NBA NOTEBOOK: WEST SIGNS EXTENSION WITH MEMPHIS.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Jerry West
West came out of retirement three years ago to join the Grizzlies The name Grizzlies may refer to:
``I've retired once and it didn't do very well for me,'' West said. In Memphis, West created a team that topped a franchise-best 28 victories with 50 wins in 2003-04 to make a first trip to the NBA playoffs. --Butler gets 5-year term in D.C.: Caron Butler signed a five-year contract extension with the Washington Wizards on Monday. --Autopsy shows Collier had heart condition: Investigators suspect Atlanta Hawks center Jason Collier died of a heart problem and will announce their findings today. The autopsy was conducted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the U.S. state of Georgia that assists the state's police departments and courts. The agency is divided into three parts; the Investigative Division, the Division of Forensic Sciences (State Crime Laboratory) and the Georgia Crime . GBI GBI Georgia Bureau of Investigation GBI Green Building Initiative GBI Ground Based Interceptor GBI Grand Bahama Island GBI Green Bank Interferometer GBI Generic Bus Interface GBI Gain By Inventory GBI Garrett Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead says the office performs all Forsyth County autopsies, and Bankhead said this autopsy showed the cause of death to be ``heart-related.'' --Tabuse final Clippers cut: The Clippers made their final cut on Monday, waiving Japanese point guard Yuta Tabuse. The 5-foot-9 Tabuse became the first native of Japan to play in the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= last season when he made the Phoenix Suns after training camp and got into four games. The final cut was between two point guards - Tabuse and journeyman Anthony Goldwire. - Joe Stevens --More signings: Forward Mike Dunleavy signed a five-year, $44 million contract extension with Golden State. ... Cleveland exercised the fourth-year contract option on Sasha Pavlovic, a move that will keep the swingman swing·man n. Basketball A team member who can play effectively in two different positions, especially forward and guard. with the club through the 2006-07 season. ... Minnesota waived former first-round draft pick Ndudi Ebi and traded a future second-round pick to Detroit for 6-foot-7 swingman Ronald Dupree. ... The New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets exercised their contract option on forward David West, and will have him through the end of the 2006-07 season. ... Tayshaun Prince signed a five-year contract extension worth $48 million Monday, a source close to the negotiations told the Detroit Free Press The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA. It is sometimes informally referred to as the "Freep". Some still refer to it locally as "The Friendly" -- a slogan from an ad campaign in the '70s. . |
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