ATLANTIC DIVISION.Byline: Ross Siler Staff Writer OSTON CELTICS Record: 45-37 (lost to Pacers in first rd). Coach: Doc Rivers Glenn Anton "Doc" Rivers (born October 13 1961, in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired American professional basketball player from Marquette University who played point guard in the National Basketball Association for the Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers, New York Knicks, and San (2nd season). Starting five: PG Delonte West Delonte West (born July 26 1983, in Washington, D.C.) is an American professional basketball player for the Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA. College career The 6' 4" (1. , SG Ricky Davis
Tyree Ricardo Davis (born September 23, 1979 in Las Vegas, Nevada), better known as Ricky Davis , SF Paul Pierce Paul Pierce (born October 13, 1977 in Oakland, California) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the NBA. He has been a starter every season since he was selected by the Celtics in the 1998 NBA Draft, and in 2002 he helped lead Boston to an , PF Al Jefferson Albus Jefferson (born January 4, 1985 in Monticello, Mississippi) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA. High school career Jefferson attended Prentiss High School in Prentiss, Mississippi. , C Raef LaFrentz Raef Andrew LaFrentz (born May 29 1976, in Hampton, Iowa) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers. LaFrentz is a power forward and occasionally plays at center. . Prime player: The best advice for Delonte West would be to pay attention to what's happening on the court, as opposed to who's sitting next to coach Doc Rivers on the bench. After all, West owns one of the most precarious jobs in the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= this season as Boston's starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point terminus a quo commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the guard. With Gary Payton
Banks is 6'2" (188 cm) tall and 200 lb (90 kg). . He signed Dan Dickau Daniel (Dan) David Dickau (born September 16, 1978 in Portland, Oregon) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA with the Los Angeles Clippers. Dickau graduated from Prairie High School in Vancouver, Washington. , who is coming off a breakthrough season in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded , as well as rookies Orien Greene Orien Randolph Greene II (born February 4 1982, in Gainesville, Florida) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Sacramento Kings, with whom he signed on August 30, 2007. and Will Bynum William "Will" Bynum (born January 4 1983 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel. He previously played for the NBA's Golden State Warriors. . How the minutes will be divided, only Ainge and Rivers know. West shouldn't have to worry. He played only 39 games as a rookie due to two thumb injuries but earned high praise for moving the ball and making do with few shots. Outlook: When last we left the Celtics, Paul Pierce was waiving his jersey over his head having been ejected from Game 6 against Indiana. Despite the constant trade rumors, Pierce is still in Boston, joined by two especially promising young players in Al Jefferson and Gerald Green This article is about the basketball player. For the author, see Gerald Green (author). Gerald Green, Jr. (born January 26, 1986 in Houston, Texas) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves. . The Celtics will be so young this year, though, that nine players are still signed to their rookie contracts. NEW JERSEY NETS Record: 42-40 (lost to Heat in first rd). Coach: Lawrence Frank Lawrence Frank (born August 23, 1970 in New York City) is an American basketball coach. He currently is the head coach of the NBA's New Jersey Nets, and is the youngest head coach in the league, being slightly younger than Mike Brown of the Cleveland Cavaliers. (3rd season). Starting five: PG Jason Kidd Jason Frederick Kidd (born March 23 1973, in San Francisco, California) is an American All-Star professional basketball player in the NBA. After earlier tours with the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns, he is currently the New Jersey Nets starting point guard and captain. , SG Vince Carter <noinclude></noinclude> Vincent Lamar "Vince" Carter (born January 26, 1977) is an American All-Star basketball player in the NBA. He currently is a starting shooting guard for the New Jersey Nets. He is considered one of the best scoring guards in the game today. , SF Richard Jefferson
