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| Ridnour to have abdominal surgery |
NBA Basketball |
08/05/2003 |
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| Seattle, WA (MySportsbook) - Seattle SuperSonics rookie guard Luke Ridnour is scheduled to have surgery to repair a severely pulled abdominal muscle. The Sonics said Ridnour will undergo the procedure on Wednesday in Philadelphia. Ridnour, the 14th overall pick of the NBA Draft, will likely be sidelined for more than a month. However, he should be ready to play when the club opens training camp in late September. The injury apparently occurred during a pre-draft workout with the Milwaukee Bucks. Ridnour was the |
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| Ridnour a done deal for Seattle |
NBA Basketball |
07/09/2003 |
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| Seattle, WA (MySportsbook) - The Seattle SuperSonics signed former Oregon guard Luke Ridnour, one of the team's two first-round draft picks, to a three- year contract on Wednesday. Ridnour was selected with the 14th overall pick, two picks after the team chose former Kansas forward Nick Collison. Collison signed with the Sonics on Monday. Ridnour is suffering from a fractured pelvis, and though he will not play for Seattle's entry in the Southern California Summer Pro League, he should be ready for the start of |
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| Sonics ink Collison |
NBA Basketball |
07/07/2003 |
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| Seattle, WA (MySportsbook) - The Seattle SuperSonics signed their first- round pick Nick Collison on Monday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Collison, who was the 12th pick in last month's NBA Draft, helped lead the Kansas Jayhawks to the NCAA championship game against Syracuse this past season. In Collison's four years at Kansas, he averaged 14.8 points and 8.0 rebounds. The 6-9 forward also guided the Jayhawks to the Final Four in the 2001-02 season where they lost to the Maryland Terrapins. The 22-year |
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| Sonics' Ridnour has fractured pelvis |
NBA Basketball |
07/03/2003 |
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| Seattle, WA (MySportsbook) - Seattle SuperSonics guard Luke Ridnour is suffering from a fractured pelvis, but should be ready for the start of the team's training camp. Ridnour was selected by the Sonics with the 14th overall pick in this year's draft. He was the second of two first-round picks by Seattle after the team chose Kansas forward Nick Collison at the No. 12 spot. The 22-year-old Ridnour apparently suffered the injury last month during a workout with the Milwaukee Bucks and was originally thought to h |
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| Philadelphia 76ers |
NBA Basketball Transaction |
06/26/2003 |
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| Traded the rights to guard Paccelis Morlende to the Seattle SuperSonics for the rights to guard Willie Green. |
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| 2003 NBA Draft Update |
NBA Basketball |
06/26/2003 |
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| . Chicago Bulls, Kirk Hinrich, G (Kansas); 8. Milwaukee Bucks, T.J. Ford, G (Texas); 9. New York Knicks, Michael Sweetney, F (Georgetown); 10. Washington Wizards, Jarvis Hayes, G (Georgia); 11. Golden State Warriors, Mickael Pietrus, G (France); 12. Seattle SuperSonics, Nick Collison, F (Kansas); 13. Memphis Grizzlies, Marcus Banks, G (UNLV); 14. Seattle SuperSonics, Luke Ridnour, G (Oregon); 15. Orlando Magic, Reece Gaines, G (Louisville); 16. Boston Celtics, Troy Bell, G (Boston College); 17. Phoenix Suns, Zarko |
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| No surprise: LeBron James top pick in NBA Draft |
NBA Basketball |
06/26/2003 |
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| ith EB Pau Orthez, the team with whom he still plays. He was a member of the club that also won the 2002 and 2003 French National Cup and played in the 2001 and 2002 French League All-Star Games. Kansas forward Nick Collison was selected 12th by the Seattle SuperSonics. Collison shined in his senior season, as he helped lead Kansas to the NCAA championship game against Syracuse. Collison was named a First Team All- American and made the All-Final Four team. He averaged a double-double in his senior campaign with t |
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| Seattle SuperSonics 2003 Draft Preview |
NBA Basketball |
06/19/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Seattle SuperSonics head into the 2003 NBA Draft with a pair of selections in the top 14. Rick Sund is armed with the ammunition to make a trade or find a potential replacement for All-Star point guard Gary Payton. Seattle is in a good position to get a solid, young point guard with one of its two first-round selections. The club has eyes for T.J. Ford (Texas), Kirk Hinrich (Kansas) and Luke Ridnour (Oregon). Ford is the least likely candidate to be around when the Sonics jump on the clock |
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| Sonics' first owner passes away |
NBA Basketball |
06/14/2003 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - Sam Schulman, the original owner of the Seattle SuperSonics, died at the age of 93. Schulman passed away Thursday at his home in Los Angeles with complication from a blood disease. Schulman co-purchased the Seattle club in 1966 and later became the team's principal owner. The Sonics won the franchise's only NBA title in 1979. Schulman might be best known for winning a legal victory which reshaped the way the NBA Draft functions today. In 1970, Spencer Haywood signed a contract t |
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| Sonics' Booth to have surgery |
NBA Basketball |
05/28/2003 |
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| Seattle, WA (MySportsbook) - Seattle SuperSonics center Calvin Booth is scheduled to undergo surgery on Thursday to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee. The team is unsure when the Penn State product suffered the injury, but Seattle believes Booth was hurt during the regular season. Booth averaged 2.9 points and 2.3 rebounds in 47 games last season. Seattle is expected to announce how long Booth will be out after the surgery, but he is expected to be healthy for the start of training camp in October. |
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