The Miami Heat may have the most talented roster on paper going into the season, but the games still need to be played and the South Florida Sun Sentinel is reporting that when training camp gets started in less than a month, the team may be without its starting point guard from last year, Carlos Arroyo . Arroyo is currently stuck on the bench at the world championships due to a "deep bruise in his left quadriceps," the paper reports. If that weren’t enough, third-year guard Mario Chalmers , who is expected to make a run at being the starting point guard, is also possibly not going to be ready to go when training camp starts, the paper reports, because of a high ankle sprain he suffered in July

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Guard Rudy Fernandez , who has two years remaining on his contract with the Portland Trail Blazers ,  doesn’t plan on showing up for training camp and has no intention of playing for the team, the Oregonian reports. Fernandez is prepared to sit out the final two years of his contract until he can return to Europe and play for his homeland of Spain in 2012, the paper reports. The 25-year-old Fernandez had already requested to be traded.

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The Boston Celtics bought out the contract of 35-year-old Rasheed Wallace earlier this month before he officially retired on Aug. 10, but Paul Pierce is thinking that Wallace will be back on the roster in February before playoff rosters need to be set, according to CSN New England. Pierce tells the site, "I told him, ‘Go ahead, do all you need to do

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Carmelo Anthony seems destined now to leave the Denver Nuggets when he becomes a free agent next summer. But the Nuggets may try to send him packing via trade earlier than that, according to CBSSports.com. The site reports that the Orlando Magic and the New York Knicks top Anthony’s list of teams he’d like to join.

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It doesn’t look like Carmelo Anthony is considering the Denver Nuggets ‘ three-year, $65 million contract extension, if sources of ESPN are accurate. According to ESPN, league sources say it is now a matter of when, not if , Anthony and the Nuggets will go their separate ways. One source told the site, "He’s going to make it real clear that he’s not coming back." Don’t go burning any bridges, Carmelo

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New York Knicks fans may be extremely unhappy about the prospect, but the team’s former coach and president Isiah Thomas could end up returning to the team in April , according to the New York Daily News. The contract between Thomas and the Knicks for him to be a consultant was nixed by the NBA because Thomas, as coach of Florida International University, has contact with high school players, which is against NBA bylaws. "Isiah is one of [Madison Square Garden chairman] Jim Dolan’s best friends," a person close to Thomas told the paper

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The New Orleans Hornets don’t want to get star player Chris Paul upset. So the team’s newest general manager Dell Demps checked with Paul on all the possible trades the team could have made in the four-team deal the other day that brought the Hornets Trevor Ariza , according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

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With Tracy McGrady signing for the veteran’s minimum of $1.35 million, the Detroit Pistons have a bit of a crowded house at small forward and shooting guard. Sources tell NBA.com that even though McGrady agreed to be the backup to Tayshaun Prince and Rip Hamilton, the team is likely to trade away one of them before the season starts

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Von Wafer and Marquis Daniels are the only backups for Paul Pierce and Ray Allen , so the Boston Celtics are looking for one more veteran shooter, according to ESPN Boston. " One more piece is possible ," general manager Danny Ainge told the site

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The Boston Celtics are close to signing Shaquille O’Neal (notes) , according to Yahoo! Sports’ Marc J. Spears. But NBA.com reports that if he puts his signature on the proposed contract, Shaq will be doing something he’s never done consistently before in 18 years as a pro: come off the bench .

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The Boston Celtics are close to signing Shaquille O’Neal (notes) , according to Yahoo! Sports’ Marc J. Spears. But NBA.com reports that if he puts his signature on the proposed contract, Shaq will be doing something he’s never done consistently before in 18 years as a pro: come off the bench .

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Penny Hardaway hasn’t played pro ball since 2007 when the 6-7 swingman played for the Miami Heat . Now the soon-to-be 39-year-old wants to come back to Miami to play with all the young guns, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

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Looks like Kobe Bryant (notes) and Raja Bell (notes) will get to keep battling with each other and not have to become best buddies. Bryant’s meeting with Bell last night to try and sway him to join the Los Angeles Lakers never had to happen.

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Kobe Bryant (notes) and Raja Bell (notes) have had their disagreements in the past but the five-time NBA champ Bryant is putting all that aside to meet with Bell today and try to convince him to come play for the Lakers for the $1.77 million left in its midlevel exception, according to the Los Angeles Times. As Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski reported yesterday, the Lakers and San Antonio Spurs are the frontrunners to land the 33-year-old Bell, who only played six games last year for the Charlotte Bobcats and Golden State Warriors .

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The word since LeBron James (notes) , Chris Bosh (notes) , and Dwyane Wade (notes) all announced that they wanted to join the Miami Heat together and try to overwhelm all comers with offensive talent has been that free agent swingman Mike Miller (notes) would join the Heat to play, as his agent Arn Tellem so eloquently puts it on his Huffington Post blog, the Ringo Starr of the group . In Tellem’s blog post on Monday, he says his client is accepting a five-year deal after saying "no, thanks" to the New York Knicks , Cleveland Cavaliers , Los Angeles Clippers , and Chicago Bulls . Miller met Pat Riley and other Heat reps on July 1 when the free-agency window got thrown open.

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Free-agent swingman Mike Miller (notes) is welcoming the chance to join LeBron James, Chris Bosh (notes) and Dwyane Wade (notes) with the Miami Heat as the Ringo Starr of the group, according to Miller’s agent Arn Tellem . In Tellem’s blog post on The Huffington Post on Monday, he said his client is accepting a five-year deal after saying "no, thanks" to the New York Knicks , Cleveland Cavaliers , Los Angeles Clippers and Chicago Bulls .

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Free-agent guard Derek Fisher (notes) spent some time considering an offer to join Dwyane Wade (notes) , LeBron James (notes) , and Chris Bosh (notes) with the Miami Heat but Yahoo! Sports Marc J. Spears has it from his sources that Fisher is going to rejoin the Los Angeles Lakers , where he’s spent all but three of his 13 seasons in the league. Spears has it that Fisher got a $2.5 million offer from L.A.

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