In his two seasons with the Chicago Bulls , point guard Derrick Rose has amassed an unimpressive three-point shooting percentage of .242. Rose tells the Chicago Tribune that he’s been working extra on nailing those long-range shots in order to open up his game and the floor for his Bulls teammates

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Al Horford averaged 14.2 points per game last season for the Atlanta Hawks (along with 9.9 rebounds, 1.1 blocks, and 2.3 assists). According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the team would like to have the 6-10 forward/center continue putting up those kinds of numbers for the team for a few more years. "Indications are that the Hawks plan to make an aggressive push to sign ..

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Carmelo Anthony made it pretty clear this offseason that he’s interested in leaving the Denver Nuggets , which still has a three-year, $65 million contract extension offer on the table to�their star. But Anthony becomes a free agent next season and ESPN is reporting that the Nuggets, at least for now, aren’t trying to trade Anthony at all.

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Back in early July, when the free-agent floodgates got thrown open, the New York Daily News reported that New Orleans Hornets star Chris Paul felt that team owner George Shinn had "lied" to him about upgrading the team this offseason. Paul is under contract till the end of 2012 but the paper reported that Paul was unhappy with his situation there, which is likely what led to him saying in a speech at Carmelo Anthony’s wadding in New York City, "We’ll form our own Big 3," referring to himself, Anthony, and the big addition to the New York Knicks this offseason, Amar’e Stoudemire . Now head coach Monty Williams, who came onboard July 7, tells the Sporting News that Paul’s supposed disgruntlement was never an issue and that he never asked for a trade .

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Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut’s season ended a little early last year when he broke bones in his right hand, fractured his right hand, and dislocated his right elbow after dunking against the Phoenix Suns on April 3. He’s still not ready to be in an NBA lineup, but the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel is reporting that the Bucks are hoping and expecting that the seven-foot Australian will be ready to go when the season kicks off. "Our hope and anticipation is that Andrew will be ready to go when the season begins," Bucks general manager John Hammond told the paper

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Los Angeles Lakers forward Ron Artest isn’t one to back down from a fight and his hackles went up when he sensed that the Boston Celtics were using the blown-out knee of Kendrick Perkins in Game 7 of the NBA Finals this year as an excuse as to why they lost the championship to the Lakers. His anger manifested in the form of three successive Tweets , via WEEI, that read: "Boston lost to lakers because of�Kendrick Perkins injury.

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The Cleveland Cavaliers were a fairly stable franchise during the LeBron James Era, but now that the team is moving into life without the kid from Akron, things aren’t expected to be so solid. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that there aren’t any trades currently planned, but if the team can’t get itself above .500 at mid-season, there could be a lot of player movement. The Plain Dealer claims that if that’s the case, the team will put Mo Williams , Antawn Jamison , Anthony Parker and Jamario Moon on the trading block and is guessing there’s�a�60/40 chance right now that Jamison will be gone before the trading deadline passes

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There’s only one roster spot left on the Boston Celtics bench, and president of basketball operations Danny Ainge is looking to fill it with a shooter via�a trade, according to the Boston Globe. "We’re just continuing to explore available players and trade possibilities and see what sort of options are there,” Ainge told the paper

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The Denver Nuggets are trying to trade guard J.R. Smith , whose value wasn’t helped�when�police were called to the team’s practice facility last Friday as a result of an�altercation involving the player. AOL Fanhouse reports that a player not associated with the team claimed Smith "attacked" him

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Three teams are left in the running for free-agent forward Lou Amundson, who is expected to make his�final choice�this week , according to USA Today.

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Phoenix Suns guard Goran Dragic wants to put to rest some rumors that Arizona Republic was hearing out of Greece that had him quitting pro ball in America after his contract runs out in 2012. The paper received an email from him that assured Suns fans that he wants to stick around town for a lot longer.

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When the NBA season begins, Milwuakee Bucks fans are expecting center Andrew Bogut to be fully recovered�from the broken arm he suffered in an on-court crash in April.

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Rookie Xavier Henry , picked�12th overall in this summer’s NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies , remains unsigned while other teams� seek a trade for his rights , according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley doesn’t want to deal Henry, though. "I’m not looking to trade him just to trade him," Heisley told the paper

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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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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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