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FILE - This Jan. 20, 2010, file photo shows Philadelphia 76ers' Allen Iverson during an NBA basketball game against the Portland Trail Blazers, in Philadelphia. Iverson's personal manager, says Iverson has not been contacted by any NBA team with training camps set to open in less than two weeks. Moore says there is "legitimate interest" between Iverson and a team in China to work out a deal. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
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In this photo taken March 27, 2010, Portland Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan watches from the sideline during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Hornets in New Orleans. McMillan, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Boeheim and Mike D'Antoni committed to three years with the national team, a tenure that was to end with the 2008 Olympics. Instead, they all signed on again, though D'Antoni isn't in Turkey, having pulled out to rest an ailing back before the NBA season. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2010, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers' Shaquille O'Neal dunks the ball against the Los Angeles Clippers during an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. The Boston Celtics have signed O'Neal. The team announced Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, that it had signed the 15-time NBA All-Star, who had been a free agent after spending last season with the Cavaliers. (AP Photo/Jeff Lewis, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2010, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers' Shaquille O'Neal dunks the ball against the Los Angeles Clippers during an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. The Boston Celtics have signed O'Neal. The team announced Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, that it had signed the 15-time NBA All-Star, who had been a free agent after spending last season with the Cavaliers. (AP Photo/Jeff Lewis, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2008, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers' Lorenzen Wright poses at the NBA basketball team's media day in Independence, Ohio. Relatives and friends of Wright gathered Wednesday, July 28, 2010, and grieved for the former NBA player who has been missing for 10 days, as police investigated the discovery of a man's body outside of Memphis. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)
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NBA player of the Golden State Warriors Jeremy Lin speaks with media during a press conference on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan. Lin, the first Taiwanese American to join the NBA, signed with the Golden State Warriors of Oakland, Calif. and is set to play the point guard position in the upcoming season. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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NBA player of the Golden State Warriors, Jeremy Lin speaks with media during a press conference, Wednesday, July 28, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan. Lin, the first Taiwanese American to join the NBA, signed with the Golden State Warriors of Oakland, Calif. and is set to play the point guard position in the upcoming season. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS First-round draft pick John Wall of the Washington Wizards smiles as he makes his NBA debut against Golden State Warriors at an NBA summer league basketball game at Thomas & Mack Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, July 11, 2010.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE In the March 28, 2010, photo, Chicago Bulls' Kirk Hinrich pauses during an NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons in Auburn Hills, Mich. The Bulls agreed to trade veteran guard Hinrich and the 17th pick in the draft to the Washington Wizards on Thursday, June 24, freeing up more salary-cap space, a person familiar with the situation said. The Bulls will receive a future second-round pick in the deal, which gives them enough room to go after two high-profile free agents.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS In this image from video, NBA free agent LeBron James speaks about his decision to play next year with the Miami Heat, during an interview on ESPN on Thursday, July 8, 2010, in Greenwich, Conn.
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NBA free agent LeBron James talks with high school players at the LeBron James Skills Academy for high school and college basketball players at Rhodes Arena on the University of Akron campus in Akron, Ohio, Wednesday, July 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers gestures as guard Rajon Rondo stands by during the second half of Game 6 of the NBA basketball finals against the Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday, June 15, 2010, in Los Angeles. The Lakers won 89-67.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE - This Feb. 23, 2010, file photo shows New Jersey Nets' Yi Jianlian, of China, dunking during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Portland Trail Blazers, in East Rutherford, N.J. Two people familiar with the deal tell The Associated Press the New Jersey Nets have traded forward Yi Jianlian to the Washington Wizards, creating even more room as they head into free agency.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Celebrants prepare to recess during the funeral for former NBA basketball player Manute Bol at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Tuesday, June 29, 2010.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS John Wall, of Kentucky, is interviewed after being selected by the Washington Wizards with the No. 1 pick in the NBA basketball draft Thursday, June 24, 2010, in New York.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS NBA commissioner David Stern, left, poses with the No. 1 overall draft pick John Wall, of Kentucky, who was selected by the Washington Wizards with the No. 1 pick in the NBA basketball draft Thursday, June 24, 2010 in New York.
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FILE - In this Oct. 2, 1996 photo, Keba Phipps, left, former player of the US volleyball Olympic team, and Manute Bol, of Sudan, who played in NBA as center with Philadelphia 76ers, on the catwalk for Chiara Boni, at the unveiling of her collection for the Spring-Summer 1997 in Milan.
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FILE - In this June 9, 2010 photo, former NBA basketball star Manute Bol poses for a photograph at the Sunrise Sudan headquarters in Lenexa, Kan. Bol has died at a Virginia hospital, where he was being treated for severe kidney trouble and a painful skin condition according to an associate of Bol's. Sudan Sunrise executive director Tom Prichard says in an e-mail that Bol died Saturday, June 19, 2010 at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville. The 47-year-old Bol played 10 seasons in the NBA and later founded Sudan Sunrise, a humanitarian group based in Lenexa, Kan., that promotes reconciliation in Sudan. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS The Los Angeles Lakers celebrate winning the NBA basketball championship 83-79 against the Boston Celtics Thursday, June 17, 2010, in Los Angeles.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant react as the ball bounces away for the final second of Game 7 of the NBA basketball finals against the Boston Celtics Thursday, June 17, 2010, in Los Angeles.