Prime player: There's no doubt Richard Jefferson will be looking over his shoulder the first time he takes a pass from Jason Kidd on the fastbreak this season. After all, Jefferson might have been an All-Star had he not suffered a ruptured wrist ligament after being undercut by Chauncey Billups Chauncey Ray Billups (born September 25, 1976 in Denver, Colorado) is an American professional basketball player. Billups is the starting point guard and team captain for the National Basketball Association's Detroit Pistons. on a similar play last December. He was able to make it back to the court as the Nets were swept in the first round by Miami. The question is what he - and New Jersey - might have done if he stayed healthy. Jefferson played in only 33 games last season but was averaging a career-best 22.2 points and 7.3 rebounds. In Vince Carter, Kidd and Jefferson, the Nets have a trio that could combine for 60 points, 20 rebounds and 20 assists some nights. Outlook: The Nets could be the only Atlantic Division Atlantic Division is:
NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of KNICKS Record: 33-49. Coach: Larry Brown Larry Brown may refer to:
Starting five: PG Stephon Marbury Stephon Xavier Marbury (born February 20, 1977 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American professional basketball player, currently playing point guard with the New York Knicks. Marbury was an NBA All-Star in 2001 and 2003 and an All-NBA Third Team member in 2003. , SG Jamal Crawford Jamal Crawford (born March 20 1980 in Seattle, Washington) is an American professional basketball player currently at the shooting guard position with the NBA's New York Knicks. , SF Quentin Richardson Quentin Richardson (born April 13 1980 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player, currently playing for the National Basketball Association's New York Knicks. He is a swingman. , PF Channing Frye Channing Thomas Frye (born May 17, 1983 in White Plains, New York) is an American professional basketball player with the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers. His positions are center and power forward. He attended the University of Arizona. , C Eddy Curry Eddy Curry Jr. (born December 5 1982, in Harvey, Illinois[0]) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA currently with the New York Knicks. He grew up in Calumet City, Illinois. . Prime player: If there was one person most happy about the Eddy Curry saga this summer, it was Knicks guard Jamal Crawford, who thought he never would play again with his closest friend after he left Chicago last summer. Now Crawford is reunited with Curry and hoping it will translate into the best season of his career. How exactly Crawford fits into a lineup with Stephon Marbury and Quentin Richardson, however, remains to be seen. But if there is anyone who can get the most out of Crawford, it's coach Larry Brown, who at a minimum will ask for more restraint out of his young guard, who took more than seven 3-pointers per game on average last season. Brown, famously hard on guards, already has asked Crawford to shoot less and pass more. Crawford is expected to handle the ball more like a point guard while Marbury moves to play a shooting-guard role. Outlook: Brown's track record speaks for itself. At his seven previous stops in pro basketball, Brown has led his team (even the Clippers) into the playoffs in either his first or second year as coach. It won't be easy with the Knicks, where Marbury may be on the trading block, Curry may be predisposed pre·dis·pose v. pre·dis·posed, pre·dis·pos·ing, pre·dis·pos·es v.tr. 1. a. To make (someone) inclined to something in advance: to a heart condition and Isaiah Thomas
Isaiah Thomas (January 8, 1749 - April 4, 1831), was an American newspaper publisher and author. may not know what he is doing. PHILADELPHIA 76ERS ERS, n.pr See extended rotated side-bent. Record: 43-39 (lost to Pistons in first rd). Coach: Maurice Cheeks Maurice "Mo" Edward Cheeks (born September 8 1956, in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired American professional basketball player. He is the 21st and current head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association, having been hired on May 23, 2005. (1st season). Starting five: PG Allen Iverson <noinclude></noinclude> Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7, 1975, in Hampton, Virginia[1]), nicknamed A.I. and The Answer, is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association. , SG