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| I don't think any athlete I've ever watched or covered has driven me more nuts than Sheed. Maybe it's because he can be so good. Maybe it's because some suggest he's talented enough to be one of the greatest players of all time. And maybe it's because his ardent backers are always telling me that I just don't "understand" him. |
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| Pulling off his warm-up pants and entering the game from the bench isn't exactly how Tayshaun Prince is used to playing basketball. But that's life for Prince on the deeply talented U.S. men's basketball team in the Beijing Olympics. |
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| Marty Burns of SI.com has ranked the teams in the NBA Eastern Conference. He has the Pistons, who went to the conference finals for a sixth straight year, sixth. |
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| See action from Team USA's win over Angola in Beijing, along with shots of Piston Tayshaun Prince with his teammates and friends in China. See related Piston and Olympic photo galleries attached below. |
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| MILWAUKEE -- The Cleveland Cavaliers are getting help for LeBron James. With James in Beijing for the Olympics, high-scoring Milwaukee point guard Mo Williams is headed to Cleveland as part of a three-team trade that also involves Oklahoma City. |
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| High-scoring Milwaukee point guard Mo Williams is headed to Cleveland to join LeBron James as part of a three-team trade involving Milwaukee and Oklahoma City. |
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| The Pistons re-signed forward Walter Herrmann, who was acquired last December in a midseason trade that sent Nazr Mohammed to the Bobcats. |
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| The Detroit Pistons re-signed forward Walter Herrmann on Monday.
"He is a player with tremendous work ethic and showed last year that he is a player that can contribute," Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars said in a statement.
The 6-foot-9, 229-pound Herrmann was acquired by the Pistons in 2007 along with Primoz Brezec in a trade that sent Nazr Mohammed to the Charlotte Bobcats.
He played in 28 games with Detroit and averaged 3 points and 1.3 rebounds in 7. |
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| The Detroit Pistons re-signed forward Walter Herrmann on Monday.
"He is a player with tremendous work ethic and showed last year that he is a player that can contribute," Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars said in a statement.
The 6-foot-9, 229-pound Herrmann was acquired by the Pistons in 2007 along with Primoz Brezec in a trade that sent Nazr Mohammed to the Charlotte Bobcats.
He played in 28 games with Detroit and averaged 3 points and 1.3 rebounds in 7. |
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| BEIJING -- Have you ever had a rough time at the office, wondered if you'd lose your job, and felt like flying to the other side of the world? That's what Tayshaun Prince just did. He got as far away from trade rumors as possible. If he went any farther, he would get closer. |
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| The Sabres have re-signed Teppo Numminen after the defenseman missed all but one game last season following heart surgery. |
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| People tend to roll their eyes at the mention of Kwame Brown. By signing him as a free agent, the Pistons opened themselves up to all kinds of potshots and criticism.
Brown has been a colossal bust since Washington made him the first high school player to be the top overall pick in 2001. He also passed through the Los Angeles Lakers and Memphis Grizzlies organizations before the Pistons took a chance and signed him to a two-year, $8 million contract that includes a player option. |
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| --The Pistons' rivalry with the Indiana Pacers has waned in recent years but they'll play at least one big game this season.
Indiana will be the Pistons' opening-night opponent on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at The Palace. Their first meeting against the team that knocked them out of the Eastern Conference Finals follows shortly thereafter as they face defending champion Boston on Sunday, Nov. 9 at The Palace. They will also play at Boston 11 nights later. |
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| Newsday's Alan Hahn recently reported that former Piston Allan Houston is planning to make a comeback in the NBA. Here's a portion of the story: |
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| Sporting News senior writer Sean Deveney recently interviewed new Pistons head coach Michael Curry. Here's a portion of the interview: |
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| The Boston Celtics begin defense of their NBA title on opening night against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, and will face the Los Angeles Lakers in a finals rematch on Christmas Day. |
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| The Pistons won't have long to wait this season for their first shot at the NBA champions. On Nov. 9, the Pistons will host the Boston Celtics in the team's third home game. The 2008-09 schedule was released Wednesday, and a rematch between the Eastern Conference finalists is one of the highlights. |
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| Home games in CAPITALS 29 (Wed.) INDIANA, 8:00 1 (Sat.) WASHINGTON, 7:30 3 (Mon.) at Charlotte, 7:00 5 (Wed.) at Toronto, 7:00 7 (Fri.) at New Jersey, 7:30 9 (Sun.) BOSTON, 6:00 11 (Tue.) at Sacramento, 10:00 13 (Thu.) at Golden State, 10:30 |
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| The Washington Wizards' Gilbert Arenas blogs for NBA.com. He recently wrote about new Piston Kwame Brown, former Piston Juan Dixon and Ron Artest, among others. Here's a portion of the blog: |
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| AUBURN HILLS -- Neither the fans nor the Pistons will have to wait long for a rematch with the world champion Boston Celtics. |
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| When new Pistons center Kwame Brown arrives at camp in October, he's going to be a lot lighter. We're not talking body weight. Brown will no longer be carrying around the oppressive weight of lofty expectation. |
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| Kwame Brown hopes to be the latest player to resurrect his career with the Detroit Pistons.
The Washington Wizards drafted the 6-foot-11 center No. 1 overall out of high school in 2001, but he was tagged as an underperformer early in his NBA career, and he's played for three teams in seven seasons, averaging just 7.5 points and 5.7 rebounds.
