.:[Blastoff]:. § .:[PR v5 | T-Mac Status | vs. PHO]:.

Tough loss to the Bucks. Bogut with 25-14 is very impressive but you held Michael Redd to 14 points. Better luck next game.

NBA.com Power Rankings: November 28, 2005

By Randy Kim

Welcome to NBA.com's second Power Rankings of 2005-06!

High jumps of the week: New Jersey, Memphis (+5) | Milwaukee (+4)
Free falls of the week: Utah (-6) | Phoenix, Chicago, San Antonio, LA Lakers (-3)

Looks great. Philly is struggling!

tough loss...Milwaukee is doing well in your dynasty...great job on containing Redd...Kings are doing well..good luck next game

I give Bogut props! Good luck next game! And nice power rankings!

Utah | 72
Houston | 110

Utah's Music Can't Calm Rockets

HOUSTON (AP) --- Tracy McGrady scored 30 points, grabbed 8 rebounds and had 7 assists as the Houston Rockets defeated the Utah Jazz, 110-72.

"It was easy this time," Jeff Van Gundy said. "In my opinion, Utah never showed a good defense."

Yao Ming notched 29 points and 9 rebounds.

Rookie Luther Head continues to develop. He added 17 points and 5 assists.

Bob Sura, Mike James and Danny Fortson had 7 points each.


Left: Evans dribbles against Boozer, gets a easy shot
Right: Kirilenko can't block T-Mac

For Utah, rookie Deron Williams had 15 points and 4 assists.

From bench, Matt Harpring had 14 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. He shot 6-of-9 from the field.

Carlos Boozer and Mehmet Okur had 13 and 5 points, respectively, for the Jazz.

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Great win and great title...what a blow out ...wow Yoa and T-mac combined for 59 points...good luck next game

Awards | November

November

East Player Of The Month | Grant Hill



West Player Of The Month | Tim Duncan



East Rookie Of The Month | Andrew Bogut



West Rookie Of The Month | Chris Paul

Great standings Kings are doing well...i don't think Sensation will be to happy about the sixers record...but he will be happy about Webbers rebounds per game...wow Williamson is shooting a high precantage in my dynasty too....Yay Bogut and Paul rookies of the month

hehe... great stuff man. Get Yao and Tmac to the playoffs in this one!

Bogut = ROTM... too realistic!

You got a good one going here. I'll try and keep up...

Very good stuff. Webber 3rd in RPG. What's up with the FG%?

Houston | 82
Denver | 96

Surprising Lose In Colorado

HOUSTON (AP) --- Carmelo Anthony scored 23 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and delivered 6 dimes for the Denver Nuggets as the Colorado's team defeated the Houston Rockets, 96-82.

"I'm really happy about this win," he said. "I think this was my harder test in this season, with Tracy guarding me."

Tracy McGrady posted a double-double of 15 points and 13 rebounds for Houston.

In a rare decision, Nuggets' coach George Karl decided to bench Kenyon Martin and Andre Miller, and start Nenè and Earl Boykins.

Martin had 12 points and 11 rebounds, when Miller scored 8 points and had 7 assists.

Nenè scored 8 points and only had 2 rebounds, poor for a power forward; Boykins posted 18 points.


Left: Head gets an easy lay-up
Right: Sura shoots over Miller

For the Rockets, Yao Ming scored 19 points and 7 rebounds.

Bob Sura had 16 points, and David Wesley added 10 off-the-bench.

In other news, Clarence Weatherspoon didn't play for the Rockets, and some sources said that he will demand a trade if this situation continues to happen.

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Warriors Sign Storey

Golden State Warriors

The Warriors have signed forward Awvee Storey, Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Chris Mullin announced today. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released.

Storey was signed to his first NBA contract by the Nets on October 4, 2004. He averaged 0.9 points, 0.6 rebounds and 0.1 assists in 9 games, and was waived in December 8, 2004.

Clippers Sign Roberts

Los Angeles Clippers

The Los Angeles Clippers have signed free agent forward Lawrence Roberts, it was announced by Vice President of Basketball Operations Elgin Baylor.

"Well, we thought with Lawrence that he wouldn't get a significant amount of minutes in Memphis; we talked about this for a week and decided to play with us," Baylor said. Roberts added: "I'm very happy to join this organization."

6-foot-9, 240 lbs., Roberts averaged 16.9 points, 10.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists with Baylor in 2004-05 season.

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Wow i didn't think Denver would get you that bad...Anothny killed...Great signings(i mean great news

LA Clippers | 107
Houston | 117

Excellent Teamwork Leads Rockets To Win

HOUSTON (AP) --- Yao Ming scored 26 points and grabbed 7 rebounds for the Rockets as Houston defeated the Los Angeles Clippers, 117-107.

