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January 27, 2006
Chris Andersen dismissed for drug use
New Orleans Hornets forward Chris Andersen was dismissed from the NBA for drug use on Friday.
According to the league's collective bargaining agreement, a player can be disqualified only for a fourth positive test for performance-enhancing drugs, or a first positive test for "drugs of abuse."
Andersen Gets Drug Ban [latimes.com / NBA Report]
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January 26, 2006
Szczerbiak to the Celtics for Ricky Davis
The Timberwolves sent Wally Szczerbiak to the Celtics for Ricky Davis on Thursday as part of a major multi-player trade.
Timberwolves trade Szczerbiak to Celtics in multi-player deal [Yahoo Sports / AP]
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Artest King after all
The deal that failed ended up happening after all. The Kings are sending forward Peja Stojakovic to Indiana for Ron Artest.
Pacers hoping Artest changes his act in Sacramento after trade [Yahoo Sports / AP]
The Sacramento Bee has an overview of What the nation's writers are saying [SacBee]
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January 25, 2006
Artest meets with Pacers to discuss the trade that fell apart (for now).
Pacers' Donnie Walsh and Larry Bird meet with Ron Artest again Wednesday morning to discuss the trade with the Sacramento Kings that fell apart Tuesday. What's next?
Artest explains, ‘No trade right now' [The Indianapolis Star]
Peja Stojakovic is clearly disappointed with how things were handled. Who can blame him?
Peja's gone - then he's not [SacBee]
According to ESPN's Marc Stein the Kings are better of letting this one go.
The Kings don't have the clear-cut franchise player or the coach with a hammer or the big-city allure to keep Artest committed to the team concept. Golden State really doesn't, either. Unless you've got those prerequisites, dealing for Artest goes beyond mere risk.
Stein also questions the Pacers' motivation and speculates on a future Peja sign-and-trade in the off-season potentially including the relocation of Jermaine O'Neal.
Test Ron should scare off Kings [ESPN.com]
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January 24, 2006
Ron Artest not a King
Apparently, Ron Artest going to the Sacramento Kings for Peja Stojakovic was a sure thing until Artest decided he didn't want to play for the Kings after all.
Artest not heading to Kings [Yahoo Sports / AP]
"There's no deal," he told the newspaper. "It's not that I don't want to play there ... I'm letting my agent handle things. He's taken over things.", Artest told Indianapolis Star. According to the Kings organization, they claim they received a call from Artest's agent indicating that Artest in fact does not want to play in Sacramento. Confused?
Kings nix deal after Artest balks [SacBee]
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January 03, 2006
Seattle Sonics fire coach Bob Weiss
Coach Bob Weiss was too laid-back and nice for the Seattle Sonics after all (or as expected?). Weiss was promoted to head coach in July when Nate McMillan left for the Portland Trail Blazers head coach job Assistant Bob Hill will take over. Hill has previously coached Indiana, New York and San Antonio.
Sonics fire coach Bob Weiss [Yahoo Sports / AP]
Sonics Fire Weiss [kirotv.com]
Hill brings organization to Sonics [ESPN.com]
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