Topic: NBA Eastern Conference

Nowitzki's Mavs get their revenge over Miami

The National Basketball Association season started with "The Decision" and ended with vindication.The Los Angeles Lakers were chasing history by pursuing another title and the Miami Heat were partying on South Beach even before the season started, but it was the Dallas ...

Chicago Bulls sign MVP Rose to contract extension

Reigning league MVP Derrick Rose has signed a five-year, multi-million dollar contract extension with the Chicago Bulls.The 23-year-old Rose averaged 25.0 points and 7.7 assists last season, his third in the NBA since the Bulls drafted him with the number-one overall pick ...

Rose agrees five-year contract extension with the Bulls

(Reuters) - MVP point guard Derrick Rose has agreed to a five-year contract extension with the Chicago Bulls, the National Basketball Association (NBA) team said on Wednesday.While no financial details were disclosed by the Bulls, local media estimate the deal to be ...

For Miami's "Big Three", winning the only option

MIAMI (Reuters) - The Miami Heat stumbled at the final hurdle last season and for the team's 'Big Three', whose stunning formation transformed the franchise, the 2011-12 National Basketball Association (NBA) campaign simply has to be the year.All-Stars LeBron James, Dwyane Wade ...

Cohesiveness, fitness favors Miami Heat in 2011-12

(Reuters) - The starter's gun sounds Christmas Day on an National Basketball Association (NBA) sprint of a season that will reward cohesiveness and fitness in a compressed 66-game campaign that has the Miami Heat as clear front-runners.Miami's 'Big Three' of LeBron James, ...

Biyombo signs with Bobcats

Bismack Biyombo, a teen forward from the Democratic Republic of Congo, signed with the NBA Charlotte Bobcats on Monday after buying out his contract with Spain's Fuenlabrada.The Bobcats said Biyombo had signed a rookie contract and that they would pay half of ...

Davis ditches Lakers, Heat for Knicks

NBA free agent guard Baron Davis took phone calls from the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers, but the offer he accepted on Monday came from the New York Knicks.Davis, dropped by the Cleveland Cavaliers last week under a salary amnesty program ...

Knicks sign free agent Davis, Young stays a Wizard

(Reuters) - The New York Knicks have signed free agent Baron Davis, the National Basketball Association team said on Monday, but it is unclear when the point guard will make his debut as he continues to recover from a herniated disk.Terms were ...

Boston Celtics' Jeff Green needs heart surgery

Boston Celtics forward Jeff Green will miss the 2011-12 NBA season because of a problem with his heart that will require surgery to repair, the NBA team announced.The 25-year-old Green will have surgery to fix an aortic aneurysm, the club said on ...

Casino gets 16,000 job applications in 4 days

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A soon-to-open Cleveland casino was bombarded with job applications from 16,000 people in just four days after announcing openings for 750 positions, a casino official said on Saturday.Due to the high volume of responses, the Horseshoe Casino took down ...
Previous