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| Heat begin season with Sunshine tilt against Orlando |
NBA Basketball |
10/30/2002 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - The Miami Heat open their season on Wednesday when they welcome the Orlando Magic to AmericanAirlines Arena for a Sunshine State battle. The Heat opened last season by dropping 23 of their first 29 games. The Heat had a mini surge in the middle of the season and actually looked like they would make a late playoff push, before a 7-13 finish left them with a 36-46 mark for the year. Pat Riley suffered the first losing season of his coaching career and the Heat missed out on the |
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| Mourning placed on injured list |
NBA Basketball |
10/28/2002 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning was placed on the injured list Monday. The move comes more than a month after Mourning's kidney condition worsened. It is not known when the All-Star will return. Various reports indicated that Mourning, a 10-year NBA veteran, could miss the entire 2002-03 season. He was forced to sit out the first 69 games of the 2000-01 campaign with a kidney disorder. Test results in September revealed that Mourning's chemistry levels have fallen below wha |
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| Mavs sign free agent Walt Williams |
NBA Basketball |
10/18/2002 |
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| lds career averages of 12.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. He was a member of the Houston Rockets for the last three seasons and averaged 9.4 points, 3.4 boards and 1.4 assists during the 2001-02 campaign. The 6-8 Williams was drafted as the seventh overall pick by the Sacramento Kings in the 1992 NBA Draft. He played his first 3 1/2 seasons for the Kings before being traded to the Miami Heat on February 22, 1996. He has also spent time with the Toronto Raptors and Portland Trail Blazers. |
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| NBA reaches tentative agreement for Charlotte franchise |
NBA Basketball |
10/09/2002 |
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| they wouldn't move forward with the plan without a major-league tenant. Bird and Carr's group is headed by businessman Steve Belkin and also includes former Celtics general manager Jan Volk. Black Entertainment Television founder Robert Johnson and Miami Heat minority owner Bob Sturges head the other two groups that have publicly expressed interest. NBA commissioner David Stern said that he did not sense any opposition from any of the current 29 franchises to add another team in Charlotte. Stern also sai |
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| Heat sign El-Amin, Johnson |
NBA Basketball |
09/26/2002 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - The Miami Heat signed guard Khalid El-Amin and center Ken Johnson on Thursday. El-Aminm, the 34th overall selection of the Bulls in the 2000 NBA Draft, played in 50 games for Chicago during the 2000-2001 campaign and averaged 6.3 points and 2.9 assists. Last season El-Amin split time between the Gary Steelheads and the Dakota Wizards of the CBA and with Strasbourg IG in France. A 2001 graduate of Ohio State University, Johnson was selected by Miami with the 49th overall selec |
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| House agrees to stay in Miami |
NBA Basketball |
09/25/2002 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - Restricted free agent Eddie House has accepted the Miami Heat's one-year, qualifying offer. The Miami Herald reported the deal is worth $770,000. The 6-foot-1 guard appeared in 64 games last season for Miami, including three starts, and averaged 8.0 points and 1.9 assists per contest. House, who will be entering his third NBA season, earned $465,850 last year. He had spoken with other clubs, but did not sign an offer sheet. House will again be a restricted free agent next sum |
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