Embattled Knicks guard Stephon Marbury could find himself reuniting with an old friend and the near future, and it won’t be with the Knicks. ESPN.com’s Marc Stein is reporting that Marbury could land with the Boston Celtics if he can come to terms on a buyout with the Knicks.
Marbury played with Boston star Kevin Garnett for just over two seasons at the start of his career with Minnesota before he was dealt to the New Jersey Nets.
Another rumor has Quentin Richardson going to the Clippers and David Lee to Portland, with the Knicks getting back Camby and former Knicks first-round pick Channing Frye.
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Adelaide 36ers import Julius Hodge sat out the game against the Wollongong Hawks tonight under pressure from his agent not to play due to not being paid.
Julius Hodge’s latest pay cheque was due on December 15 had not been paid into his account before the Sixers’ stunning 109-91 win over reigning champion Melbourne at The Cage on December 27.
His pay still had not successfully been transferred before the 36ers’ New Year’s Eve match against Gold Coast, though Sixers club owner Mal Hemmerling yesterday said he no longer had Hodge’s money in his account.
The issue is still not resolved and hence he did not front up for the 36ers win over the Hawks tonight.
Source: http://www.news.com.au
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To all our members we would like to thank you for your continued support of basketball in Australia and your support and participation at AussieBball.com
We would like to wish you all a very merry xmas and happy new year, 2009 looks to be holding alot in the basketball world?
- Will the Lakers and Celtics meet again in the NBA finals?
- What is going to happen to basketball in Australia next year? Will there even be a league?
- Can Nathan Jawai get his first minutes as a NBA player after his recent heart problems?
- Will Patty Mills get drafted into the NBA in 2009, what about the other Aussie in the US college system?
- Can the NZ Breakers take the NBL title across to New Zealand?
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Well things have gone from strength to strength for the big Aussie names in the US college basketball season. Both Patrick Mills and Andrew Ogilvy have been named to the 2008-09 Naismith Trophy Early Season Watch List. The Naismith Trophy is an award given annually to college basketball’s top male.
Mills is so far avergaing 20 ppg, 3.8 apg and 2 spg. While Ogilvy has just scored 20 point on more in his last 3 games and now boasts a stat line of 17 ppg, 7 rpg and 2 bpg.
But there are more Aussie in top form, including Anatoly Bose who recently scored 20 points and 7 rebounds against Mississippi State, Luke Nevill also had a monster game scoring 25 points and 11 rebounds in loss to Utah State, while Aron Baynes scored 18 points and 9 rebounds in a win over Idaho.
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Michael Redd scored 27 points and Andrew Bogut had 20 points and 20 rebounds to lead Milwaukee. Charlie Villanueva added 26 points, 24 in the first half, to equal a season high and help the Bucks snap a three-game losing streak. Jefferson had 20 points, 10 in the fourth quarter.
the Milwaukee Bucks blew a 21-point third-quarter lead against the Indiana Pacers Saturday night.
The Bucks won 121-103 over the Pacers.
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Well the story has gone from bad to worse for the NBL, with the NBL now having to put a package together to save the Cairns Tiapans after they went into voluntary administration earlier this week. The Cairns Tiapans players will need to take pay cuts of between 30% and 50% in order for the team to survive under the current NBL package and the word on the street is the players will accept it by midday today.
But it does make us wonder, who is next?
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It has been revealed that Andrew Bogut will give up $30,000 a week to help subsidise Sydney Spirit for the remainder of the NBL season. Bogut has close ties with Spirit coach Rob Beveridge who coached the gold medal-winning national team at the 2003 under-20 world championship (the same tournament that spring boarded Bogut on the world stage).
Great work Bogut, but the question is? does this signal Bogut intentions to be more heavily involved in the NBL and maybe even pick up a franchise next year?
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Anatoly Bose (Sydney) helped the Colonels picked up a 67-61 win over Winston-Salem State in his first start season Bose sank 5-of-7 from three-point land as part of a 21-point, 10-rebound performance. The 6-6 guard/forward tied a career-high in scoring and assists, dishing out four on the afternoon.
Meanwhile Patrick Mills continued his solid start to the season with 24 points against Providence for a 81-75 Win and Andrew Ogilvy scored 25 points for the Commodores as defeated VCU 71-66 in the Cancun Challenge final, Ogilvy named tournament MVP.
Things have started off very well for our Aussie’s in this years US College.
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The Sydney Spirit have overcome the most turbulent week in the club’s short history to record a stirring 103-94 victory over the South Dragons at the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre on Saturday night.
Power forward Matt Knight (27 points) led the way for the hosts producing his best performance of the season against the league leaders, while stand-in point-guard Luke Martin sparked the Spirit’s fourth-quarter march dropping 10 of his 13 points.
Source: nbl.com.au
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Both Patrick Mills and Luke Nevil have won their respective conference’s player of the week awards.
Patrick Mills has averaged 21.5 points while leading Saint Mary’s to a 2-0 in the West Coast Conference, while Luke Nevillis is leading the Mountain West Conference in total rebounding (11.0 rpg), offensive rebounds (4.5 per game), defensive rebounds (6.5 per game) and blocked shots (2.25 bpg). He is also ranked third in scoring (18.5 ppg).
Look for these guys to be scouts radar’s this year!
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