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Blazers Add Sean Marks, Wait for Return of Greg Oden and Joel Przybilla

Skilled Argentine center Fabricio Oberto retired this week, leaving the Portland Trail Blazers down a big man. Actually, they are down three big men, with Greg Oden and Joel Przybilla still recovering from knee surgeries. But in the immediate, there's a real need for another center to give incumbent starter Marcus Camby...

Luis Scola to Play for Argentina at FIBA Worlds

Luis Scola, weeks removed from agreeing to a fat contract with the Houston Rockets, has received clearance to play for the Argentine national team this summer at the 2010 FIBA World Championship. He has also received clearance to look dreamily toward the East on the Argentina national team's website. The Argentines will...

Washington's Oberto Wearing Heart Monitor During Games

DENVER -- Fabricio Oberto has not gone wireless. At least not when it comes to monitoring his heart. The Washington center has played four games in the past week with three wires underneath his jersey attached to different sections of his chest. The wires connect to an ECAT, a heart-monitoring device that looks like a...

Wizards Still Face Luxury Tax Bill

Saturday's big trade with Dallas certainly cleared quite a bit salary off Washington's books going forward. It didn't, however, get the Wizards under the luxury tax this season. The trade sending Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson to the Mavericks for Josh Howard, Drew Gooden, Quinton Ross and James...

Big Trades Overshadow NBA Draft

There was a lot of activity in the NBA this week, and we're not just talking about the draft. Some of the NBA's big names and better teams were in on it.Here's a quick look at the trades that went down and what they mean:The Deal: Phoenix sends Shaquille O'Neal to Cleveland for Sasha Pavlovic, Ben Wallace, a second-round...