Jun 29, 2008 12:14 AM EST
Dwight Howard was forced to sit out Team USA practice Saturday due to a stress fracture of his sternum, an injury he sustained during the Magic's second round playoff loss to the Pistons, as reported by ESPN.com.
"It's a six to eight week recovery time, and this is the sixth week," said Coach Mike Krzyzewski, who expects Howard to be fully healed by the time the team reconvenes for training camp July 21.
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Jun 23, 2008 11:19 AM EST
USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team managing director Jerry Colangelo today announced the 12 players who will represent the United States in the Aug. 8-24 Olympic Summer Games in Beijing, China.
The player selections were approved by the USA Basketball Executive Committee and will be nominated to the United States Olympic Committee to participate in the 2008 Olympic Games.
In addition to Dwight Howard, others named to the 2008 USA Basketball Senior National Team: Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets), Carlos Boozer (Utah Jazz), Chris Bosh (Toronto Raptors), Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers), LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers), Jason Kidd (Dallas Mavericks), Chris Paul (New Orleans Hornets); Tayshaun Prince (Detroit Pistons), Michael Redd (Milwaukee Bucks), Dwyane Wade (Miami Heat), and Deron Williams (Utah Jazz).
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After first seeking restitution from former referee Tim Donaghy of $1 million, the NBA has increase the amount to $1,395,000, according to a report on ESPN.com.
The league is asking for the money to cover their investigation costs, as well as wages paid to the former official.
The adjustment came in response to a request from Donaghy's attorney for a detailed breakdown of how the league arrived at the initial figure.
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Jun 2008 Archive
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ESPN | Jun 20, 2008
NBA legend Charles Barkley is headed back to Las Vegas to play in a poker tournament despite pledging last month that he would take a serious break from gambling.
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ESPN | Jun 20, 2008
Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, Tayshaun Prince, Dwight Howard, and Michael Redd are all expected to be on the U.S. Olympic roster when it is announced on Monday.
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The Wall Street Journal | Jun 18, 2008
Billy Hunter, the director of the NBA's Players' Association, believes that kids had an 87 percent success rate when coming into the league straight from high school.
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ESPN | Jun 17, 2008
The roster for the United States national basketball team will be announced on Monday.
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NBA.com | Jun 17, 2008
Yi Jianlian scored 26 points in China's win over Croatia on Monday.
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NBA.com | Jun 17, 2008
The referees working Game 6 of the NBA Finals will be Joey Crawford, Eddie Rush, and Bennett Salvatore.
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ESPN | Jun 16, 2008
Dick Bavetta, the referee who worked one of the games Tim Donaghy alleged was rigged, worked Game Five of the 2008 NBA Finals on Sunday night.
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ESPN | Jun 12, 2008
The FBI has questioned Hue Hollins about Dick Bavetta, one of the three officials that worked Game Six of the Western Conference Finals in 2002.
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ESPN | Jun 11, 2008
Disgraced ex-referee Tim Donaghy alleged in a filing made in U.S. District Court in New York on Tuesday that other referees have influenced NBA games as well as himself, including important playoff games.
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ESPN | Jun 10, 2008
The United States will select its roster before training camp instead of inviting sixteen players and cutting the team down to twelve.
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The New York Times | Jun 9, 2008
Commissioner David Stern is thinking about moving the start times of the NBA Finals games up so the league's young fans are able to watch.
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New York Times | Jun 5, 2008
Jamal Crawford was impressed with the skill set displayed by Bol Kong.
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ESPN | Jun 4, 2008
Prosecutors believe that ex-NBA referee Tim Donaghy deserves a break for fessing up to gambling while working for the league.
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USA Today | Jun 2, 2008
This year the Western Conference Finals averaged a viewing audience of 4.2% of U.S. households.
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USA Today | Jun 2, 2008