Kyle Korver, SF Andre Iguodala, PF Chris Webber, C Samuel Dalembert. Prime player: The Sixers spent nearly $120 million in the offseason, re-signing Kyle Korver and Willie Green and bringing over Steven Hunter from Phoenix. But the biggest deal by far went to Samuel Dalembert, who returned to Philadelphia for six years and $64 million. Never mind that Dalembert averaged 8.2 points and 7.5 rebounds last season. What the Sixers are banking on is that Dalembert will continue his growth as one of the league's most athletic big men. He has a reputation as a ferocious shot blocker and rebounder, averaged better than 11 points and 12 rebounds in the playoffs, and won't turn 25 until next May. If he takes another step forward this season, Dalembert might be the conference's third-best center, after Shaquille O'Neal and Zydrunas Ilgauskas. Outlook: Every eye in the NBA will be watching to see how Chris Webber fares in the Sixers' back-to-back opening games against Milwaukee and Detroit. Even if Allen Iverson can find harmony with Cheeks, Philadelphia needs to get something out of Webber, who has suffered an alarming decline since undergoing knee surgery in Sacramento. TORONTO RAPTORS Record: 33-49. Coach: Sam Mitchell (2nd season). Starting lineup: PG Mike James, SG Jalen Rose, SF Matt Bonner, PF Charlie Villanueva, C Chris Bosh. Prime player: He will always be somewhat overlooked as part of a 2003 draft class headlined by LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade, but Chris Bosh is on the NBA fast track after only two seasons. Now the only question is how much longer Bosh will want to be part of the mess in Toronto. Bosh could have been an All-Star last season, averaging 16.8 points and 8.9 rebounds, and should be selected to this year's game in Houston. He also was the only bright spot on a Raptors team that reportedly saw coach Sam Mitchell challenge point guard Rafer Alston to a fight during a game last season. Through it all, Bosh has been steadfast in his commitment to Toronto, with Mitchell worrying about him taking the losing too personally. If he wants out, Bosh will get his chance as early as next summer, when he is eligible to sign an extension. Outlook: The Toronto Sun's headline after a September interview with Raptors head Rob Babcock? ``We've got no chance: GM.'' He was right about a franchise that will take years to turn around. There's still no explanation for drafting Charlie Villanueva with the No. 7 pick and Bosh already on the roster. ... or for drafting Rafael Araujo at all. CENTRAL DIVISION CHICAGO BULLS Record: 47-35 (lost to Wizards in first rd). Coach: Scott Skiles (3rd year). Starting five: PG Kirk Hinrich, SG Ben Gordon, SF Andres Nocioni, PF Mike Sweetney, C Tyson Chandler. Prime player: He was one of three rookies on the Bulls last season - along with Ben Gordon and Luol Deng - but Andres Nocioni was not your typical first-year player. A Spanish League veteran and member of Argentina's gold-medal Olympic team, Nocioni in fact was older than teammates Tyson Chandler and Eddy Curry when he signed. Nocioni ended up starting 38 games in his first season and delivered a monster 25-point, 18-rebound effort for the Bulls in Game 1 of their series against Washington. He also earned a reputation for physical (and sometimes dirty) play, with Miami coach Stan Van Gundy Stan "The Hedgehog" Van Gundy (born September 21, 1959 in Indio, California) is the current head coach of the NBA's Orlando Magic, and is the brother of former Houston Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy. From 2003 to 2005, he was the head coach of the Miami Heat. calling Nocioni a ``punk'' for shoving Dwyane Wade. On a team with Chandler, Gordon and Kirk Hinrich, Nocioni sometimes goes unnoticed. He will turn 26 in November, though, and has the hallmark of a player in store for a career season. Another fact to consider: In the 16 games in which he played more than 30 minutes last season, Nocioni averaged 13.1 points and 7.3 rebounds. Outlook: The game that already has been circled on the calendar comes Jan. 18, when Eddy Curry returns to Chicago for the first time as a Knick. The Bulls probably won't slide too much this season if their young players continue to progress. