FantasySP / NBA / Player News http://www.fantasysp.com Click for more info e4613c052c264fcd88e9102d3f388674 Copyright 2012 2255142 <![CDATA[Luol Deng / Luol Deng (wrist) is still undecided on offseason surgery.]]> Luol Deng (wrist) is still undecided on offseason surgery. "I still don't know if I'll need surgery," he said. "It will depend on how my wrist feels in the next few weeks. [...]

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http://www.fantasysp.com/player/nba/Luol_Deng/2255142/luol-deng-wrist-is-still-undecided-on-offseason-surgery 2255142 Wed, 23 May 2012 12:36:40 EST rotoworld.com http://www.fantasysp.com/player/nba/Luol_Deng/2255142/luol-deng-wrist-is-still-undecided-on-offseason-surgery
<![CDATA[Kevin Garnett / Ian Thomsen: Boston Celtics look for motivation to lock in Game 6 win over 76ers]]> Kevin Garnett and the Celtics the boost they need to wrap up the series and move on to the Finals? Ian Thomsen weighs in on their Game 6 faceoff.

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<![CDATA[Monta Ellis / Report: Scott Skiles has coaching job but still covets Orlando]]> Brandon Jennings/Monta Ellis backcourt work. And figure out how that backcourt is not going to become a major defensive liability. All while everyone knows he is a lame duck in the last year of his deal.…

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<![CDATA[Jeremy Lin / Knicks may Scoop up Syracuse guard in draft]]> Jeremy Lin. But the Knicks are sure going to see if 6-foot-2 Syracuse point guard Scoop Jardine can give them depth at a...

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<![CDATA[Dexter Pittman / Larry Bird sends pointed message to team, and league]]>
That shouldn’t be a surprise. Not only had his team won convincingly, and taken some control of the series, but it had done so with some old-school physical play. (Even if Dexter Pittman should be put in timeout for a while after his vicious clothesline of Lance Stephenson)

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<![CDATA[Ray Allen / Shootaround: Allen ready to go in Game 6]]> Ray Allen rolled his ailing right ankle in the second half of Monday's Game 5 triumph over the 76ers, but said he's ready to go for Wednesday's Game 6 in Philadelphia.Allen, who missed the first two games of the postseason due to bone spurs in his right ankle, jumped back into the starting lineup Monday with Avery Bradley sidelined by shoulder issues. Allen said he tweaked the ankle that night, but took himself out of the game and prevented it from getting worse.

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<![CDATA[Kevin Garnett / Doc won't stir the fair-weather pot]]> Kevin Garnett that suggested 76ers had fair-weather fans."I have no reaction to that. I’ll let you guys stir that pot," said Rivers. "Have at it. Have fun with it. I don’t think either fan base likes each other any way, so I don’t think it added anything. Someone asked me that yesterday and I said, 'What are they going to do, hate us more?

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<![CDATA[Kobe Bryant / Shelburne on Kobe's 'Unfamiliar territory']]> Kobe Bryant, do so.In it, she details the new world in which he and the Lakers live, as the team tries to move past the Phil Jackson era and change shrinks Kobe's proverbial circle of trust. Throughout his career, Bryant has exerted as much control as possible on an occupation generally mocking that sort of thing. He's worked harder on his body and his game, searched for every edge, cribbed every move and absorbed any and every bit of information he can mine from anywhere, in or out of basketball.

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<![CDATA[Dirk Nowitzki / Manager Dirk Nowitzki: Wash's strategy 'aggressive']]> Dirk Nowitzki fashions himself as something of an increasingly knowledgeable baseball fan. After all, the 7-foot German tossed out the first pitch before Game 3 of the World Series, and he's taken over the reins from ex-Stars star Mike Modano as point man for the Heroes Celebrity Baseball Game in Frisco coming up on June 30.So surely Nowitzki, who dons a blue Rangers cap and blue jersey with the No. 41 and "Nowitzki" stitched on the back when he takes in games at the Rangers Ballpark, has every right to express an opinion -- just as every other Texas Rangers fan has -- regarding manager Ron Washington's strategy to rest key starters during last week's home stand.

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<![CDATA[Dwyane Wade / Should Udonis Haslem Be Suspended For Clocking Tyler Hansbrough?]]> Tyler Hansbrough is always the one on the wrong end of payback? His hit on Dwyane Wade earlier in last night’s Game 5 was absolutely a play on the ball, and somehow turned into a flagrant foul despite Psycho T getting the ball (for the most part). A few plays later, [...]

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<![CDATA[Adam Morrison / And-1 links: Adam Morrison is looking better than ever]]> Adam Morrison to the right, going with the…

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<![CDATA[Rajon Rondo / Legler praises Rondo, but picks Philly]]> Rajon Rondo's "tremendous patience" in Boston's Game 5 victory (video above). Nevertheless, Legler picks the Sixers to win Game 6 and force a decisive Game 7. The Celtics in this Big Three era are 2-10 in road games with a chance to close out a series.Who do you think wins Game 6? Vote in the poll above and share your thoughts in the comments section.

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<![CDATA[Carmelo Anthony / According to beat writer Frank Isola, the Knicks will announce]]> [...]

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<![CDATA[Kevin Garnett / Philly writer responds to KG comment]]> Kevin Garnett calling Sixers fans "fair-weathered" after the Celtics' Game 5 victory on Monday night, a Philadelphia Inquirer writer took a shot at Boston fans. "You think we’re the fair weather type, do you?" writes John Mitchell in a blog posted on Philly.com. "Ok, to that I say that it’s better to be fair weather than to be anything remotely akin the cretins that unleashed their racist vitriol via Twitter upon Washington Capitals defenseman Joel Ward, a Black hockey player, last month after he eliminated Boston’s Bruins from the NHL playoffs with an overtime goal.

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<![CDATA[Avery Bradley / Bradley doesn't think he'll play in Game 6]]> Avery Bradley said he does not expect to play in Wednesday's Game 6 of an Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Philadelphia 76ers due to the shoulder issues that sidelined him from Game 5.Bradley has dislocated his left shoulder three times during the playoffs, including twice in this series against the 76ers. Celtics coach Doc Rivers said before Monday's Game 5 that both of Bradley's shoulders were now sore and he simply wasn't in position to be on the floor.

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