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Landry, Nowitzki injured in collision
The Rockets' Carl Landry was taken to a hospital after breaking teeth in a collision with the Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki during the second quarter of Friday night's game.
Nowitzki drove into the lane and missed a short jumper with 9 minutes, 28 seconds
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NBA: Kobe, Shaq together again on NBA All-Decade Team
It doesn't seem that long ago that many were stocking up on survival items, scared the world was going to be forever changed at midnight on Jan. 1, 2000.
The Y2K bug came and went without much consequence — 10 years ago.
Now there are less than two
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Yao Ming calls for promotion of Shanghai Expo 2010
China's NBA star Yao Ming participated in the opening ceremony of a public welfare activity named of "celebrities show you around Shanghai Expo 2010" on Monday.
He called on more celebrities and people to join the public and promotional events of the
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Sports newsmakers
Winning came with a hefty price for the New York Yankees.
The World Series champions were hit with a luxury tax of nearly $25.69 million Monday, the penalty for once again crossing the payroll threshold in baseball's collective bargaining
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Links: The Fake State Of The NBA
To all NBA owners, executives, coaches, players, team staff and League partners, as well as our new friend, Comrade Prokhorov, I’d like to begin by wishing you and yours the best during this holiday season.
I know the economy has been terrible in 2009,
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Howard, Magic roll to easy win over Rockets
Howard outmuscled a Rockets team lacking size and strength in the middle with Yao Ming injured. The reigning Defensive Player of the Year blocked four shots and showed how dominant he can be even on a night he didn't have his best offensive
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Rockets-Nets Preview
Despite injuries to two of their best players, the Houston Rockets have lost consecutive games only once in 2009-10. With their next game coming against the woeful New Jersey Nets, that's unlikely to change this weekend.
The Rockets look to rebound
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Without McGrady, Rockets hold off Nets
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — While Tracy McGrady’s role with the team remained in question, the Houston Rockets kept right on rolling without him.
Reserve Carl Landry scored 26 points to lead the Rockets to a 98-93 victory Saturday night over New Jersey,
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McGrady will not play for Rockets this weekend
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Tracy McGrady was not with the Houston Rockets when they played the New Jersey Nets on Saturday night, nor will he play Sunday in Cleveland.
According to the Houston Chronicle, Rockets general manager Daryl Morey said the
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BlogABull.com :: Report: Bulls waiting to find replacement before firing VDN
It might be one of the smarter moves the org has made in some time. Unless of course the search takes til the end of the year.
Thomas, Miller, Salmons, James, Pargo, Gray, MLE, and LLE will not be here with a Max Free Agent...don't get too
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T-Mac's representatives asking Rockets for trade
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Rockets looking to trade McGrady
HOUSTON - The Houston Rockets acknowledge they are trying to trade Tracy McGrady, after the two-time scoring champion's representatives asked the team to deal him.
General manager Daryl Morey said Tuesday the two sides have had "multiple conversations"
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Mavs show little interest in Tracy McGrady
In all likelihood, Tracy McGrady won’t play again for the Houston Rockets. And before any bright ideas are floated, he won’t be playing for the Mavericks, either.
McGrady’s comeback from micro-fracture surgery will continue with another team if he, his
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Rockets 97, Mavericks 94: A December to remember. Who knew?
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NBA All-Star Voting System Must Be Broken
Just in time for New Year’s Eve, the NBA released its most up-to-date 2010 All-Star voting results . And I’d like to think the results were a surprise. But sadly, they were not.
For the most part, the NBA has the concept of fans voting for the
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Technology helps define decade, for better or worse
As sports go, the first decade of the new millennium was something like a "Terminator" movie. It was about the rise of the machines, or, more precisely, technology.
From improved technology to the widening reach of the Internet and computers in
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Expo Shanghai float impresses Rose Parade watchers
Excited audiences hailed "Jackie, Jackie" when the Expo float with action film star Jackie Chan on it veered into Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, the main street of the 10-kilometer parade route, at about 9:40 am.
Hundreds of thousands of spectators
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Basketball: Yao Ming to become a father
BEIJING: The wife of NBA centre Yao Ming is expecting their first child, sending netizens into a frenzy of hope for a new generation to lead China's basketball team in the future.
"The news that Ye Li is pregnant is true. Yao Ming and his wife would
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Yao Ming's expected baby stirs fresh Yao fever in China
YY: they don't mean much right now, but Chinese basketball fans hope these two initials could herald future victories for the national team.
