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[BLOG] Writing, Basketball and Me: Joe McConnell

I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Joe McConnell and I am more than happy to announce, the latest addition to the ANZBallaz team. Currently, I am a first year arts student majoring in journalism and public relations at the University of Southern Queensland. Along with studying I play ball for the QBL Toowoomba Mountaineer’s development team and somehow manage …

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Dwight Howard to New Jersey?

So the Chris Paul saga is on ice…or something like that. Next topic on the agenda: Dwight Howard. Leaving out the potential impact of the precedent set with the Chris Paul trade, reports have surfaced that Dwight Howard is set to ask to be traded to New Jersey. The interesting fact is that Dwight doesn’t …

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Keyon Dooling joins Boston Celtics

MILWAUKEE — The Boston Celtics have a deal in place to acquire veteran guard Keyon Dooling in a trade with the Milwaukee Bucks, Dooling’s agent tells The Associated Press. Agent Kenge Stevenson says the deal will not be official until Friday. NBA owners and players ratified a new collective bargaining agreement Thursday, the final step to ending the five-month lockout …

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Shannon Brown set to join Phoenix

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Steve Nash is going to have a new alley-oop partner this season. Unrestricted free agent and former Los Angeles Lakers guard Shannon Brown will sign a one-year, $3.5 million deal with the Phoenix Suns, sources told ESPN the Magazine’s Chris Broussard on Thursday. The deal cannot become official until Friday at 2 p.m. ET, when the league’s moratorium …

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The Chris Paul wash

Chris Paul was a Laker…then…he wasn’t.  In an unprecedented move, the league office put a halt to the three team deal that saw Paul joining Kobe Bryant at the Lakers. The twitterverse exploded.  The highly anticipated start to this seasons free agency still hasn’t started, yet I think we’ve seen the headline story that trumps …

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Fan View: Reaction to Chris Paul saga

Maybe Chris Paul said (or Tweeted) it best in the wake of reports NBA owners forced the league itself to nix the CP3-to-the-Lakers deal which had been developed throughout Friday morning (Melbourne time). And we all thought the NBA lockout was big news. Just as things seem to be returning to some semblance of normality …

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Breakers pull off stunning comeback to snap Crocs

Media Release The National Basketball League’s New Zealand Breakers have erased a 19-point quarter-time deficit to surge past the Townsville Crocodiles for an 88-74 win at Auckland’s Vector Arena in Round Eight of the iiNet NBL Championship on Thursday night. The Crocs shot out to a 33-14 lead at the first break but New Zealand …

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Kings ready to fire against Tigers

Despite having lost Patty Mills to China the past week, the Melbourne Tigers won’t be taken lightly by the Sydney Kings this week.   While the rest of the NBL was mourning the loss of Patrick Mills to China for a $1.5 million one-year deal, the Kings would have breathed a sigh of relief after …

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Cats’ Damian Martin eyeing off an early return from injury

Perth Wildcats guard Damian Martin is targeting an early return from the foot injury that has kept him off the court since mid-October. Martin, 27, is ahead of schedule in his rehabilitation following surgery to repair damaged ligaments in his right foot and hopes to play in the Wildcats’ road game against Gold Coast on …

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Know That Balla V – Jenna O’Hea

    Name: Jenna O’Hea / @JennaOHea From: Australia Position: Guard Height: 185 Team: LA Sparks (WNBA), Dandenong Rangers (WNBL)           A state netball representative as a teenager and guided by two older brothers growing up, Jenna O’Hea is one of Australia’s top female basketballers. After joining teammates Liz Cambage and …

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