'Nasty News - Traversing Time & Space' Vol: 54

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DetNews: Hefty hopefuls pound out the beat in tryouts for Pistons' Spare Tires: This is one of the few .. http://twurl.nl/qua8qj

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DetNews: Pistons coach John Kuester honing in on regular rotation: With the regular season beginning We.. http://twurl.nl/6pmlwx

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Lamarcus Aldridge has agreed to a five year extension worth approximately $70 million with Portland Trail Blazers, reports Yahoo

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Orlando Magic waive guard Morris Almond

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Pistons vs T.Wolves Tonight
The Pistons host their final home game of the preseason tonight when the Timberwolves arrive for the 7:30 p.m. (WWJ 950 AM) matchup at The Palace. Bill Laimbeer returns to Detroit for the first time as an assistant coach with Minnesota.

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Mavs waive journeyman center Voskuhl
The Dallas Mavericks have waived Jake Voskuhl.

The Mavs signed the journeyman free-agent center Sept. 28 and announced his release Thursday. Voskuhl has played for five teams since entering the NBA out of Connecticut in 2000: Chicago, Phoenix, Charlotte, Milwaukee and Toronto. Over his nine-year career, the 6-foot-11, 255-pound Voskuhl averages 4.0 points and 3.4 rebounds.

The Houston native's release leaves the Mavs roster at 15 players.

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Wizards Cut Vincent Grier
Washington Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld announced today that the team has waived guard/forward Vincent Grier.

Grier appeared in one preseason game for Washington and recorded one assist in seven minutes of action. Grier originally signed with Washington on September 25, 2009.

The Wizards roster now stands at 15.

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Oklahoma City Waives Ruffin
The Oklahoma City Thunder waived forward Michael Ruffin it was announced today by Executive Vice President and General Manger Sam Presti. Ruffin appeared in one game this preseason for Oklahoma City, grabbing 1.0 rebound in 12.0 minutes of action.

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Nets Waive Blalock, Davis And Hamilton
The New Jersey Nets have requested waivers on Will Blalock, Bennet Davis and Brian Hamilton, Nets President Rod Thorn announced today. Blalock, Davis and Hamilton each signed as free agents with the Nets on September 29, 2009. Blalock appeared in four games for the Nets during the preseason, averaging 1.0 point and 1.5 rebounds in 6.5 minutes per game. Davis played in one preseason outing, totaling one rebound in four minutes of action at New York on 10/4. Hamilton saw action in one contest, posting one rebound and one steal in three minutes at New York on 10/4.

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New York Cuts Crawford, Hunter
The Knicks announced today that guard Joe Crawford and forward/center Chris Hunter have been waived.

Crawford, 6-5, 210-pounds, signed with New York as a free agent on Mar. 27, 2009 and averaged 4.5 points and 2.0 rebounds in two games with the Knicks last season. Originally selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round of the 2008 NBA Draft, Crawford averaged 3.3 points, 1.0 rebound and 5.3 minutes in three 2009 preseason games with New York. Hunter, 6-11, 240-pounds, signed with New York as a free agent on Apr. 14, 2009 and never appeared in a regular season game with the Knicks. In two preseason games, he averaged 4.0 points, 1.0 rebounds and 7.0 minutes.

The Knicks roster now stands at 14 players.

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Detroit Bad Boys: Not surprising, but still kind of sad for fans of 1990s UM basketball: Maceo Baston was released by the Pistons yesterday. Hopefully he catches on somewhere.

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Freep: James Schmehl had a post last week about Chris Bosh winning a lawsuit against 'Cyber Squatters,' and Vince Ellis of the Freep got some reaction from Pistons players impacted by it. Charlie V's sentiments: "Great job, Chris."

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Detroit News: The Pistons are in love with Deron Washington's potential. From Ted Kulfan: "He has a ways to go, but it's been neat to watch how he's progressed," Kuester said. "That first week of practice, he was lost. Now, all of a sudden, he's starting to understand and figure out some things."

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PistonPowered: Dan Feldman is thoroughly previewing all the new Pistons. So far he has DaJuan Summers, Jonas Jerebko and Deron Washington completed.

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Life on Dumars: Playing some fun Pistons fantasy world scenarios.

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Need4Sheed: Natalie with some random Pistons links of her own, including this nice Charlie V video:

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LaMarcus Aldridge nears 5 year, $65 million extension with Trail Blazers
The Oregonian"It's very close," Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge said of his signing a long-term deal that would keep him in Portland.Trail Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge is nearing a five-year extension with the Trail Blazers, the player said Wednesday night, but the details of the deal have yet to be worked out.

Yahoo! reported that Aldridge reached a five-year deal worth approximately $70 million, and sources told The Oregonian the deal is for five years and $65 million. Aldridge said his agent and general manager Kevin Pritchard are still working on the deal. “It’s very close,’’ Aldridge said from Vancouver, B.C., where the Blazers will play Phoenix in a preseason game Thursday. “It should be done soon.’’

The two sides have been nearing a deal since last week, when talks between Pritchard and agent Arn Tellem picked up. By Monday, a source said the two sides had reached an agreement on the years and money, but were working out the “minutiae.”

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Ime Udoka: 'I thought these times were behind me ...'
Another layer of adversity was added to Ime Udoka’s NBA career on Wednesday, when the Trail Blazers informed the Portland native that he would be waived on Thursday in favor of injured rookie Patrick Mills. “I’ve been through a lot in my career, and after all I’ve been through, I kind of thought these times were behind me,’’ Udoka said. “But I’m not going to sit around and be depressed. I’ve worked this hard and put in the work, and I have to be ready for the next opportunity. All I can do is hope one comes up.’’

Udoka said he is hoping to sign on with another team, and is awaiting word from his agent, Mark Bartelstein, who has been talking to other teams. Udoka said some potential suitors could be Oklahoma City, Denver, Sacramento and Utah. “I’ve prided myself on being ready,’’ Udoka said of his five-year NBA career, which has included stints with the Lakers, Knicks, Blazers and Spurs. “I felt I played well enough when I did get the minutes this preseason.’’

Udoka averaged averaging 6.8 points and 3.4 rebounds in 19 minutes a game this preseason and appeared to be the front runner to secure the Blazers’ 15th and final roster spot. However, the competition took an unexpected turn last week when the Blazers followed NBA draft protocol and tendered an offer to Mills, which the point guard accepted.

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Nuggets trim roster to 13
The Nuggets were high on high-flying dunker James White, but he ultimately couldn't get ahead of Joey Graham and couldn't get on the court in the preseason, and so Denver waived White today.

White averaged 7.3 points per game in the preseason, but he didn't play in recent games, not even in Denver's Tuesday blowout against Minnesota. It appears the Nuggets' roster is now set with 13 players, heading into the season opener Oct. 28.

Earlier in the day, the Nuggets waived guard Dontaye Draper and center Kurt Looby, the team confirmed this morning. Neither played extensively in the preseason and were more practice players. Draper appeared twice, averaging 1.0 point, 2.5 assists, and 1.0 steal in nine minutes per game. Looby only played against Partizan Belgrade on Oct. 3 and had two points, two rebounds and a block in the contest.

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Roster moves – The Kings waived forward-center Melvin Ely and guard Lanny Smith. The moves leave Sacramento with 14 players on the roster. That total includes injured swingman Francisco García, who is out at least four months after surgery on his fractured right forearm.

Ely played in the first two exhibition games for a total of five minutes. Smith played three minutes in the exhibition opener at Portland.