"YY" looks certain to be the nickname of Houston Rockets star Yao Ming's first child, whose imminent arrival
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Suns overcome Rockets with second-half rally
PHOENIX — Steve Nash scored 26 points and had 12 assists, Amare Stoudemire added 25 points and 11 rebounds, and the Phoenix Suns squandered a 16-point lead before rallying from a 16-point deficit to beat the Houston Rockets 118-110 on Wednesday
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Most Ill-Timed Sports Injuries
When Colt McCoy got hurt on Texas’ first series in the BCS National Championship Game, the entire complexion of the contest had changed. With one hit, it was as if Texas’ chance of winning the game had ended and that sentiment seemed to be confirmed
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Raptors improving as decision on Bosh looms
As the Toronto Raptors flopped out of the starting gate, the future of Raptors forward Chris Bosh seemed to become clearer.
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Knicks throw away big lead, end win streak
HOUSTON -- Even without Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, the Rockets have the better team and the better Landry. The Knicks are no longer the team of the new decade. After surging to a 13-point lead late in the second quarter, looking on the verge of a 4-0
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Yao Ming not to compete at World Championships for China
Chinese center Yao Ming said Monday he would not compete for the national team at the 2010 Turkey World Championships due to his foot injury.
"I'm not going to have competitive games until July. I don't think so (that I'll play at the World
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Basketball: China's injured Yao Ming to miss world champs
Houston Rockets center Yao Ming has ruled out a return to China's national team for August's world championships in Turkey.
The 29-year-old NBA All Star, China's most popular sportsman, underwent surgery on a hairline facture in his left foot last
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Jackson's 43 power Bobcats to win vs. Rockets
Surpassing his previous best scoring night of 42 set nearly six years ago with Indiana, Jackson made 15 of 22 shots and 10 of 11 free throws while adding eight rebounds. Making up for a subpar night from Gerald Wallace, Jackson keyed Charlotte's
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: First Overall NBA Draft Picks
For the second time in three years, the first overall pick in the NBA Draft will have to sit out his rookie season due to injury. It happened to Greg Oden in 2007 when he underwent microfracture surgery to repair his ailing right knee, and happened
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Kung fu king Jackie Chan kicks on for parade
FAMOUS for his acrobatic fighting style and signature stunt movies, Jackie Chan is a kung fu movie legend with millions of fans around the world.
Starring in more than 100 movies has not only secured him a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but
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Madrid to Barcelona in a flash
Reporting from Madrid -
When President Obama announced plans in April to spend $13 billion in federal stimulus funds on developing high-speed rail in America, he invoked the usual role models -- Japan, China and France -- as examples of fast-train
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As teammates recover, a scare for Pierce
WALTHAM - Just as he was starting to improve after undergoing two surgeries and missing four games because of a knee infection, Paul Pierce collided with Shelden Williams at the end of practice yesterday, banging his knee in the spot where he had the
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Marbury Signs With Pro Team In China
BEIJING -- Stephon Marbury reached an agreement to play for a professional team in China.
Shanxi announced it was bringing in the former NBA All-Star guard on Monday. In a release, the team said it expected Marbury to play his first game on Jan. 27
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Diminutive Brooks emerges as Rockets' go-to finisher
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Game on the line, its final seconds slipping away, the Rockets have little interest in symbolism or poetry, but there
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Injured Yao Ming enjoying team owner role in China
Sidelined by a foot injury, Houston Rockets star Yao Ming says he's finding a new kind of satisfaction as owner of his former Chinese team, the Shanghai Sharks.
Yao bought out the financially troubled team's former owners in July for an undisclosed sum
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McGrady falls behind Nash, will not start All-Star Game
Tracy McGrady, who has played 46 minutes this season, finished fourth among West Conference guards.
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Duncan surpasses 20,000 career points but Rockets top Spurs
The Spurs' Tim Duncan, shooting over the Rockets' Kyle Lowry, scored 25 points to surpass 20,000 for his career, but the Rockets edged tthe Spurs 116-109.
Carl Landry (FSY) added 19 points as the Rockets held off a furious San Antonio run in the final
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Cal's Zhang making big strides for Golden Bears
BERKELEY, Calif. -- Max Zhang didn't even set foot on the court in California's hard-fought win over Oregon State on Saturday. Not that it mattered to his loyal fans.
