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Cleveland Planned To Target J.R. Smith?
Williams was their first choice, but they liked the idea of a sign-and-trade with the Nuggets for Smith as well. Smith ended up re-signing with the Nuggets for about $16 million over five years. Cleveland Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Carmelo Hoping To Meet Obama At Convention
Anthony supports Barack Obama and hopes to meet him at the convention at Pepsi Center. "I support him 100 percent," Anthony said. "I'm not a politician, I can tell you that right now. But I support Barack Obama. That's history, too, for it to go on at the place where I work. I'd love to be a part of that." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Spain Hangs Tough, But USA Claims GoldThe United States may have taken home the gold, but the Spaniards did not simply hand the hardware across to the Redeem Team like most expected. The United States survived their tightest encounter of the Olympic tournament in the gold medal game, never really shaking a determined Spain team despite not having Raptors' point guard Jose Calderon on the floor. The Americans had to put on a shooting clinic, finishing the game 13 of 28 (46%) from three-point range and an amazing 71% (13/28) from inside the arc, which in the end proved to be pivotal with Team USA winning the game by only 11 points, 118-107, but the margin was much closer than this for the majority of the game. Dwyane Wade led the way with 27 points in the game, most of them coming in the first half while Kobe Bryant had 20 to go with 6 assists. Bryant was particularly excellent in the 4th quarter when the game was tight, including a four-point play that sent Rudy Fernandez to the bench with his fifth and final foul. For Spain, Juan Carlos Navarro (18 points) was effective, connecting on an array of teardrops inside the key to keep Spain close when the pressure was on while Pau Gasol (21 points, 6 rebounds) and Fernandez (22 points) were again are the forefront for the Spanish. Spain trailed by only four points, 108-104, with 2:28 remaining in the game, giving the Americans their first real challenge in the fourth quarter of the Olympics. General Basketball, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Denver Nuggets Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Nuggets Aug 2008 Archive
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If the Cavaliers weren't able to trade for point guard Mo Williams, they planned to try and make a move for restricted free agent J.R. Smith, according to Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Democratic National Convention is being held in Denver and Carmelo Anthony will attend.