Ten past and present NBA players visited Israeli President Shimon Peres at his Jerusalem office.Wednesday’s visit by the hoopsters, under the auspices of the America Israel Public Affairs Committee, generated much excitement in the halls of the President’s Residence, with staff members vying to take photos with the players.“We’re here to stand in support of Israel,” Allan Houston, a former star with the New York Knicks and now in the nba news team’s front office, told Peres.Omri Casspi of the Sacramento Kings, the first Israeli to play in the National Basketball Association, was part of the delegation.
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For the first time next year, two New NBA regular season games will be played at the O2 Arena in London. Watch hoop history being made, as the New Jersey Nets take on the Toronto Raptors at The O2, in the NBA’s first two regular season games to nba news be held in Europe. On Friday 4th March 2011 and Saturday 5th March 2011.
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The Denver Nuggets are introducing their new general manager.The team will hold a press conference with Masai Ujiri (Mah-SIGH Ooh-JEER’-ee) Tuesday morning.nba news Ujiri is a native of Nigeria and a former international scout for the Nuggets.
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A lot of today’s basketball youth overlook great defensive play; they all want to be an offensive juggernaut.What history has shown us is that great defensive play usually leads to a deep postseason run.nba news Teams like the San Antonio Spurs or the Boston Celtics have been to countless NBA Finals, and most of their appearances were powered by great defensive play.
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As the rumor mill starts to churn more heavily about the eventual destination of Carmelo Anthony now that it’s accepted he wants out of Denver, there will be conflicting reports. Some will say that the Nuggets don’t care a lick about what Carmelo wants and will trade him to nba news whomever they please. These reports will be sourced out of the Nuggets camp or those close to them. Others will say that the Knicks are still in play or that one of his preferred teams is likely. Those, as you can guess, will come from Melo’s camp.
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