A horde of kids greeted the 7-foot-3 Chinese center when he emerged from the locker
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Lakers Gameday | 01/24/10 | Raptors
Posted Jan 24 2010 8:42PM
TORONTO(AP) Hedo Turkoglu made two free throws with 1.2 seconds left as the Toronto Raptors beat the Los Angeles Lakers 106-105 on Sunday night
Andrea Bargnani scored 22 points, Chris Bosh and Jarrett Jack each had 18 and
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Most Bang For The Buck
In recent years, NBA player's salaries have sky-rocketed to the point that guys like Michael Redd, Tracy McGrady and Jermaine O'Neal are among the top ten highest paid players in the NBA. Of the three, O'Neal is the only player to crack the top 100 in
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NBA's Marbury Takes His Game to China
By Loretta Chao TAIYUAN, China—His New York fans may have deserted him, but Stephon Marbury is already winning new friends in this grimy coal town in northern China."Ma Bu Li", as he's now known, on Wednesday launched an unlikely career with the
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'Ma Bu Li' -- that's Marbury -- making friends in China
Former Knicks star Stephon Marbury is already winning new friends in the grimy coal city of Taiyuan, China, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. "Ma Bu Li," as he is now known, launched an unlikely career with the Taiyuan Shanxi Zhongyu
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Davos Notebook: China is like a young Yao Ming
DAVOS, Switzerland (MarketWatch) -- There's no denying China's enormous and growing economic clout, but the world may be overestimating the nation's capabilities, say some participants in this year's World Economic Forum annual meeting.
China can be
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Rockets 104, Blazers 100: The long(?) losing streak ends
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Frank: If there's truth to the trade rumors, Iguodala may get chance to thrive
Now that the trade rumors are flying fast and furious around 76ers swingman Andre Iguodala, it's a good time to wonder just how good he would be on a legitimate championship contender.
It has always been said, even by those who have known Iguodala the
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Video: Yao Ming Goes Rogue, Shoots Free Throws
Brett Pollakoff
Brett Pollakoff is an NBA blogger for FanHouse
It's been six months since Yao Ming had surgery to repair the broken bone in his left foot, and even longer since he's picked up a basketball. But you wouldn't know it by watching
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ATI Chairman Hentschel in Tourism Talks with U.S. and China Government Officials and Yao Ming
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
AmericanTours International (ATI) Chair/CEO Noel Irwin Hentschel is back
from weeks of briefings with U.S. and China government officials
discussing ways to expand China tourism to all regions of the U.S. and
promote
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Warriors Lose To Rockets For 9th Straight Time
HOUSTON (CBS 5 / AP) ―
Aaron Brooks and Carl Landry scored 24 points apiece, and the Houston Rockets salvaged the last game of their longest homestand of the season by beating the Golden State Warriors 119-97 on Tuesday night.
Trevor Ariza scored 1
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Yao head and shoulders above the rest
Yao Ming at the CBA opening game in Shanghai as team owner of the Shanghai Sharks. Gao Erqiang
Over the past eight years, I have had the pleasure of interviewing basketball star Yao Ming three times. I first sat down with him in 2002, just before he
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We do not claim a cent of Li or Zheng's prizemoney: says Sun
China's tennis chief, Sun Jinfang, said the Chinese Tennis Association (CTA) did not make a cent from Australian Open semifinalists Li Na and Zheng Jie and the other self-managed players and used their contributions to support the nation's youth
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FanHouse: Stoudemire says he's overlooked in NBA
Chris Tomasson
Chris Tomasson is a Senior NBA Writer for FanHouse
Amar'e Stoudemire is 6-foot-10, 250 pounds. But he says he's overlooked.
In NBA history, that is.
The Phoenix Suns forward sees how Cleveland's LeBron James is regarded by
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Yao fans go wild over baby talk
A revelation about the unborn child of Chinese basketball star Yao Ming and his wife Ye Li has sparked frantic debate on online forums and in the nation's media.
Yang Lan, a China Daily columnist and popular talk show host, revealed on Thursday that
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Links: The Best and Worst of All-Stars Past
I know, I know, The Links needs an update. That’s why I’m here right now. Actually, though, I was trying to not post anything for a minute. The truth is, I’m pacing myself: All-Star is just days away.
To me, All-Star Weekend has always been the most
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Fortune tellers: Year of Tiger isn't Tiger's year
It's a recipe for geopolitical tensions and drastic market movements, feng shui experts say.
"People will try to take on the strong and help the weak. They will try to help their fellow brothers. They will help friends who are being bullied. This year
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Brooks doing well for Rockets
: Rockets coach Rick Adelman said in an interview with CBSSports.com that guard Aaron Brooks is "having a great year." Brooks is averaging a team-best 19.4 points to go with 4.9 assists and 2.6 rebounds heading into the All-Star break. Brooks told
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Aaron Brooks and The 10 Greatest Point Guards In Rockets History
Played for the Rockets during the 2003-2004 season.
