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LaRue Martin Feels Greg Oden's Pain

CHICAGO -- A center is taken No. 1 in the NBA Draft by Portland and is eventually labeled a bust while the No. 2 pick becomes a scoring champion. Sounds like the story of Greg Oden, drafted in 2007. But it's also the tale of LaRue Martin, the first Trail Blazers' No. 1 pick in 1972. There's one major difference between...

LaRue Martin's Story Proves One of Redemption, Success

CHICAGO -- In the summer of 2008, a letter arrived at the Chicago office of LaRue Martin. He opened it and was stunned by what he read. The letter had been written by former Portland owner Larry Weinberg. He had heard how the one-time Trail Blazers center had turned his life around. "You certainly are a wonderful role...

Larry Brown Resigns as Bobcats Coach, Paul Silas Named Interim Coach

Larry Brown has stepped down as coach of the Charlotte Bobcats, the team announced Wednesday. Hours later, the team named former Charlotte Hornets coach Paul Silas as interim coach. After going 44-38 last season and falling to Orlando in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, the Bobcats struggled to a 9-19...

Wild East Shootout: Dwyane Wade Outguns Gilbert Arenas

WASHINGTON -- Peel off the cobwebs. Get out the dust pan. One of the NBA's best shootouts is back. There was a time in the middle of this decade when Dwyane Wade and Gilbert Arenas conjured up some Wild West battles even though both play in the East. In 2005-06, in the four games the two met, Washington's Arenas averaged...

Tip-Off Timer: The 50 Greatest Players ... Time to Make Some Substitutions

Tip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Monday, there are 50 days remaining.Back in 1996, the NBA asked a group of basketball experts to come up with a list of the 50 greatest players in the history of the league. It was the 50th anniversary of the NBA, after all.It was an...

Background on Bob McAdoo

Robert Allen 'Bob' McAdoo (born September 25, 1951) is a retired American professional basketball player who spent a fourteen-year career playing the center and power forward positions in the National Basketball Association.

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