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| Date | Player | News |
| 9/4/2008 | Manu Ginobili, SG (SA) | Ginobili had arthroscopic surgery Wednesday to repair a ligament injury in his left ankle. The Spurs said Wednesday that the surgery in Los Angeles had gone well and Ginobili will be in a splint and on crutches for three weeks. Then, his rehabilitation schedule will be determined after his ankle is re-evaluated. Analysis: The injury hobbled Ginobili during the NBA playoffs, particularly during the Western Conference finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. He was cleared to play for Argentina in the Olympics, but re-aggravated the injury during a game against the United States. An MRI taken last week showed no more damage but no improvement, setting up the need for the arthroscopic surgery. Ginobili led the Spurs with 19.5 points per game last season. |
| 9/3/2008 | Mario Chalmers, PG (Mia) | Chalmers and former Kansas teammate Darrell Arthur were sent home Wednesday from the NBA's mandatory rookie transition program for violating unspecified league rules. Analysis: Both the Heat and Chalmers' agent, Sam Goldfeder, confirmed to The Associated Press that Chalmers left the program. Neither would divulge the reasons why the former Kansas star, who hit the overtime-forcing jumper in the Jayhawks' win over Memphis in the national championship game five months ago, was asked to depart early. In addition to returning to the symposium in 2009, Chalmers may be facing a fine and a suspension from the NBA. |
| 9/3/2008 | Darrell Arthur, F (Mem) | Arthur and former Kansas teammate Mario Chalmers were sent home Wednesday from the NBA's mandatory rookie transition program for violating unspecified league rules. Analysis: Arthur, a 6-foot-9 forward who was chosen late in the first round by New Orleans, was traded three times on draft night and signed his rookie contract with the Grizzlies in early July. In addition to returning to the symposium in 2009, he may be facing a fine and a suspension from the NBA. |
| 9/2/2008 | Jamaal Magloire, C (Mia) | The Heat signed Magloire, a former All-Star center, on Tuesday, four days after agreeing to basic terms with the nine-year veteran. The 6-foot-11, 265-pound Magloire has averaged 8.6 points and 7.2 rebounds in his career. He spent his first five seasons with the Charlotte and New Orleans Hornets, and has now been with five teams since the start of the 2005-06 season - Milwaukee, Portland, New Jersey, Dallas and now Miami. Analysis: Magloire averaged 1.8 points in 31 games last season with New Jersey and Dallas. His best season with 2003-04, when he averaged 13.6 points and 10.3 rebounds for New Orleans and earned his lone All-Star selection. |
| 9/2/2008 | Donyell Marshall, F (Phi) | Marshall agreed to a one-year contract on Tuesday with the 76ers, becoming the latest free agent to join a team poised to make a run in the Eastern Conference. Analysis: The 6-foot-9 Marshall, the fourth overall pick in the 1994 draft by Minnesota, has averaged 11.4 points and 6.8 rebounds in 11 seasons. He started last season with Cleveland before being sent to Seattle in a three-team trade in February. Seattle, now Oklahoma City, waived Marshall in August. Marshall joins Elton Brand and Theo Ratliff as newcomers in the 76ers' frontcourt. |
| 8/30/2008 | Luol Deng, G-F (Chi) | Deng will play in Great Britain's European Championship qualifying games after the national association bumped up the insurance to cover his lucrative NBA contract. Analysis: Deng signed a new deal with the Bulls last month reportedly worth up to $80 million. British Basketball had been struggling to pay the insurance for the 23-year-old Sudanese-born player, who moved to London as a child to escape the conflict in his homeland. However, the association said Saturday it had "reluctantly" agreed to increase his coverage, meaning Deng can play against Israel in Tel Aviv on Wednesday and against the Czech Republic in London next Saturday. |
| 8/29/2008 | Manu Ginobili, SG (SA) | Ginobili, who helped lead Argentina to a bronze medal in the Beijing Olympics, will need surgery to repair a ligament injury in his left ankle. Analysis: The Spurs said Friday that Ginobili will have surgery next week. The team will announce a timeline for his return after the surgery. Ginobili said an MRI of his ankle showed no improvement from a previous exam two months ago. He led the Spurs in scoring last season (19.5 points) and won the league's sixth man award. |
| 8/29/2008 | Patrick Ewing Jr., F (NY) | The Knicks acquired Ewing from the Rockets in exchange for the draft rights to center Frederic Weis on Friday. Analysis: Ewing is the son of former star Patrick Ewing, who played for the Knicks from 1985-2000. He's been traded twice since he was drafted by the Sacramento Kings with the 13th pick of the second round in June. |
| 8/29/2008 | Frederic Weis, C (Hou) | The Rockets acquired Weis' draft rights from the Knicks in a trade for rookie forward Patrick Ewing Jr. on Friday. Analysis: Weis was the 15th overall pick in the first round of the 1999 draft, but hasn't made the jump to the NBA. It's uncertain if he intends to give up basketball overseas to join the Rockets. |
| 8/28/2008 | Sean Marks, F-C (NO) | The New Orleans Hornets on Thursday signed Marks, a nine-year NBA veteran who can play both power forward and center. Analysis: The 6-foot-10, 250-pound Marks has been a role player throughout his career with Toronto, Miami, San Antonio and Phoenix, averaging 3.1 points and 1.9 rebounds in 9.1 minutes per game. |
