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A team of young Russians provided no resistance for Team China Sunday, falling 72-50 in a game where none of the Chinese starters played more than 29 minutes.  Yi Jianlian had 8 points and 10 rebounds, going 3-for-11 in 22 minutes.  Yao Ming played his third game since coming back from injury but Chinese officials fear he and Yi may not have [...]

NBA sources report the Nets will seek league approval of the Keyon Dooling sign-and-trade as early as Monday. The Magic will first sign Dooling to a three-year contract worth between $10 and $11 million…with a partial guarantee in the third year. They will then ship the 6′-3″ guard north in return for the $3.3 million trade exception from the Jason Kidd trade and cash. [...]

Just leave it at that…another article about what could be, this one from Sam Smith of NBC Sports and previously the Chicago Tribune.  Smith thinks the Knicks may have a better chance of winning the Lebron sweepstakes because they might get better faster.  He does like that the Nets have Devin Harris and Dallas’ first-rounder in 2010–and all [...]

David Thorpe, who ranks rookies during the NBA season for ESPN, keeps a running list of the top 50 rookies for next season, based in part on what he’s seen in summer league. He ranks Brook Lopez just ahead of where he was picked, Ryan Anderson five places lower and Chris Douglas-Roberts seven places higher. Thorpe also credits Sean [...]

The Nets play three games in Salt Lake City, starting Monday at 4:15 p.m. EDT. The games will be webcast live on NBA.com, and replayed on tape delay by NBA TV, but fans will have to wait til Friday for the first replay. All three draft choices, as well as current Nets Mo Ager, [...]