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Date Player News
9/4/2010 Darington Hobson, G The Bucks have signed Hobson. The 6-foot-7, 210-pound junior was taken 37th overall out of New Mexico in this year's draft. Terms were not disclosed when the signing was announced Friday.

Analysis: Hobson averaged 16.4 points, 8.8 rebounds and 3.6 assists over three college seasons, the first two at Eastern Utah. Last season at New Mexico, Hobson averaged career-highs in rebounds (9.3) and assists (4.6) while scoring 15.9 points and shooting a career-best 36.1 percent from 3-point range (39-108). Hobson was the Mountain West Conference's Newcomer of the Year and Player of the Year. He was also named a Third Team All-American by The Associated Press.
9/2/2010 Etan Thomas, F-C The Atlanta Hawks have signed Thomas to add bulk in the frontcourt.

Analysis: The 6-foot-10 Thomas spent most of his career with the Washington Wizards but finished last season with Oklahoma City. He's averaged 5.8 point and 4.8 rebounds per game over his eight-year career, which includes 74 starts.
9/2/2010 LeBron James, SF James didn't change all his teams this summer. James posted on his Twitter feed Thursday that he's considering going to Columbus, Ohio, on Sept. 11 to see the matchup between No. 2 Ohio State - his longtime team of choice - and No. 13 Miami.

Analysis: The former Cleveland Cavaliers star isn't rooting for the Hurricanes. The NBA's two-time reigning MVP wrote, "O-State will prevail for sure. Will be exciting!"
9/1/2010 Delonte West, G West is returning to the Boston Celtics. The team announced Wednesday that it has signed the 6-foot-3 guard, who was suspended for the first 10 games of the 2010-11 season after pleading guilty to weapons charges in Maryland.

Analysis: Maryland authorities said he was carrying two loaded handguns, a loaded shotgun and an 8 1/2-inch Bowie knife while speeding on a three-wheel motorcycle on the Capital Beltway last September. He was sentenced to home detention but may travel to games. West has averaged 10 points and 3.7 assists over his career. He was waived last month by the Minnesota Timberwolves, who had acquired him only a week earlier in a trade with Cleveland.
8/26/2010 Andres Nocioni, F Nocioni won't play for Argentina at the world championships because of a left ankle injury.

Analysis: The 76ers advised Nocioni to skip the tournament, and Nocioni confirmed Thursday he won't play. Nocioni tells reporters that the team "exercised an option in my contract that when I get injured during national team activities they can prevent me from playing." After an MRI, a team doctor recommended that Nocioni stay off the court until the start of training camp at the end of September.
8/26/2010 LeBron James, SF James has introduced himself to the Miami Hurricanes.

Analysis: James and a slew of other Miami Heat players stopped by the Hurricanes' campus Thursday afternoon for some informal scrimmaging with the Atlantic Coast Conference team. Players hadn't been told beforehand that the NBA's two-time reigning MVP would be popping in for a workout.
8/26/2010 Landry Fields, G-F The Knicks have signed second-round pick Fields.

Analysis: Fields, who played in college at Stanford, averaged a team-high 15.6 points and added 4.8 rebounds in the Las Vegas summer league.
8/26/2010 Andy Rautins, G The Knicks have signed second-round pick Rautins.

Analysis: Rautins played all four seasons at Syracuse, and is known as a 3-point shooter. He is currently playing with Canada in preparation for the FIBA world championships.
8/26/2010 J.R. Smith, G-F Police are investigating an alleged altercation between Smith and another person at the team's practice facility. Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson says officers went to the facility Aug. 13 after a report of an altercation involving Smith and another player in a pickup game. The other player isn't in the NBA.

Analysis: Jackson said Thursday that a complaint against Smith was investigated and the district attorney declined to pursue it, but the investigation has been reopened because another witness came forward. Smith served 24 days in a New Jersey correctional facility last year after pleading guilty to reckless driving in a car crash that killed a friend.
8/25/2010 J.R. Smith, G-F Smith was involved in an altercation at the Nuggets' practice facility on Aug. 13, according to a report by AOL Fanhouse. It involved another player not on the Nuggets who claims to have been attacked by Smith.

Analysis: The news came while rumors continue to swirl that the Nuggets are ready to try to trade the enigmatic Smith, who was Denver's third-leading scorer at 15.4 points per game last season.
8/24/2010 Rajon Rondo, PG The U.S. national basketball team finalized its roster for the world championships when Rondo asked to withdraw from consideration.

Analysis: Rondo had started the Americans first two exhibition games, then surprisingly didn't play at all Sunday when the U.S. edged Spain.
8/24/2010 Yao Ming, C Ming is confident that he'll be ready for the start of the regular season after a team doctor said his surgically repaired foot has fully healed. Yao missed last season after undergoing complex surgery on his left foot. Team doctor Tom Clanton has cleared Yao to resume basketball activities with no physical limitations.

Analysis: Yao went through a rigorous workout for reporters at the Toyota Center on Tuesday. He worked on his post moves with teammate Chuck Hayes and 7-footer James Cripe, a player in the NBA's developmental league. General manager Daryl Morey says the team will be cautious with Yao and limit his minutes early in the season. The Rockets open training camp on Sept. 25. They will travel to China in mid-October for two preseason games against New Jersey.
8/24/2010 Jose Calderon, PG Calderon will miss the basketball world championships after hurting his leg in an exhibition against the United States.

Analysis: Tests Monday revealed the Raptors player tore a muscle in his left leg in Sunday's 86-85 loss. Calderon had headed to the locker room late in the game. He went scoreless with three assists. The Spanish federation says Calderon needs four weeks to recover. The 28-year-old was part of Spain's 2006 world champion team and won Olympic silver two years ago in Beijing.
8/23/2010 Kwame Brown, C The Bobcats on Monday agreed on a one-year deal with Brown for the veteran minimum of $1.3 million. Agent Mark Bartelstein says Brown will sign on Tuesday.

Analysis: Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan was running the Washington Wizards when he selected Brown straight out of high school with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2001 draft. The big man turned out to be a major disappointment. Now Jordan hopes the 6-foot-11 Brown will add depth. He averaged 4.5 points and 3.5 rebounds with Detroit last season.
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