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS Record: 42-40. Coach: Mike Brown (1st season). Starting five: PG Damon Jones, SG Larry Hughes, SF LeBron James, PF Drew Gooden, C Zydrunas Ilgauskas. Prime player: They couldn't lure Ray Allen or Michael Redd from their current teams, but the Cavaliers wasted little time in signing Larry Hughes away from Washington. It came at a hefty price - five years, $60 million - but Hughes is a dynamic player who should be reaching his peak at 26. Entering his ninth season, Hughes has established himself as a scorer, if not a shooter. He averaged a career-best 22 points with the Wizards and led the league in steals as well as rebounds by a shooting guard. Hughes also showed he could play alongside All-Star Gilbert Arenas, which should serve him well in a lineup dominated by LeBron James. The signing was not without risk: Hughes shot only 28 percent from 3-point range and hasn't played a full season in five years. But the Cavaliers had $20 million to spend on free agents and had to give James every reason to sign a maximum extension next summer. And Hughes was a player James wanted in Cleveland. Outlook: Even if owner Dan Gilbert has inspired little confidence, the Cavaliers had the best offseason in the NBA, finding the shooters they needed in Donyell Marshall and Damon Jones and possibly adding a star in Hughes. There's little doubt James will get his first taste of the playoffs this season. DETROIT PISTONS Record: 54-28 (lost to Spurs in NBA Finals). Coach: Flip Saunders (1st season). Starting five: PG Chauncey Billups, SG Richard Hamilton, SF Tayshaun Prince, PF Rasheed Wallace, C Ben Wallace. Prime player: As hard as it may be to believe, Dajuan Wagner, Marcus Haislip, Ryan Humphrey and a host of others were selected ahead of Tayshaun Prince in the 2002 draft. Prince now is 25 and a veteran of two NBA Finals, who many believe could develop into a 20-points-per-game scorer for the Pistons. Prince showed signs at the end of last season, averaging 17.4 points in 31 games after the All-Star break. He also found out where he stood on other teams' scouting reports when the Spurs double-teamed him in the Finals, something they didn't do with Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton. Prince shot only 38 percent as a result. The Pistons have seen what Prince is capable of being at both ends. He learned how to get to the foul line, where he shot nearly twice as many free throws as the season before, and is every bit the defender who frustrated Kobe Bryant in the 2004 Finals. Outlook: The words of Detroit owner Bill Davidson - ``There was too much Larry Brown and not enough Pistons'' - will be put to the test this season. Flip Saunders inherits a championship team from Brown with five starters age 31 or younger. Saunders led Minnesota to the playoffs eight times ... and out of the first round once. INDIANA PACERS Record: 44-38 (lost to Pisotns in conference semis). Coach: Rick Carlisle (3rd season). Starting five: PG Jamaal Tinsley, SG Stephen Jackson, SF Ron Artest, PF Jermaine O'Neal, C Jeff Foster. Prime player: There's a good chance Ron Artest squandered squan·der tr.v. squan·dered, squan·der·ing, squan·ders 1. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste. 2. the best year of his career when he went into the stands in Detroit on Nov. 19. In the seven games he played before he was suspended for the rest of the season, Artest was averaging 24.6 points and 6.4 rebounds and shooting 92 percent from the foul line. Whether he can put up those numbers again remains to be seen, but every eye in the NBA from David Stern to the average fan will be watching him. Even with Reggie Miller retired, the Pacers are title contenders if Artest and Jermaine O'Neal can have All-Star seasons and Sarunas Jasikevicius is as good as advertised coming over from Europe. Artest has traded in his old No. 91 jersey and played summer league to get his game back. Yet his words are still mystifying mys·ti·fy tr.v. mys·ti·fied, mys·ti·fy·ing, mys·ti·fies 1. To confuse or puzzle mentally. See Synonyms at puzzle. 