"The past is the past," Brown said during a conference call Tuesday. "I'm not going to disrespect my new teammates or my organization by making excuses. |
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| Pistons coach Michael Curry called guard Rodney Stuckey his "sixth starter" at a charity golf outing Monday. So it wasn't surprising when the Pistons announced Tuesday they had exercised their team options for Stuckey and fellow guard Arron Afflalo, extending their contracts through the 2009-10 season. |
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| Expectations are low for the newest Piston, Kwame Brown. The hype that surrounded him when the Washington Wizards made him the No. 1 pick in the 2001 NBA draft is long gone. And Brown says that low profile might just be the ticket to help him in his journey from bust to solid contributor. |
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| Unrestricted free agent Earl Boykins signed a one-year, $3.5 million deal Tuesday to play with Virtus Bologna of the Italian league. |
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| AUBURN HILLS -- New Pistons center Kwame Brown, who officially signed his two-year $8 million contract on Monday, spoke to the media for the first time via teleconference on Tuesday. Here are some snippets. |
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| Pistons coach Michael Curry is looking forward to working with the team's new starter -- and he's not talking about power forward Kwame Brown. Brown, a free agent, officially signed with the Pistons, the team announced Monday, after he agreed to a deal last week. The two-year deal is for $8 million and includes a player option for the second year. |
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| Maybe you can blame it on the weak dollar -- or the fact that they aren't very good -- but a few players are leaving the NBA to play with teams overseas. |
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| The Detroit Pistons have signed free agent center Kwame Brown, the overall No. 1 pick in the 2001 draft.
The team announced the signing on Monday.
Team president for basketball operations Joe Dumars told The Associated Press last week that Brown will be paid $4 million next season. Brown has an option for a second season for another $4 million.
The 26-year-old has career averages of 7.5 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 23.7 minutes in 404 NBA games. He averaged a career-high 10. |
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| Point guard Carlos Arroyo, who spent the last two seasons with the Orlando Magic, has become the latest NBA player to bolt overseas, signing with an Israeli team. |
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| ORLANDO, Fla. -- Former Pistons point guard Carlos Arroyo has signed a one-year contract with Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv. |
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| UPDATED AT 2:28 P.M. -- The Pistons announced today that Kwame Brown, the free-agent power forward and one-time No. 1 draft pick, had signed with the team. And when Brown's agent, Mark Bartelstein, was asked for reasons why Brown picked Detroit, he quickly spoke of Curry and the belief the new head coach will provide a positive environment for players. |
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| Big Brown has bounced back from his last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes by winning the Haskell Invitational on Sunday at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J. |
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| Scott Perry remembers growing up and watching the action at the St. Cecilia gym located on Detroit's west side. Perry recalls watching George (Iceman) Gervin start building his Hall of Fame rep at the historic spot. Perry later played on the court and was even married at the St. Cecilia parish. |
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| The Pistons agreed to a one-year deal with backup Walter Herrmann. The 6-foot-9 small forward was an unrestricted free agent. Salary information was not disclosed. |
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| Chauncey Billups had an epiphany last year. Free agency loomed for the onetime NBA vagabond. That fat payday is usually the realization of a dream, but Billups also wanted a good reputation he could capitalize on after his career. Billups sought Joe Dumars' counsel. |
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| Maria Sharapova will sit out the U.S. Open because of a bad right shoulder, the first major championship she'll miss since her Grand Slam debut in 2003. |
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| Pistons rookie Trent Plaisted, fresh off his stint in the summer league in Las Vegas, is looking forward to playing for Angelico Biella in Italy next season. And playing a lot. |
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| Billionaire Mark Cuban, who's trying to buy baseball's Chicago Cubs, got a recommendation from an unexpected source: NBA commissioner David Stern. |
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| The Detroit Pistons have signed free agent guard Will Bynum. Terms of the deal were not released.
Bynum averaged 11.8 points, 2.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists in the Las Vegas Summer League. The 6-foot, 185-pound guard played last season for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli League and averaged 10.6 points, 1.9 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game.
Bynum was named 2005-06 NBA Development League rookie of the year after averaging a league-best 24 points per game with the Roanoke Dazzle. |
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| They certainly haven't "earned" that right. Dumars has every right to break the core up. This group has been given plenty of chances and has wasted them away. If they had left it all on the floor against the Celtics in June, I might re-think that. But don't we all feel like the Pistons had the upper hand after Game 2. |
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| Am I supposed to be outraged by the Kwame signing? Am I supposed to lambaste the Pistons for spending money on a malcontent who has never panned out? Sorry, I just don't think it's that big a deal. Detroit took a flier on a big man who has some ability and has never come through in the league. If they hit on something, it's a bonus. If they don't, it's no real loss and they can sit him on the bench and trade him when the season is over. |
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| Kwame Brown hasn't had the typical NBA path that most No. 1 overall picks have had. Track through his career in picture form and see him evolve from high school phenom to Washington's first overall pick to a member of the Lakers and the Grizzlies. |
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| The Tigers took advantage of a White Sox lost and picked up a game on the AL Central leaders Tuesday night. That's because Detroit took care of business themselves, too, topping Cleveland 8-5. See the best hits, pitches and close plays in our photo gallery. |
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| What do you think of the Pistons signing Kwame Brown? Is he the last piece of the puzzle or an odd pickup? Do the Pistons need more this off-season? |
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