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| Sonics' Watson breaks thumb |
NBA Basketball |
07/02/2008 |
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| Seattle, WA (MySportsbook) - Seattle SuperSonics point guard Earl Watson fractured his right thumb and will have surgery Thursday in Los Angeles. The 29-year-old Watson averaged 10.7 points and 6.8 assists, both career highs last season. During his seven-year NBA career, Watson has averaged 7.4 points and 4.5 assists in 529 games. The Sonics expect a recovery period of three to four months. |
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| Bulls take Rose with top pick |
NBA Basketball |
06/27/2008 |
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| school after only one season when he averaged 20.7 points and 4.5 rebounds. He has the ability to play both shooting and point guard positions. A pair of UCLA players were taken next as point guard Russell Westbrook was picked fourth overall by the Seattle SuperSonics, while freshman forward Love was grabbed fifth by the Memphis Grizzlies, only to apparently be dealt. It was the sixth time in the history of the draft that teammates were taken back- to-back. Westbrook played a large part in pushing the Bruins to t |
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| Cleveland Cavaliers |
NBA Basketball Transaction |
06/27/2008 |
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| Acquired the draft rights to forward Darnell Jackson from the Miami Heat in exchange for the lower of the Cavaliers two second round picks in the 2009 NBA Draft; purchased the rights to center Sasha Kaun from the Seattle SuperSonics. |
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| Detroit Pistons |
NBA Basketball Transaction |
06/27/2008 |
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| Traded the draft rights to forward D.J. White to the Seattle SuperSonics for the draft rights to forwards Walter Sharpe and Trent Plaisted. |
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| Nuggets trade away only pick in draft |
NBA Basketball |
06/25/2008 |
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| , the 20th overall selection, to the Charlotte Bobcats for a future protected first-round pick Wednesday. The protection clause means that the Nuggets will not receive the first-round pick in a year that the Bobcats' selection falls into a lottery slot, which would be a top-14 pick. The Bobcats now own the ninth and 20th overall selections in the first round and the 38th overall pick in the second round. The Nuggets former rights to the 56th overall selection in the second round belong to the Seattle Supersonics. |
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| Holmgren back with Seahawks |
Headlines |
06/11/2008 |
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| am emphasized was a minor medical issue. Holmgren, who turns 60 on Sunday, stood on the sidelines throughout a 90-minute practice Wednesday wearing shorts and a team pullover on a misty and cool morning. He spent much of the practice chatting with Seattle SuperSonics coach P.J. Carlesimo, who was visiting along with the rest of the NBA team's staff. Holmgren did not comment on his absence. He is to hold his normally scheduled news conference Thursday to end his team's final offseason minicamp. Holmgren is en |
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| Competition keen to host sporting events |
This Day in Sports |
05/30/2008 |
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| in 2002. The initial hope was to land an NHL franchise. That didn't happen, but NCAA and Big 12 championship events followed. In April, Oklahoma City took another step toward getting an NBA franchise when the league's board of governors approved the Seattle SuperSonics' move to Oklahoma City. Events don't have to be splashed across front pages and on ESPN to have great value. ``The NCAA has encouraged cities to bid on all the lower-level championships, and even those championships create economic impact and ra |
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| Hawks hire Rick Sund as general manager |
NBA Basketball |
05/28/2008 |
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| -office leadership after ending their playoff drought this season, hired Rick Sund as general manager on Wednesday. Sund has worked in NBA front offices for more than 30 years, including stints with Milwaukee, Dallas, Detroit and most recently the Seattle SuperSonics. He spent last season as a consultant for the Sonics after serving as the team's general manager from 2001-07. The 56-year-old Sund will replace Billy Knight, who announced on May 7 he is resigning after six years with the team, the last five as |
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| Hawks tab Sund as new general manager |
NBA Basketball |
05/28/2008 |
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| ner Michael Gearon. "During this process as we spoke with basketball people we respect around the NBA, everyone had glowing things to say about Rick and his work." Sund comes to Atlanta after spending the past six seasons as general manager with the Seattle SuperSonics. The 56-year-old had been with the Seattle organization in a variety of roles since 1994. Prior to that, Sund was involved with the Dallas Mavericks since their inception, finishing his 15- year tenure with the team as vice president of basketball o |
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| Hawks hire Sund as GM |
NBA Basketball |
05/28/2008 |
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| -office leadership after ending their playoff drought this season, hired Rick Sund as general manager on Wednesday. Sund has worked in NBA front offices for more than 30 years, including stints with Milwaukee, Dallas, Detroit and most recently the Seattle SuperSonics. He spent last year as a consultant for the Sonics after serving as the team's general manager from 2001-07. The 56-year-old Sund will replace Billy Knight, who announced on May 7 he is resigning after six years with the team, the last five as g |
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