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Guard Delonte West returning to Celtics (AP)
AP - Delonte West is returning to the Boston Celtics.
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Not-guilty plea for Jay Vincent but deal looms (AP)
AP - Court filings show a plea bargain is in the works for ex-Michigan State basketball star and retired NBA player Jay Vincent, who appeared in court Tuesday on charges in a $2 million Internet scam.
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Jordan, Bobcats make donation to NC schools (AP)
AP - Michael Jordan and his Bobcats NBA team will donate $250,000 to middle-school athletics programs in Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city.
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Snyder takes long road to 76ers (AP)

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2005, file photo, Missouri coach Quin Snyder shares a laugh with the referee during the first half of their  87-61 victory over Missouri Southern in an exhibition college basketball game in Columbia, Mo. Snyder was the hot young coaching prospect at Missouri. As suddenly as he led the Tigers to success, he fell as quick. Out of sight for years in the NBDL, Snyder has resurfaced as an assistant coach with the Philadelphia 76ers. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson, File)AP - Quin Snyder was in a basketball nowhere land. He rode the bus on those three-movie road trips on the NBDL circuit where everyone in a uniform believed they were one big break away from a look at the big time.



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Nuggets hire Ujiri as new GM, and priority is Melo (AP)
AP - The Denver Nuggets have hired a man with global basketball experience to manage a team that's in a world of hurt: two big men sidelined, a player under police investigation and its superstar's signature missing from a contract extension.
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NBA suspends 3 players for separate incidents (AP)
AP - Brandon Rush of the Indiana Pacers was suspended for five games by the NBA on Friday for violating the league's drug agreement, while Tyreke Evans of the Sacramento Kings and Kenny Hasbrouck of the Miami Heat drew suspensions for driving offenses.
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League suspends three players a total of eight games (Reuters)
Reuters - The NBA suspended three of its players without pay, including rookie of the year Tyreke Evans, a combined eight games for separate incidents that involve the league's drug policy and driving infractions.
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Police investigating Denver Nuggets J.R. Smith (AP)
AP - Police are investigating an alleged altercation between Denver Nuggets guard J.R. Smith and another person at the team's practice facility.
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Cavs deal with Chinese investors falls apart (AP)
AP - A deal to sell a Chinese investment group a minority share of the Cleveland Cavaliers has collapsed.
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Hurricanes get a surprise visit from LeBron (AP)
AP - LeBron James went back to school Thursday, working out against the Miami Hurricanes.
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Ex-Cavs GM Ferry returns to Spurs front office (AP)
AP - Danny Ferry is returning to the San Antonio Spurs.
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US NBA stars romp past Greece (AFP)

US Curry Stephen walks up the court during a friendly basketball game against Greece at the Olympic Stadium in Athens ahead of the World Basketball Championships.. The US won 87-59.(AFP/Angelos Tzortzinis)AFP - Eric Gordon scored 18 points, Kevin Durant added 15 and Derrick Rose chipped in with 11 to spark the United States to a 87-59 romp over Greece Wednesday in an exhibition game ahead of the World Basketball Championships.



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China's Yao resumes practices with NBA Rockets (AFP)

China's Yao Ming (pictured), who missed last season with injuries, has returned to the court after doctors gave him the green light to play basketball again. The Houston Rockets star underwent surgery on his left foot last year.(AFP/AFP/File)AFP - China's Yao Ming, who missed last season with injuries, returned to the court Tuesday after doctors gave him the green light to play basketball again.



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Doctors clear Yao for basketball activities (AP)
AP - Houston Rockets All-Star center Yao Ming is confident that he'll be ready for the start of the regular season after a team doctor declared his surgically repaired foot fully healed.
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Brown reaches deal with Bobcats and reunites with Jordan (Reuters)
Reuters - The Charlotte Bobcats have signed center Kwame Brown, reuniting the former first overall draft pick with team owner and Hall of Famer Michael Jordan, the Bobcats said on Tuesday.
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Kwame Brown, Michael Jordan reunited again (AP)
AP - The draft decision helped define both men in harsh terms: Michael Jordan was a failed executive, Kwame Brown a bust as a player.
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Delonte West suspended 10 games after guilty plea (AP)

FILE - In this March 1, 2010, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte West (13) drives past New York Knicks' Eddie House in an NBA basketball game in Cleveland. Free agent guard Delonte West was suspended without pay for 10 games Friday after pleading guilty last month to weapons charges. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)AP - Free agent guard Delonte West was suspended without pay for 10 games Friday after pleading guilty last month to weapons charges.



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Gun fanatic West suspended from 10 NBA games (AFP)

NBA player Delonte West (pictured, right) has been slapped with a 10 game suspension after pleading guilty last month to carrying a cache of weapons as he raced down a freeway on his motorcycle.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Elsa)AFP - NBA player Delonte West has been slapped with a 10 game suspension after pleading guilty last month to carrying a cache of weapons as he raced down a freeway on his motorcycle.



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AP Source: Torrance collapses, hospitalized (AP)
AP - Former Alabama standout point guard Mikhail Torrance collapsed after a workout in Bradenton, Fla. on Friday and is hospitalized in critical condition, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.
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Ex-NBA star Williams pleads guilty in DWI case (AP)

FILE - This Feb. 23, 2010, file photo shows Jayson Williams, center, addresses the court before he was sentenced to five years in prison in Somerville, N.J., for accidentally killing a limo driver. Williams is flanked by his attorneys Joseph Hayden, left, and Billy Martin. Williams has a Manhattan court date Friday, Aug. 20, 2010,  in a drunken-driving case stemming from a car wreck a week before his January guilty plea in the driver's 2002 death.(AP Photo/Matt Rainey, Pool, File)AP - A chastened Jayson Williams admitted Friday he was driving drunk when he slammed his SUV into a tree, capping years of legal and personal problems with a guilty plea that adds more time behind bars for the already imprisoned former NBA star.



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