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 General Basketball WiretapBucks' championship run is against the oddsThe Milwaukee Bucks' efforts to downsize their roster, payroll and perhaps their performance level has not caught up with the oddsmakers. At least not yet. In the off-season, the Stardust Race and Sports Book opened the Bucks' odds of winning the NBA championship at 30-1. It has not changed since then. There are 12 other teams with better odds of winning the NBA title, according to Stardust, including the Los Angeles Lakers (6-5 odds), San Antonio (9-2), Sacramento (5-1), Dallas (7-1), New Jersey and Detroit (15-1). Via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Milwaukee Bucks, General Basketball Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Carter officially added to U.S. Olympic squadVince Carter is joining the United States Olympic basketball team with the full blessing of his employers. "I think it's great," Raptors general manager Glen Grunwald said yesterday after Carter was named as a replacement for Kobe Bryant on the U.S. team for an Olympic qualification tournament in Puerto Rico next month. "I think it'll be really good for him." Carter, a star on the American team that won the 2000 Olympic gold medal, joins a dozen high-profile NBA all-stars on the team expected to easily grab one of three Games berths at the 10-country qualification tournament Aug. 20-31 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It's been expected for weeks that Bryant would not be able to play this summer because of off-season operations on his shoulder and knee — and he's also got an Aug. 6 court date in Colorado to deal with felony sexual assault charges. Carter was unavailable yesterday but said he's "honoured" to rejoin the American team in a statement released by USA Basketball. He will be with the team for an Aug. 10-18 training camp in New York and an exhibition game Aug. 15 against Puerto Rico before the qualifying tournament. The United States and Argentina, world championship silver medallists, are heavy favourites for two of the spots in the tournament, which includes Canada. Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers, General Basketball Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets NBA releases 2003-2004 scheduleThe Los Angeles Lakers will play the Dallas Mavericks on the opening night of the NBA season in one of three games scheduled for Oct. 28. The league released its 2003-04 schedule Tuesday, also giving defending champion San Antonio a marquee spot on the first night of the season. The Spurs play the Phoenix Suns that night after the Miami Heat and Philadelphia 76ers tip off the season's first game. Kobe Bryant, charged with felony sexual assault in Eagle, Colo., will be allowed to play for the Lakers even if the charges against him have not been resolved. Of the Lakers' 16 games in November, nine will come against Eastern Conference teams. Bryant's first game in Denver is scheduled for Jan. 7. The schedule also includes a Dec. 25 tripleheader beginning with rookie LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers playing at Orlando in an afternoon game. A night-time doubleheader includes the Mavericks facing the Sacramento Kings and the Lakers playing the Houston Rockets. James, the most-hyped player to make the jump directly from high school to the pros, will open his season with three road games -- at Sacramento, Phoenix and Portland. His first home game for the Cavs will come Nov. 5 against the Denver Nuggets and their heralded rookie, Carmelo Anthony. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Jul 2003 Archive
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