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When we spoke in June about wanting to see Greg Oden get a fresh start to this next phase of his career, we were absolutely sincere. We viewed it as a cathartic move for Oden that meant the same for the Portland Trail Blazers and their fans. Too much has happened to ...

The NBA today announced that the league's 66th season will tip off Christmas Day with a five-game slate, contingent on timely ratification of the new collective bargaining agreement. Kia NBA Tip-Off '11 will launch on TNT with one of the NBA's oldest and most intense rivalries. The Boston Celtics, featuring their ...

Chris Bosh enjoyed just about every second of his jampacked offseason. Nonetheless, he's ready to go back to work. Bosh said Saturday that he expects the Miami Heat to reconvene sometime soon, even though the NBA lockout has entered its third month with no apparent ending in sight. This would ordinarily be ...

Dwyane Wade has decided he cannot take a year away from basketball. And if the NBA goes that route, Wade has decided to go somewhere else. Though he remains cautiously hopeful that a deal between owners and players can be struck to end the lockout and ultimately save the 2011-12 NBA season, ...

LeBron James stood before 360 third-graders on Monday, telling them their futures are bright. Plenty of ominous signs notwithstanding, he believes the same is true for the NBA. In an interview with The Associated Press, the Miami Heat forward said he is not considering offers to play internationally during the NBA lockout ...

How do you prepare for a season that might not be? That's a question being studied by plenty of folks around the NBA, but especially by coaches, who have nobody to teach, whine about, encourage or hug. There's no telling when the NBA lockout will end and the season will begin, ...

Miami Heat reserve guard Eddie House has decided to exercise the option clause in his contract, and he'll be back with the team next season. House's decision was confirmed Thursday by the team. House, who could have become a free agent, is now under contract for $1.4 ...

A person familiar with the situation says Miami Heat guard-forward James Jones has advised the team he won't exercise his player option and will become a free agent. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the Heat had not confirmed Jones' decision. Jones ...

Getting in position to try and keep Mario Chalmers has become the first personnel move of the Miami Heat offseason. As expected, the Heat extended a qualifying offer Wednesday to Chalmers, making him a restricted free agent and giving Miami the right to match any contract he receives over ...

Everyone wanted the circus to end. That is, until the circus actually ended. Such is life for the Miami Heat now, heading into the offseason. A season of intense scrutiny, criticism, attention and intrigue ended without a championship, and while getting out of the spotlight for a while this ...