2. To make obscure or mysterious. . ``I'm not trying to redo To reverse an undo operation. See undo. my image and I'm not trying to please anybody,'' Artest said in July. ``I'm not trying to do any Cheerios commercials or Coca-Cola commercials. I want to do a commercial in the hood.'' Outlook: Two young players could go a long way in determining how far the Pacers go this season. Jonathan Bender, the No. 5 pick in 1999, has played only 74 games the past three years due to injury but is fully healthy. Second-year center David Harrison had an impressive summer league, averaging 14.8 points. MILWAUKEE BUCKS Record: 30-52. Coach: Terry Stotts (1st season). Starting five: PG T.J. Ford, SG Michael Redd, SF Bobby Simmons, PF Joe Smith, C Andrew Bogut. Prime player: The Bucks obviously believe Dan Gadzuric is in for big things. Why else would they have re-signed the former UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX product to a six-year, $36 million contract this summer after drafting Andrew Bogut as their center of the future? No backup made as much on the free-agent market this summer. Milwaukee general manager Lenny Harris believes Bogut and Gadzuric can play together. ``How much of that, obviously it's up to the coaching staff,'' Harris told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. ``It gives a different look that I think can be imposing.'' The problem is that Bogut is NBA ready, having played in the 2004 Olympics for Australia. Whatever his role, Gadzuric is 25 and entering his fourth season, the golden age for big men in basketball. He averaged 7.3 points and 8.3 rebounds in starting 81 games last year. Gadzuric had the second-most rebounds per minute of any NBA player, trailing only Seattle's Reggie Evans. Outlook: The Bucks spent $175 million on free agents in the offseason ... and got Michael Redd, Gadzuric and Bobby Simmons to show for it. The summer of 2005 could be remembered as the start of something, with Milwaukee defying the odds and winning the draft lottery. Or it could be remembered for the kind of overspending that has doomed teams for years. SOUTHEAST DIVISION ATLANTA HAWKS Record: 13-69. Coach: Mike Woodson (2nd season). Starting five: PG Joe Johnson, SG Josh Childress, SF Marvin Williams, PF Al Harrington, C Zaza Pachulia. Prime player: The Hawks will be one of the league's youngest teams, and no player will be more watched than the 24-year-old Joe Johnson. It is a testament to how far Johnson would go to be a superstar that he would leave a Phoenix team with the NBA's best record and Steve Nash for an Atlanta team with the NBA's worst record and Tyronn Lue. More than anything, Johnson will bring credibility to the Hawks, who lost 27 of 28 games during one stretch last season and finished behind expansion Charlotte. In his fifth season, Johnson will have every chance to put up all-star numbers in Atlanta. He was the NBA's second-best 3-point shooter and hasn't missed a regular-season game in three years. If he can get the 20 shots a game he should with Atlanta, Johnson should be in for a career year. Outlook: The development of 19-year-old Marvin Williams will be the subplot sub·plot n. 1. A plot subordinate to the main plot of a literary work or film. Also called counterplot, underplot. 2. A subdivision of a plot of land, especially a plot used for experimental purposes. to the Hawks' season. Williams was the No. 2 overall pick but probably is less NBA-ready than Atlanta's second-rounder, Salim Stoudamire, who went for 39 points in one summer-league game. The Hawks additionally will dedicate the season to backup center Jason Collier, who died without warning in training camp. CHARLOTTE BOBCATS Record: 18-64. Coach: Bernie Bickerstaff (2nd season). Starting five: PG Brevin Knight, SG Keith Bogans, SF Gerald Wallace, PF Emeka Okafor, C Primoz Brezec. Prime player: For a couple of days in September, it looked as if Gerald Wallace would sign a one-year qualifying offer and play out the season with the Bobcats with the prospect of becoming an unrestricted free agent next summer. Wallace had turned down a reported three-year, $16 million extension before reconsidering and taking the deal. He would have been hard pressed to find a situation that presents more opportunity than the second-year Bobcats. Wallace went from playing barely a quarter a game while riding the bench for three seasons Sacramento to starting 68 games for Charlotte and averaging 11.1 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. This should be the season the 23-year-old Wallace comes into his own. He is wondrously athletic, a spectacular dunker and shot blocker, but Wallace also is turnover prone and a suspect shooter at best. Outlook: The question entering the season should be which North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. player the Bobcats will draft next July, after taking both Raymond Felton and Sean May from the national champion Tar Heels. It could be an interesting summer for more than just that, as Charlotte will have the full NBA salary cap The NBA Salary Cap is the limit to the total amount of money that NBA teams are allowed to pay their players. While this seems simple enough