 10:39 PM CDT
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in the NBA, white referees call up to 4.5% more fouls against black players than against white players, according to a study by Justin Wolfers and Joseph Price, a Penn professor and a Cornell graduate student. And the opposite is also true: black refs call more fouls on white players, though the discrepancy isn't as large.
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Golden State, Nelson poised for huge upset, measure of revenge
Wall Street Journal May 1, 07 12:53 PM CDT
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Eighth-seeded Golden State won't just be bidding to eliminate the top-seeded Mavericks when their first-round NBA playoff series resumes tonight in Dallas. In what the Wall Street Journal calls "one of the nastiest personal feuds in professional sports," coach Don Nelson's Warriors can send Dallas and owner Mark Cuban home early.
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Cavs put down Wizards in feeble echo of last year's exciting matchup
Associated Press Apr 30, 07 11:17 PM CDT
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Minus All-Stars Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler, who kept things competitive in 2006, the Wizards succumbed in four games to the Cavaliers. Cleveland, nevertheless, looked vulnerable in sweeping the playoffs' most hapless team. Doughty young LeBron had a poor shooting night, going 8-22, but he hit 14 of 17 from the line to help win it.
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