Corey Maggette
Cleveland’s pursuit of Amare Stoudemire continues, but in case they can not land the Phoenix Suns’ All-Star forward, they have begun talks with the Golden State Warriors about Corey Maggette.
Despite their league-high 13-game win streak, the Cavaliers are leaving no stone unturned in attempting to improve their team and bring the city it’s first major sports league championship in 46 years.
In addition to speaking to the Washington Wizards regarding Antawn Jamison and the Indiana Pacers regarding Troy Murphy, Cleveland is in discussions with the Warriors about Maggette, according to four sources with knowledge of the talks.
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Stephen Curry
Golden State’s Stephen Curry thanked the Oracle Arena crowd in a pregame speech for supporting the team through what has been a rough first half of the season.
Then the Warriors rookie went out and gave them optimism for the future.
Taking over the offense with leading scorer Monta Ellis sidelined with a knee injury, Curry recorded his first triple-double with a career-high 36 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds as Golden State beat the Los Angeles Clippers 132-102 to snap season-high nine-game losing streak Wednesday night.
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Monta Ellis
Golden State Warriors guard Monta Ellis, who suffered a sprained left knee with 3:43 remaining in the fourth quarter of last night’s game against the Dallas Mavericks, underwent an MRI exam earlier today in Palo Alto.
The MRI confirmed the injury as a mild left knee sprain.
Ellis will be evaluated again on Wednesday and his status for tomorrow night’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers will be determined at that point.
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Monta Ellis
Lately, Warriors games have been like that song on the radio that you get tired of hearing.
Guard Monta Ellis goes out and dominates. The rest of his teammates struggle to score and, eventually, the opponent double-teams Ellis. Warriors wind up losing.
It happened again in Wednesday’s 110-101 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. Ellis had his best scoring night as a pro, totaling a career-high 46 points on 17-for-23 shooting.
“A remarkable performance by Monta,” Warriors coach Don Nelson said. “Didn’t have a great supporting cast, but he fought and kept us in the game, gave us a chance to win.”
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Raja Bell
Golden State Warriors guard Raja Bell is shooting 11.8 points per game and shooting 44 percent from three-point range. He becomes a free agent this summer so the Warriors might be willing to send him packing.
Rumor has it the Boston Celtics are looking for somebody who can shoot from the outside.
Rajon Rondo still is not a sure shot from out there and the Los Angeles Lakers were actually letting him take those shots on Sunday without challenging him.
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Coby Karl
The Golden State Warriors today signed guard Coby Karl of the Idaho Stampede, making him the 11th Call-Up of the 2009-10 NBA D-League season and the third from the Stampede to the NBA.
Karl joins 70 current NBA players with NBA D-League experience.
A 6-5 guard, Karl has appeared in five games with the Stampede this season, averaging 27.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists.
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Oracle Arena
Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison said Wednesday he is interested in buying the Golden State Warriors.
Ellison told financial analysts he is trying to buy the team but, he said, “unfortunately you can’t have a hostile takeover of a basketball team.”
The line got laughs because the business software maker is a serial acquirer and won a hostile takeover fight in 2005 for rival PeopleSoft.
“I’ve been hearing this for years,” team president Robert Rowell said. “At some point in time, the media speculation will become a reality. But right now, there’s not much to this.”
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Monta Ellis
Multiple league sources confirmed that the Golden State Warriors are giving some thought to putting together a trade package that would involve Monta Ellis going to Boston in exchange for Ray Allen.
The Warriors see rookie Stephen Curry as the face of the franchise moving forward.
One league source said the Warriors believe that Curry will not develop at the rate they would like as long as Ellis is around.
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Corey Maggette
Corey Maggette has been on fire since the start of December and other teams have taken notice.
Maggette entered Friday’s game averaging 20.6 points on 55.1% shooting since the beginning of last month.
His contract has three years and $30 million left on it, but a couple of league executives said that his value is on the rise.
Golden State might be able to sweeten any possible deal with some of the more than $10 million worth of expiring contracts they have as well.
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Anthony Randolph
Warriors forward Anthony Randolph may be out for a significant period of time after suffering an ankle injury on Friday night against the Kings.
After the game, Golden State announced that X-rays showed Randolph suffered a sprain and a possible fracture.
Sources revealed that the preliminary diagnosis is a fracture and he would be out four to six weeks.
Randolph was trying to contest a shot by Kings forward Jason Thompson when he landed awkwardly on his ankle.
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