Portland Trail Blazers F LaMarcus Aldridge undergoes heart procedure
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Contributor Network Dec 6, 11:25 am EST The Portland Trail Blazers appear content to hold on to Brandon Roy(notes) after all. This is contrary to earlier reports that the team was close to using the NBA's new amnesty clause on the oft-injured players. It seems Portland Trailblazers' Brandon Roy is in that situation now. Roy [...]
Read MoreBrandon Roy to retire due to injury
USA Today
By Reid Cherner, USA TODAY Portland guard Brandon Roy will take a medical retirement according to a tweet from ESPN's Chris Broussard. Portland's Brandon Roy has been diagnosed with a "career-ending (knee) injury," league source confirms to Y! Sports. Quoting unnamed sources, ESPN said the announcement could come as early as today. Roy has suffered [...]
Read MoreBlazers' Brandon Roy to retire
ESPN
By Mike Tokito, The Oregonian TUALATIN — In a day filled with off-court news about Brandon Roy retiring and Greg Oden having to tweak his contract, there was one thing overshadowed in the news cycle: the Trail Blazers held their first official Early Friday afternoon, Brandon Roy announced that he will be retiring his basketball [...]
Read MoreBrandon Roy retires after doctor tells Trail Blazers guard that long-term …
OregonLive.c
If this is really it for Brandon Roy, Game 4 vs. DAL goes down as 1 of the all-time great last gasps. No Eddy Curry at training camp today. No Battier either. Same old, same old. We're now at 36 hours without even a sniff of a rumor of where Turiaf Brandon Roy will announce [...]
Read MoreSI: Lakers, Hornets, Rockets re-open talks for deal involving Paul
SI.com
It appears Chris Paul will be wearing a Lakers uniform on Christmas Day. Earlier reports had the Lakers trading Andrew Bynum, and Lamar Odom for Chris Paul. That report was then quickly corrected. Adrian Wojnarowski The Lakers have built an annual contender behind Kobe Bryant, the triangle offense and a huge three-man front line that [...]
Read MoreSI: Lakers, Hornets, Rockets re-open talks for deal involving Paul
SI.com
The Lakers have built an annual contender behind Kobe Bryant, the triangle offense and a huge three-man front line that ruled the interior, even though all three — Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum — almost never The Lakers hired key staffers for the 2011-12 season, headlined by Head Physical Therapist Judy Seto and [...]
Read MoreLamar Odom avoids Lakers training camp but Pau Gasol is there
Los Angeles
Rockets reportedly acquire Pau Gasol in a three-team deal with the Hornets and Lakers. Luis Scola, Kevin Martin and Goran Dragic to New Orleans. One of the more stunningly bewildering developments in the League's history took place in a matter of hours last night, and everyone came out of it looking like losers. David Stern [...]
Read MoreLamar Odom avoids Lakers training camp but Pau Gasol is there
Los Angeles
One of the more stunningly bewildering developments in the League's history took place in a matter of hours last night, and everyone came out of it looking like losers. David Stern and the NBA. Everyone from Pau Gasol to Luis Scola to Lamar Odom and beyond will lace up his sneakers today knowing his employer [...]
Read MoreTRADE REACTION: Chris Paul to LA, Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom go
ESPN (blog)
Share PAU GASOL PROFILE Team: Los Angeles Lakers Position: Power Forward / Center Jersey Number: 16 Height: 7-0 / 2.13 Weight: 260 lbs. / – blogReaction. difference in Gasol and Paul's salaries. This would give the Lakers great flexibility in trying to fortify the roster. If Bynum really has developed the 15-footer he's been working [...]
Read MoreLakers work to get Chris Paul; labor deal approved
USA Today
As trade scenarios flew back and forth on a hectic day before the NBA opened training camps, it appeared that the Lakers and Celtics had emerged as the two remaining teams in the hunt for New Orleans All-Star guard Chris Paul. a three-team trade between the Lakers, Hornets and Rockets possibly shifting the power of [...]
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