| 8/28/2008 | Chuck Hayes, F (Hou) | Hayes had surgery Thursday to repair a broken nose. Analysis: The 6-foot-6 Hayes, Houston's third-leading rebounder last season at 5.4 per game, was hurt during a morning workout on Thursday. |
| 8/27/2008 | Monta Ellis, G (GS) | Ellis will miss the first month of the regular season after severely spraining his ankle. Ellis, who got a six-year contract extension worth $66 million from the Warriors this summer, sprained his ankle and tore a deltoid ligament while working out at his home in Jackson, Miss., Warriors spokesman Raymond Ridder said. Analysis: Ellis underwent surgery Wednesday to repair the ligament. Ellis' ankle will be immobilized for six weeks, followed by at least six weeks of off-court rehab before the guard can return to basketball workouts. Ellis is expected to play a major role this season for the Warriors after Baron Davis' abrupt departure for the Los Angeles Clippers as a free agent. He averaged 20.2 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists last season, all career bests. |
| 8/27/2008 | Joe Crawford, F (LAL) | Crawford, the Los Angeles Lakers' only selection in the NBA draft last June, signed a contract with the Western Conference champions on Wednesday. Analysis: Crawford, the 58th overall pick, averaged 11.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists in four years at Kentucky, where he played in 127 games, 76 of them starts. The 22-year-old 6-foot-5 guard ranked fourth in the SEC in scoring as a senior with a team-leading 17.9-point average, and then averaged 11.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists in six Summer League games for the Lakers last month. |
| 8/27/2008 | Kyle Weaver, G (OKC) | Weaver, a second-round draft pick, signed a multi-year contract with Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Analysis: Weaver was selected 38th in June by Charlotte but didn't sign with the Bobcats before being traded to Oklahoma City earlier this month for a second-round choice in next year's draft. Weaver averaged 12.2 points last season as a senior at Washington State. No other terms of the deal were released. |
| 8/26/2008 | D.J. Strawberry, G (Hou) | The Rockets acquired Strawberry from the Suns on Monday in exchange for rookie guard Sean Singletary. Analysis: Strawberry was the 59th overall pick by the Suns in the 2007 draft, and averaged 2.2 points in 33 games last season. |
| 8/26/2008 | Sean Singletary, PG (Pho) | The Suns acquired Singletary from the Rockets on Monday in exchange for D.J. Strawberry. Analysis: Singletary was the 42nd overall pick in the 2008 draft by the Sacramento Kings, who sent him to Houston in the Ron Artest deal. The 6-foot guard was a member of the Kings' Las Vegas Summer League team, where he averaged 5.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.4 assists playing in each of the club's five games. A four-year standout at Virginia, Singletary was a three-time All-ACC selection who led his team in scoring with 19.8 points per game last season. |
| 8/26/2008 | J.R. Giddens, G (Bos) | The Celtics signed Giddens on Tuesday. Analysis: The 6-foot-5 point guard, the 30th pick in the draft, averaged 16.3 points and 8.8 rebounds for New Mexico during his senior season. Giddens said he has matured in the last few years. He pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor battery charge after being stabbed at a bar fight in May 2005 while playing for Kansas. He transferred to New Mexico, where he was suspended twice in his first season. |
| 8/25/2008 | Devean George, G-F (Dal) | The Mavericks re-signed George on Monday, nearly six months after the veteran player blocked a trade to the New Jersey Nets. Analysis: George averaged 3.7 points and 2.6 rebounds a game for the Mavericks last season. The 6-foot-8 forward has averaged 5.8 points and 3.3 rebounds a game during his NBA career. |
| 8/25/2008 | Sun Yue, F (LAL) | Sun, a second-round pick in the 2007 NBA draft, signed a multiyear contract with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers. Sun played for the Beijing Aoshen Olympians of the American Basketball Association for the past three seasons, and was a first-team All-ABA selection each of the last two years. Analysis: The 23-year-old Sun, a 6-foot-9 guard taken with the 40th overall selection by the Lakers in last year's draft, averaged 6.8 points, 1.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.33 steals in six games for China in the Olympic Games in Beijing. |
| 8/22/2008 | Manu Ginobili, SG (SA) | Ginobili, Argentina's leading scorer, left Friday's Olympic semifinal against the U.S. with an apparent left ankle injury. His club eventually lost 101-81, meaning the U.S. advances to face Spain in Sunday's gold-medal game. Analysis: The U.S. lead was already 10 points when Ginobili, who came in leading the tournament with 20.3 points per game, went down in a play away from the ball. He limped to the sideline and took off his left sneaker after re-injuring the same ankle that slowed him so badly in the NBA Western Conference finals. Ginobili later left the bench, a crushing blow for a team that already had to deal with an injury that kept Andres Nocioni from being at full speed. |
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