NBA NOTEBOOK: LAKERS' BYNUM SITS OUT SPL GAME.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Lakers center Andrew Bynum Andrew Bynum (born October 27 1987, in Plainsboro, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. Bynum is listed as 7'0" and 285 lbs and plays center. did not play in Wednesday's Summer Pro League The Summer Pro League, officially known as the The Southern California Summer Pro League (SPL) is a basketball league held every summer in Long Beach, California where first and second round draft picks in the NBA are able to improve their skills. finale after suffering a bone bruise in his right knee the day before. Bynum is expected to need twoto three weeks to recover but should be able to attend the BigMan Camp next month. -- Ross Siler Bobcats sign Harrington: The Charlotte Bobcats The Charlotte Bobcats are a professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association. signed free agent forward Othella Harrington Othella Harrington (born January 31, 1974 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American professional basketball player. Currently, he plays power forward and center for the Charlotte Bobcats. to help strengthen their frontcourt. The 6-foot-9 Harrington has appeared in 661 games, starting in 263 of them, including stints with Houston, Vancouver, 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 and Chicago. He averaged 7.7 points and 4.6 rebounds. Wizards sign Songaila: The Washington Wizards signed forward Darius Songaila on Wednesday, less than a year after he signed with the Chicago Bulls as a free agent. Songaila averaged 9.2 points and 4.0 rebounds in 62 games last season with the Bulls. Songaila has been a member of the Lithuanian national team since 1998, helping the country win a European championship and a bronze medal in the 2000 Olympics. Nuggets Nuggets can refer to several branches of interest:
The Nuggets and agent Dan Fegan agreed to a deal earlier this month when Nene was on his honeymoon in his native Brazil. Boone has surgery: Josh Boone, the second of the New Jersey Nets' two first-round draft picks, had artroscopic surgery on his left shoulder. The former Connecticut forward will wear a sling for two weeks and then begin his rehabilitation. New Orleans investors in the lead: A group of New Orleans-based investors are front-runners for gaining a minority share of the Hornets, team owner George Shinn said. Shinn did not reveal how many other competing investors there are, but said there remain people in Oklahoma City who are interested in buying into the Hornets, even after another Oklahoma group led by Clay Bennett bought the Seattle SuperSonics on Tuesday. Negotiations with New Orleans investors are ``much more advanced than the other group,'' Shinn said after meeting with prospective minority owners at the team's headquarters in a downtown New Orleans In New Orleans, Louisiana, "downtown" refers to areas along the Mississippi River down-river (roughly east) from Canal Street, including the French Quarter, Treme, Faubourg Marigny, the Bywater, the 9th Ward, and other neighborhoods. high rise. Shinn said the Sonics' sale had little impact on the Hornets' plans since he always intended to return the team to New Orleans, barring another natural disaster here. ``Our plan is to come back. I've said that from day one,'' Shinn said. ``That's the reason what's happened (in Seattle) hasn't affected me one bit.'' Shinn said the New Orleans investor group is comprised of about a dozen people who are looking at buying 35 percent of the team. Shinn said he could not disclose how much investors would have to pay for such a share. |
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