Career average with the Rockets: 2.5 points per game and 2.8 assists per game.
Mark Jackson could arguably be the best player on this entire list. The problem is that he only played in Houston for
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TV-Radio Notebook: Insight on Inside The NBA
While NBC wraps up its broadcast of the Opening Ceremony from Vancouver tonight, TNT at 10 p.m. will celebrate 10 years of Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith trading jumpers and bon mots on Inside The NBA.
Included, presumably, will be the
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Revamped Rockets could bring big changes
Tracy McGrady has the Rockets in limbo once again. His status heading into the Feb. 18 trade deadline could impact the entire roster.
McGrady, who only played six games this year in December after having microfracture surgery on his left knee, has
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Daryl Morey Gets Real
The Rockets’ GM is seeing red. Well, kind of.
He’s been called many names. The Billy Beane of basketball, Dork Elvis (though he jokes that he prefers to be called Dork Cat Stevens), the smartest general manager in the NBA, and I like to think of him
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Back and Forth: The NBA at the Break by Bradford Doolittle and Kevin Pelton
KP: Well, Bradford, the first half of the season has flown by. With the All-Star Game behind us and the trade deadline just ahead, it's a natural time to reflect on what has happened so far and what lies ahead over the final two months. Let's start
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NBA Rumor Mill: If True, Tracy McGrady to Knicks a Slam-Dunk For Rockets
According to Yahoo! Sports, the Houston Rockets and New York Knicks are working out a trade that would send Tracy McGrady, Brian Cook, and Joey Dorsey to New York in exchange for Jordan Hill, Jared Jeffries, and either Al Harrington or Larry
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Tracy McGrady Trade Rumors Heating Up with New York and Chicago
A Tracy McGrady trade will take place today. The Houston Rockets and Tracy McGrady aren't on the same page, and a trade is the only answer to fix the problems between McGrady and the current coaching staff. Two offers are on the table that the Rockets
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Seven-time All-Star McGrady coming to Knicks
HOUSTON — The Tracy McGrady era is over in Houston.
The Knicks acquired McGrady and his massive expiring contract in a three-team swap with the Houston Rockets and the Sacramento Kings, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said Thursday. The
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Houston moves on without McGrady
HOUSTON - The practice almost felt like the start of a new season - and era - for the Houston Rockets.
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5 Questions with California Golden Blogs
2 months ago: California's Jerome Randle reacts after making a shot against Iowa State in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009, in Berkeley, Calif. (AP Photo/Dino Vournas)
We had questions, we needed answers.
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Landry gives Kings additional toughness
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Carl Landry, left, and Joey Dorsey are introduced to the media Friday at the Kings' practice facility. Landry provides "a true low-post threat," coach Paul Westphal said.
When Kings basketball president Geoff Petrie
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New Knick Tracy McGrady 'feels good', but health leaves question mark on playing time
Newly aquired Knick Tracy McGrady says he feels good, but questions about his overall health will be answered over the final nine weeks of the season.
"If he's healthy," Van Gundy said Saturday. "Believe me; if Tracy is healthy over the last 29
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Cavs' investor buys into Chinese basketball league
BEIJING: After becoming part-owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Jianhua 'Kenny' Huang's next goal is to transform pro basketball in his homeland of China.
As an investor in China's National Basketball League, Huang says he'll introduce cutting-edge
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Houston Rockets' Trevor Ariza out for few games with hip injury
The 6-foot-8 forward has a severe left hip pointer and will miss at least the next three games, the team announced on Tuesday.
Ariza suffered the injury Feb. 6 and missed one game but aggravated it on Saturday against the Pacers. An MRI at Memorial
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FanHouse: Meet the Bobcats new owner ... soon
Tom Ziller
Tom Ziller is an NBA Blogger for FanHouse
The Bobcats will have a new unofficial team owner this week -- possibly even today -- reports Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer. Your next question, if you took Journalism 101, and assuming
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Sasha & The Waltons (the NBA's Boy Band)
I assume most avid NBA fans are like me -- they tune in or head to the arena to see top-quality athletes play the sport we love. I'm fairly certain that most us are not there hoping to catch a glimpse of the latest tousle-haired tween heartthrob akin
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Rockets 109, Spurs 104: Martin breaks through, but does not celebrate coming out party.
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Ailene Voisin: Kings' Landry has exceeded expectations
Carl Landry is a hard worker who brings a good attitude to the Kings. " This is a good team, a special team," he said.
