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Juan Dixon Sent to Detroit For Primoz Brezec
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, NBA, Trades,
Backup point guard Juan Dixon will now battle for court time for the Detroit Pistons. Today Juan was traded to Detroit for center Primoz Brezec. Averaging just 12 minutes a game for the Toronto Raptors, Dixon also scored 4.3 points a game. Dixon was drafted in 2002 by the Washington Wizards with the 17th overall pick in the first round. Brezec averaged just 1.7 points and 1.7 rebounds this season in an average of 5 minutes and 47 seconds of action this season with Detroit.
“It’s important we have players that want to be here,” Raptors president and general manager Bryan Colangelo said. “Dixon and his representatives made it clear that he didn’t.”
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The Cleveland Cavaliers have acquired one of the game’s great centers. As a part of a 3 team trade, the Cavs acquired Ben Wallace, Guard Joe Smith, Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West from the Seattle Supersonics. Cleveland also acquired the rights to Chicago’s 2nd round draft pick in the 2009 NBA Draft. The Chicago Bulls will receive Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden, Cedric Simmons and Shannon Brown from Cleveland. And the Sonics get Chris Duhon, Ira Newble, Donyell Marshall, and guard Adrian Griffin.
The trade was reportedly completed right before the EST 3:00 pm trading deadline.
“It’s one of those things you come in and play hard and try to give what you give and not worry about what you can’t control,” Wallace said. “We had some guys that were banged up and beat up a bit. It was tough for us to get everybody on the floor and try to play basketball.”
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On the day of the NBA trading deadline, the New Orleans Hornets have traded for Bonzi Wells and Mike James, dealing away Bobby Jackson and Adam Haluska to the Houston Rockets.
This season Wells averaged 9.2 points per game coming off of the bench, with 5.1 rebounds per game. Mike James has struggle mightily this season, the point guard’s averaged 6.5 points per game, and a mere 1.6 assists per game. Bobby Jackson, who will turn 35 in March, is a stellar player coming off the bench, scoring 7.1 points per game. In his last game with the Hornets Bobby scored 17 points in 27 minutes of court time.
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Thanks in part to 5 3-pointers from Boston Celtic Ray Allen, the East Coast prevailed in the 2008 NBA All Star Game in New Orleans. Dwight Howard scored 16 points and Lebron James had 27 buckets to help out in the winning effort. Missing from the West Coast lineup was Kobe Bryant, who because of an injury was limited to playing just 2 minutes in the first quarter.
East Coast point guard Jason Kidd scored just one basket but dealt out 10 assists, in possibly his last game associated with the New Jersey Nets organization. News was revealed before the game that his trade to the Dallas Mavericks was nearly completed.
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The 21-28 Atlanta Hawks acquired Mike Bibby yesterday. Bibby’s averaging 13 points per game with 5 assists this season. The move should provide protection for shooting guard Joe Johnson, who won’t be regarded as the Hawks’ only backcourt shooting threat.
In exchange for Bibby, the Hawks sent the Kings starting point guard Anthony Johnson, 2007 first-round pick Shelden Williams, backup point guard Tyronn Lue, veteran forward Lorenzen Wright and a 2008 second-round pick to the Kings. The veteran Johnson’s performance this year with the Hawks wasn’t up to expectations, he averaged just 6.4 points per game with 4.7 assists.
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The Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 11-269 tonight. The high scorer of the game was Andre Iguodala, scoring 18 points in 34 minutes of action. The 76ers hadn’t won a game by such a wide margin in 12 years.
With the victory the 76ers are in 4th place in the Atlantic Standings, and the Bucks remain in last place in the Central Standings.
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Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers today 98-95. King James scored 41 points to go along with 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. Larry Hughes Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Daniel Gibson also helped the cause scoring in double digits for the Cavs. Kobe gave a valiant effort for his team, scoring 33 points with 12 rebounds and 6 assists. Lamar Odom helped out Kobe and the Lakers with 14 points and 9 rebounds.
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The New Jersey Nets simply can’t buy a win. Even against a Denver Nuggets team without Carmelo Anthony.
Last night they fell to the Denver Nuggets 100-85, giving them an 8 game losing streak. On the other end of the spectrum, the Nuggets now have a 2 game winning streak, and a 1.5 game lead in the Northwest Division. Despite the ugly 18-25 record, the Nets are still in 3rd place in the Atlantic Division, but 17 games back from the dominant Boston Celtics.
Allen Iverson led the way for the Nuggets with 30 points, 5 assists and 3 steals. Forward Linas Kleiza had 23 points, and former Net Kenyon Martin scored 20 with 7 rebounds.
“We need wins and we need them badly,” Nets sophomore Josh Boone said. “It would help if we got off to better starts and played better defense.”
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Knicks Continue Embarrasing Season With Loss to Kings
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, NBA, Scoreboard,
The Knicks have nothing to play for in the 2007-2008 season, and their only 31 games into the season.
Tonight the Knicks lost 107-97, at a few points losing by 21. The Kings scored 35 points in the third quarter, Knicks Head Coach Isiah Thomas was frequently hearing boos from the fans in attendance. With the loss the Knicks are 8-23, and remain in 5th place in the Atlantic Division. John Salmons led the Kings with 32 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists. He also had 6 steals. The loss may be considered especially embarrassing for the Knicks because the Kings were missing Mike Bibby, Kenyon Martin and Ron Artest from their lineup.
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After being benched in his return to the team, Gordan Giricek found himself traded today to the Philadelphia 76’ers for forward Kyle Korver. During one game Giricek had been pulled for making a game, at which point Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloane pulled Giricek from the game, and after an arguement sent Gordan to the locker room. Giricek may benefit from a change of scenary, at this point in the season he’s only averaging 4.3 points per game.
“We are excited about acquiring a player of Gordan’s ability, as well as an additional asset in the form of a first-round draft pick,” Sixers general manager Ed Stefanski said. “This move will provide us with increased salary cap flexibility this off-season and also allows us to continue our evaluation and development of the young talent we have on this team.”
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