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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The National Basketball Association has slapped Detroit Pistons player Derrick Rose with a hefty fine for throwing a pen into the crowd at The Palace arena in Detroit. Rose was hit with a $25,000 fine for his actions with 37 seconds left in Monday’s 117-110 overtime loss to the visiting New Orleans Pelicans. The incident took place after Detroit called a timeout following a New Orleans basket. A dejected […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Derrick Rose nailed a three pointer from 18 feet with just 0.6 seconds left to lift the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 116-114 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday. “It was about damn time I hit a shot like that,” said Rose. Rose and Karl-Anthony Towns took turns carrying the ‘Wolves on their backs as they combined for 61 points. Towns scored 28 of his 30 points in the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Four-time league MVP LeBron James poured in 57 points for the second-best scoring performance of his career as the Cleveland Cavaliers busted out of a slump with a 130-122 win over the Washington Wizards. James also delivered 11 rebounds and seven assists on Friday for the Cavaliers who shot 56 percent from the field and improved to 4-5 on the season. The 32-year-old American sank 23 of 34 shots, including two three-pointers […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Boston’s Gordon Hayward suffered a gruesome broken left ankle injury barely five minutes into the new NBA season Tuesday, overshadowing the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 102-99 victory in Kyrie Irving’s homecoming. Hayward, the former Utah star who signed a four-year deal with the Celtics worth $128 million in the off-season, was stretchered off the court following a horrific injury that stunned players on both clubs. Hayward landed hard 5:15 into the game after a […]
CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — LeBron James worked out for a full practice session Thursday for the first time since spraining his left ankle last week and could return to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ lineup for an NBA pre-season matchup Friday against Indiana. Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue said the four-time NBA Most Valuable Player could return when the Cavs host the Pacers. “Not sure yet,” Lue said. “We’ll see how he feels after going through practice […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers confirmed Tuesday that free agent point guard Derrick Rose, the 2011 NBA Most Valuable Player, had signed a one-year contract with the team. The deal was widely reported on Monday, with multiple media outlets saying Rose had agreed to the veteran minimum salary of $2.1 million. “We are very excited to be able to add a player of Derrick’s caliber and experience to the team,” newly named […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Free agent point guard Derrick Rose was scheduled to meet with Cavaliers executives on Monday to discuss a possible deal to bring him to Cleveland, United States media reported. Rose, the youngest player to win the NBA Most Valuable Player award when he took the trophy in 2011, has been in talks on a one-year, $2.1 million minimum deal with the Cavaliers, ESPN reported last Thursday. Those negotiations may […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Derrick Rose, the youngest player to win the NBA Most Valuable Player award when he took the trophy in 2011, is talking over a one-year deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers, ESPN reported Thursday. The oft-injured 28-year-old point guard would add a backcourt spark for the Cavaliers as they try to mount a tougher challenge to Golden State, which beat Cleveland in two of their three NBA Finals matchups over […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The New York Knicks fined Derrick Rose around $200,000 (188,350 euros) for his mysterious no-show, a report said Thursday. Rose created a sensation on Monday when he failed to appear for the Knicks’ 110-96 defeat to the New Orleans Pelicans. The New York Post said in a report Thursday that Rose had been fined $193,848 — 1/110th of his $21.3 million salary — mirroring the formula used by the […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York point guard Derrick Rose was a mysterious no-show at Madison Square Garden on Monday, and that was just one of the Knicks’ problems in a 110-96 NBA defeat to the New Orleans Pelicans. The Knicks started Brandon Jennings at point guard instead of Rose, the team tweeting only a terse announcement that “Derrick Rose is not with the team.” Coach Jeff Hornacek had given no indication of […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A woman accusing NBA star Derrick Rose and two friends of rape took the stand in her $21.5 million lawsuit against the New York Knicks guard, who arrived in court during her testimony. The 30-year-old woman paused when Rose, wearing a black suit and diamond earring, entered the US District Court in Los Angeles. She became emotional as she described Rose and two other men entering her apartment uninvited […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — NBA star Derrick Rose and two friends drugged and raped a woman in her Los Angeles home hours after she visited Rose’s rented Beverly Hills mansion, the woman’s lawyer told a federal court jury on Wednesday. “Each of them took turns raping her, they don’t even know who went first,” attorney Waukeen McCoy told the jury in opening statements of his client’s civil lawsuit trial against Rose in US […]