in concept, the salary cap is in actuality extremely complex, and contains many obscure rules and loopholes. to work with and as much as $25 million to spend on free agents. MIAMI HEAT Record: 59-23 (lost to Pistons in conference finals). Coach: Stan Van Gundy (3rd season). Starting five: PG Jason Williams, SG Dwyane Wade, SF James Posey, PF Udonis Haslem, C Shaquille O'Neal. Prime player: When no other team was willing to give him more than a summer-league look, Udonis Haslem found a home with the Miami Heat. And Haslem didn't forget it when he hit the free agent market in July, turning down as much as $10 million more to re-sign with the Heat for five years and $33 million. Haslem took another step forward in his second season, averaging 10.9 points and 9.1 rebounds as a full-time starter. Playing alongside Shaquille O'Neal and in his hometown, Haslem has the chance to have a breakout year and possibly win a championship. In two years already, Haslem has gone from playing in France to starting in the Eastern Conference finals. The only question is how Haslem will be affected by Miami's blockbuster trade for Antoine Walker. For now, the 25-year-old is penciled in as the starter, with Walker finding minutes either at small forward or coming off the bench. Outlook: The Heat will be the NBA's great chemistry experiment, with questions ranging from where Shaquille O'Neal will find his motivation to how Stan Van Gundy will fare with Pat Riley promising to be more involved. Add in Walker, Jason Williams and Gary Payton and the mix is almost combustible com·bus·ti·ble adj. Capable of igniting and burning. n. A substance that ignites and burns readily. . This is the year O'Neal will have to get it done. ORLANDO MAGIC Record: 36-46. Coach: Brian Hill (1st season). Starting five: PG Jameer Nelson, SG Steve Francis, SF Grant Hill, PF Dwight Howard, C Kelvin Cato. Prime player: The Magic traded for Jameer Nelson, college basketball's player of the year at St. Joseph's, on draft day last June. They acquired Steve Francis, a three-time All-Star, in a blockbuster trade with Houston five days after that. Yet Orlando still could end up starting Keyon Dooling at point guard on opening night vs. Indiana. A backup to Dwyane Wade and Damon Jones last season in Miami, Dooling signed a three-year, $10 million contract with the Magic this summer and was promised a chance to compete for a starting job. With Francis starting at shooting guard, the Magic would be at a size disadvantage playing Francis and the 6-foot Nelson in the same backcourt. Dooling, at 6-foot-3, might provide a better option, back with the team that originally drafted him before trading him to the Clippers. Outlook: When Brian Hill last coached in Orlando, the Magic rode Shaquille O'Neal to the NBA Finals. Now it is one of the few teams heading more in the wrong direction. After losing 19 of its last 24 games, the Magic suffered another setback when first-round pick Fran Vazquez chose to stay in Europe rather than play for Orlando. WASHINGTON WIZARDS Record: 45-37 (lost to Heat in conference semis). Coach: Eddie Jordan (3rd season). Starting five: PG Gilbert Arenas, SG Caron Butler, SF Antawn Jamison, PF Jared Jeffries, C Brendan Haywood. Prime player: The Lakers had to give up Caron Butler sooner or later, with Butler set to become a restricted free agent next summer and Lamar Odom moving to small forward with Phil Jackson. What was debatable was if the Lakers got enough in return (Kwame Brown) or should have taken a longer look at a player appearing on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of big things. At the end of last season, Butler felt he finally was back to being the player he was his first year in Miami, when he finished behind Amare Stoudemire and Yao Ming in rookie of the year Rookie of the Year may refer to:
Outlook: After winning their first playoff series in 23 seasons, the Wizards will be hard pressed to stay in the conference's top half. They have two All-Stars in Arenas and Jamison and enough young players in Butler, Jared Jeffries, Brendan Haywood and Jarvis Hayes to be confident at least one will develop this season. CAPTION(S): 15 photos Photo: (1) Delonte West (2) Richard Jefferson (3) Jamal Crawford (4) Samuel Dalembert (5) Chris Bosh (6) Andres Nocioni (7) Larry Hughes (8) Tayshaun Prince (9) Ron Artest (10) Dan Gadzuric (11) Joe Johnson (12) Gerald Wallace (13) Udonis Haslem (14) Keyon Dooling (15) Caron Butler |
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