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SH Blog: Deron Williams will stay with the Brooklyn Nets, Dwight Howard saga continues

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We always get breaking news of players’ decisions from reliable and reputable reporters. Today, someone broke huge news to the basketball world, but it wasn’t a reporter. Find out who it was, and what happened with the Dwight Howard saga in today’s news: Deron Williams will reportedly stay with the Brooklyn Nets, according to Deron Williams:

Made a very tough decision today.... http://t.co/gkFBBzWn
July 3, 2012 6:03 pm via EchofonReplyRetweetFavorite
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Deron Williams
Adrian Wojnarowski followed up the report with details:
Deron Williams has reached agreement on a 5 year, $100 million extension with Brooklyn, a league source tells Y! Sports.
July 3, 2012 6:07 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
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Adrian Wojnarowski
UPDATE: Paul Coro has the story on Eric Gordon’s new max deal with the Suns: “Restricted free

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Tweet of the Day: Rudy Fernandez

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Mañana s confirma mi fichaje por el Real Madrid por 3 temporadas!! Muy feliz de volver!! Ya os contare pq he tomado esta decision!! Abrazo
July 3, 2012 1:47 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite
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Rudy Fernandez
Tweet of the Day goes to Rudy Fernandez, who announced the following in the tweet above (thanks to google translation): “Tomorrow will confirm my move to Real Madrid for 3 seasons! Very happy to be back! Now I will tell you I have made this decision pq! Hug.” Fernandez had an up-and-down career in the NBA and never could become a legitimate starting guard for the Portland Trailblazers as many hoped after watching him torch Team USA in the 2008 Olympics (including one ferocious dunk

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Heisler: Twinkle, twinkle, L.A. stars, how we wonder where … you are going

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Skid Row, downtown Los Angeles Meanwhile, along the old, deserted, weed-infested, beer bottle-strewn route into the setting sun…. Welcome to L.A., backwater of the West, with the road to the Finals now running through towns in Oklahoma and Texas, far from the glitter of Staples Center. Wait, you’re not talking about the Lakers and Clippers, home of four starting West All-Stars, are you? OK, backwater might be a bit much, but stay tuned. Whatever it is, it bears less and less

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SH Blog: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on Oprah Winfrey’s “OWN”

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By now, you have probably  heard about the Miami Heat trio of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh having a sit-down with Oprah Winfrey for some exclusive interviews soon after the NBA Finals on her new network called Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). You know what that means: the revealing of personal, deep, hidden emotions never revealed before. Or something along those lines. While we don’t have the segments by entirety, we do have snippets, thanks to OWN’s youtube channel. Below, you

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Hamilton: On Free Agency Day 2, Nets Get Joe Johnson, Dwight Next? Knicks Need Nash; CP3’s Pending Free Agency

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Day Two was fun. Day Three? Might be better than the fireworks on Day 4, the Fourth of July. Now, what did we learn on day two? Apparently, there really are two basketball teams in New York City, and one of them—the Brooklyn Nets—helped to prove that Joe Johnson’s untradeable $90 million contract was anything but that. The other team across the East River—the New York Knicks—kept up their pursuit of Steve Nash, although many of their fans wrongly believe a 38-year old two-time

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Tweet of the Night: Jared Dudley

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I don't wanna get in Dwight Howard's business but lol Why would you wanna play for the Nets over teams such as the Lakers,Bulls, and Mavs
July 2, 2012 6:15 pm via EchofonReplyRetweetFavorite
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Jared Dudley
Tweet of the Night goes to Jared Dudley, who didn’t want to get in Dwight Howard’s business, but did so anyway. Of course, Dudley has the rights to his opinion as much as Howard has the rights to his. In terms of why Howard wouldn’t play for the mentioned teams, only he has that answer, but here are some possible reasons: The Bulls have Derrick Rose who is a product of Adidas, and Adidas wants its superstars spread out. Howard

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SH Blog: Joe Johnson to Nets, Marvin Williams traded for Devin Harris (in principle)

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The time is near for a decision to come out of the biggest free agent prize this off-season in Deron Williams. The Brooklyn Nets have done all they can to keep the gifted point guard, and there have been reports that Williams and his family have truly enjoyed their stay in New York. Find out what big trade the team has all but secured today – with or without Williams – along with plenty of other free agency news. With so

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Nets looking at Big Three of D-Will, Dwight and Joe Johnson

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csprtContainer(); The Nets remain very much in the hunt for Dwight Howard — even after agreeing to the outline of a trade that will bring Joe Johnson to Brooklyn. The goal is to have a Big Three of Deron Williams, Dwight Howard and Johnson, and it remains doable if the Magic are willing to play ball, a league source tells SheridanHoops.com. Orlando would have to accept a package of Brook Lopez, Kris Humphries, Gerald Wallace, MarShon Brooks and multiple future first-round draft picks,

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