Carl Landry sneaks up on people. Though he stands 6-foot-8 and carries 248 pounds on a thick, muscular frame, sometimes he stares in
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Fan furore that Yao's baby could be American
AFP - China's star NBA centre Yao Ming can do no wrong on the court in the eyes of basketball fans, but some diehards are crying foul over the possibility that his firstborn could have an American passport.
Yao and his wife have headed back to the
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'Yankee baby' Yao has fans in a stir
China's star NBA center, Yao Ming, can do no wrong on the court in the eyes of basketball fans but some diehards are crying foul over the possibility his firstborn could have an American passport.
Yao and his wife have headed back to the United States,
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NBA: China fans ask, will Yao Ming's baby be American?
BEIJING Chinese basketball fans want to know will Yao Ming's baby be an American?
The Houston Rockets center recently returned to the United States with wife Ye Li. That prompted speculation among his followers that the baby girl due this summer could
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Baby Yao an American? Surely not, say Chinese fans
While everyone knows that NBA center Yao Ming will become a father this summer, the big buzz in China is about whether the baby will be an American.
File photo of Yao Ming (Photo: CRIENGLISH)
The Shanghai native's personal life is closely followed by
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The state of basketball analysis
My reaction to that is what team is it? What’s their record?
In all seriousness, that’s a common sentiment. This is something that’s new over the last six or seven years. It hasn’t been a part of basketball. Anyone who has been in basketball for the
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China fans ask, will Yao Ming's baby be American?
Will Yao Ming's baby be American? Basketball fans in China want to know -- will Chinese star NBA center Yao Ming's baby be a citizen of America?
Some dedicated Yao Ming fans are crying foul over the possibility that his firstborn could have an American
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Struggling Rockets right themselves vs. T'Wolves
Minnesota Timberwolves' Damien Wilkins, right, shoots as Houston Rockets' Luis Scola tries to block in the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, March 6, 2010, in Minneapolis.
Luis Scola had 25 points and a career-high 21 rebounds and the
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Scola continues stellar play
: Rockets F Luis Scola collected his third consecutive double-double Sunday against the Pistons. Scola scored 20 points on 8 of 15 shooting while grabbing 15 rebounds in 48 minutes. He has now scored 20 or more points in back-to-back games.
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Blowing up the NBA and Re-Drafting: Who Would Go Where and Why (Round 1)
David stern steps up to the podium and announces, "Thank you for joining us here in New York City for the re-drafting of the National Basketball Association."
"With the first pick in the NBA Re-Draft," Stern says with a sly smile, "the New Jersey Nets
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Frank Hughes: Giving credit where credit's due
Carl Landry is averaging 17.6 points on 53.4 percent shooting in 10 games with the Kings.
Kevin Durant. Tyreke Evans. Russell Westbrook. Brandon Jennings. All are among the names that have been thrown out there as the NBA's future elite, the guys who
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NBA Draft Weekly: Best Kept Secret
Whiteside Skyrocketing: Coming out of high school Hassan Whiteside wasn't even a top-ten recruit at his position according to most scouting services. The long, lean seven-footer from Charlotte, North Carolina didn't even receive an offer from Duke or
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More stars shine their light on city Expo
Drivers from the city's five major taxi companies attend a ceremony to establish the taxi fleet for the 2010 World Expo yesterday at Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co Ltd. All 4,000 taxis will have an English service with interpreters on standby at the
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The Five Hardest-To-Watch Teams in the NBA
There is far less displeasure in watching your team lose every night when you actually expect it. Fans can only ask for two things: for their teams to play to their talent level and for them to be consistent.
The Nets deliver on both.
Sure, they are
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Grounded Houston Rockets Can Celebrate Not Being New Jersey Nets
The jokes are endless, and in many cases, accurate.
Vanilla Ice performed at halftime of a New Jersey Nets game. To make the Nets look good in comparison.
All NBA teams are at rest for All-Star weekend. And somehow, the Nets still lost.
Only 1,000
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Chinese ads adorn the Rockets arena
I was watching the Rockets-Nuggets game tonight (which the Rockets won) that was played in Houston, and I noticed something weird about the sideboard ads.
Some of them were in Chinese.
Well, it’s not that weird, considering Yao Ming plays for the
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Houston Rockets' Win Over Denver Nuggets Reminds of Tough Summer Ahead
The Rockets had seen this one before.
A 16-point lead had become an 11-point deficit in less than 12 minutes. The Denver Nuggets' explosive offense was burning everything in its path, with Carmelo Anthony hotter than a brick oven.
Then, the Rockets did
