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Free-agent buzz: Bulls meet with Pargo (Yahoo! Sports)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:31:00 PDT

Chicago is courting free agent guard Jannero Pargo.

NBA free agents: 2009 class (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:39:00 PDT

Team-by-team list of NBA free agents.

Updated odds to win 2010 championship following Draft, trades (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:05:25 PDT

Bodog's odds to win the 2009-10 NBA Championship have been reassessed and posted following last week's...

Suicide lines: Grizzlies try Randolph; Nuggets start on Birdman ... (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:35:18 PDT

Every weekday morning, Ball Don't Lie serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your...

Nuggets Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:02:25 PDT

The Nuggets took a gamble. Then again, they don't see it that way.

On draft night, the Nuggets traded a first-round pick that originally belonged to Charlotte for the rights to point guard Ty Lawson from North Carolina. Lawson had been selected with the No. 18 pick in the first round by Minnesota.

The reason the deal is a gamble is the pick the Nuggets dealt could end up being No. 1 in the 2014 draft if the Bobcats have little success in the next half decade. The pick has a series of protections that go down each year.

But the Nuggets had Lawson pegged as one of the top point guards in the draft. They believed he was too good to pass up.

"I'm very happy," said Nuggets coach George Karl, who took over in January 2005.

Nuggets' Smith to serve 30 days in fatal accident (AP)

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:29:42 PDT

A judge sentenced Denver Nuggets guard J.R. Smith to 90 days in jail Tuesday night for causing an auto accident that killed his friend, though Smith will likely end up serving only 30. Municipal Judge Debra J. Gelson suspended 60 days of the sentence providing Smith performs 500 hours of community service consisting of visiting sick children at hospitals.

Pistons dump Curry (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:30:51 PDT

I don't know what else it will take for people to realize that they constantly underrate Flip Saunders.

Suicide lines: Bosh, Boozer, Millsap, Ariza and more ... (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:00:33 PDT

Every weekday morning, Ball Don't Lie serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your fresh...

Nelson says Mavericks will be busy this summer (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:22:43 PDT

While the San Antonio Spurs and Denver Nuggets have made moves to improve themselves to contend with the Los...

Clippers take Griffin with No. 1 pick in NBA draft (AP)

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:02:11 PDT

On a draft day that felt like the trade deadline, the Los Angeles Clippers never considered a deal. Not when they were the ones who could take Blake Griffin. Following a flurry of head-turning trades around the NBA, the Clippers started Thursday night's draft with the obvious choice: Griffin, the only player considered a sure thing in a class full of question marks.

Denver lands Lawson in NBA draft (AP)

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:51:00 PDT

The Denver Nuggets landed the reserve point guard they coveted in Ty Lawson, who's expected to take some wear and tear off Chauncey Billups while serving as his protege. The Nuggets traded a future first-round draft pick to Minnesota for the rights to North Carolina point guard who led the Tar Heels to the national championship.

Winners and losers: Cavs cash in (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:34:00 PDT

Cleveland made the most of draft day with a big trade, but the Pacers bit way too early on a college star.

Wolves trade Lawson to Denver (AP)

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:27:04 PDT

The Denver Nuggets have traded a future first-round draft pick to Minnesota for the rights to North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson. The Nuggets, who lacked a first-round pick for the fourth straight year, landed Lawson in exchange for a future first-round pick they acquired from Charlotte last year. The Nuggets have coveted Lawson, who opted to return to school last year and then led the Tar Heels...

Draft buzz: Trading game (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:27:00 PDT

Keep up with all the latest news and notes on draft day.

Nuggets lack 1st-round pick, but willing to deal (AP)

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:02:03 PDT

The Denver Nuggets lack a first-round pick in the NBA draft for the fourth straight year. That doesn't mean they'll simply be spectators Thursday night. With the 34th overall pick in the second round, the Nuggets are willing to move up into the latter part of the first round if the right player falls to them and the right trade partner comes along.

'The Eddy Curry Show' continues to baffle, drive people crazy (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:20:04 PDT

Last week, we told you about the debut of Eddy Curry's new online vidcast called "The Eddy Curry...

Nuggets-Pacers to play in Taiwan exhibition Oct. 8 (AP)

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:39:39 PDT

The NBA will play its first game in Taiwan this fall. The league said Friday the Denver Nuggets will face the Indiana Pacers on Oct. 8 in an exhibition game at Taipei Arena. Taipei will be the seventh Asian city to host an NBA game. The others are Beijing, Guangzhou, Macao, Shanghai, Tokyo and Yokohama.

Haunted rock band takes over debut of 'The Eddy Curry Show' (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:25:03 PDT

A little after "So You Think You Can Dance?" Wednesday night, I mean, err, 10 p.m., followers of Eddy...

Behind the Box Score, where we have a champion (Yahoo! Sports)

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:00:07 PDT

Los Angeles Lakers 99, Orlando 86 (Lakers win championship, 4-1) Apparently the only thing I'm left with,...

Video: Amar'e, Hill, Dahntay and Birdman on 'Jimmy Kimmel' (Yahoo! Sports)

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:30:01 PDT

Sunday night on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," Kimmel hosted a faux dating game, pitting NBA players from the...

Dissecting the coaching pressers (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:10:13 PDT

Press conferences. Usually you're met with pablum, a coach with an agenda, or downright nonsense.