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September 2006

Pre-training camp updates

September 27, 2006

I spent a few hours at Quicken Loans Arena yesterday working on a few stories, some of which you’ll be seeing in the paper and online this week leading up to training camp. Most of the players have been working out for a week or more. Larry Hughes was on the court working [...]

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ESPN Chat

September 19, 2006

I did an ESPN chat this afternoon. There were only a few questions on the Cavs, but here’s the transcript for those who are (mildly) interested.
Scott (Salem,Il): By 2010 will Greg Oden and OJ Mayo have just as big of impact as LeBron, Carmelo, and Dwayne Wade had on their franchises and the league [...]

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An infamous elbow

September 10, 2006

As you may have read over the weekend, Greek national team player Nikos Zisis is still pretty upset about the elbow he got from Anderson Varejao in the FIBA World Championship and wants to sue him. Considering he had to undergo surgery last week after spending a week in the hospital in Japan, it [...]

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Insomnia is underrated

September 6, 2006

Hopelessly jet-lagged and unable to sleep at 3 a.m., let me toss out a few thoughts.
–People in Houston tell me that David Wesley has nothing left and looked bad at the end of last season.  I don’t believe that’s 100 percent true, everyone in Houston looked bad at the end of last season.  If you [...]

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Heading home

September 3, 2006

Tokyo — I haven’t been in the States in three weeks, so I’m not sure how the U.S. bronze medal performance came off back home, where I’m headed now.  I’ve written about it and talked about it a great deal.  I’m not going to rehash it.  It was a quality win over Argentina and it [...]

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Earthquakes and Greece lightning

September 1, 2006

Saitama, Japan — Yesterday I experienced my first-ever earthquake, a 4.8er that shook me up good on the 10th floor of my hotel.  Tonight I saw Team USA get rattled in a loss to Greece that pretty much ended their FIBA World Championship.
I am not surprised they lost, I am surprised it was to Greece, [...]

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