"Today the team played as a unit," Jeff Van Gundy said. "And that's what we have to do in this type of game."

Tracy McGrady added 23 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists. "For some unknown reason, I can't get another triple double man!", he said, laughing.

David Wesley and Mike James scored 12 and 16 points, respectively. Wesley added 6 assists.

Bob Sura had a season-high of 25 points and also had 6 assists.


Left: Head shoots over Maggette
Right: Mutombo shoots, gets blocked by Brand*

For LA, Corey Maggette scored 30 points and 5 rebounds.

Elton Brand had 18 points and 9 rebounds, when Chris Wilcox added a double-double of 12-13 off the bench.

Clippers' recently signee, Lawrence Roberts, played 10 minutes, scoring 3 points.

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*When Mutombo shot, Brand blocked him... but (dunno why) the shot wasn't "saved" in the boxscore. Strange.

Great double digit win...wow MAggettes 30 points not enough...well you did have 3 people over 20 points

Thanks for the comments That's teamwork hehe

great win, great dynasty

T-Wolves Release Hoiberg

Minnesota Timberwolves

The Timberwolves today announced that guard Fred Hoiberg has been released as the designated player for the amnesty provision under the NBA's new Collective Bargaining Agreement.

"Obviously, this was a tough decision," said Timberwolves Vice President of Basketball Operations Kevin McHale. "With the uncertainly of the timing of Fred's recovery, we think this was in the best interest of both parties. Fred now has the opportunity to focus completely on his return to the court without any added pressure, and we as a franchise have improved flexibility under the salary cap to add someone who can immediately help us this season. Fred is a class act and a true professional both on and off the court."

In his second season with the Timberwolves in 2004-05, Hoiberg posted averages of 5.8 points (.489 FG%), 2.4 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 16.7 minutes per game in 76 contests. Hoiberg led the NBA and set a new club record in three-point field goal percentage with 48.3% (70-for-145) from beyond the arc. In 10 NBA seasons with the Wolves, Chicago and Indiana, Hoiberg has tallied 5.4 ppg (.431 FG%, .854 FT%, .396 3FG%), 2.7 rpg, 1.6 apg and 18.4 mpg in 541 games (61 started). Originally signed as a free agent by Minnesota on July 28, 2003, Hoiberg re-signed with the Wolves on July 23, 2004. He underwent successful heart surgery in the first days of November to correct an enlarged aortic root.

The amnesty provision allows a team to release a player and remove his contract amount from the team's salary cap for purposes of calculating the luxury tax. The Timberwolves will be responsible for the remaining year of Hoiberg's contract, and he is eligible to sign with another team.

Hawks Mix Roster

Atlanta Hawks

Forward-center Peja Drobnjak, who began his professional career in Europe before joining the NBA, signed a one-year contract with Spanish powerhouse Tau Ceramica on Wednesday.

"We are still allowing us salary flexibility this summer. We thank Peja for his contributions to the organization both on and off the court, and wish him the very best," Hawks GM Billy Knight said.

Drobnjak, 29, averaged 8.4 points and 3.4 rebounds last season with the Atlanta Hawks before becoming a free agent. In four seasons with Seattle, the Los Angeles Clippers and Atlanta, the native of Serbia Montenegro has averaged 7.9 points and 3.5 rebounds in 278 games.

The 6-11 Drobnjak is expected to play for his homeland in 2005 Eurobasket in September, where countries will be trying to qualify for the 2006 World Championships. He helped the erstwhile Yugoslavia win the 2002 World Championships and played for Serbia Montenegro in the 2004 Olympics.

With Tau, Drobnjak will be part of a frontcourt rotation that includes NBA draft pick Luis Scola, future NBA draft pick Tiago Splitter and former NBA player Kornel David, who recently agreed a new deal to stay in Vitoria.

Drobnjak is the second new arrival at Tau, which lost in the final of both the Spanish ACB and the Euroleague last season. The team also signed Croatian international point guard Roko Leni Ukic of KK Split.

Ukic was a second-round pick of Toronto in the June draft but is expected to remain in Europe at least one more season.

Just 10 minutes after Drobnjak took a plane to Spain, Knight quickly made a pair of calls and saw John Edwards in the free agent pool.

Edwards signed a one-year deal with Atlanta and is expected to backup Kevin Willis, who said he will retire after the season.

He didn't play a single game yet, but played in 25 games last season, averaging 1.2 points and 0.8 rebounds.

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Quite a pounding you took from Denver but you bounced back to beat the Clippers. Keep it up.

As I've mentioned before this is a great dynasty. It will be really interesting to see if Clarence Weatherspoon is going to leave or not. This could develop into an interesting situation! What have you got planned for him bro?

Nice win against the Clips Yao and Tmac are coming up to be the best duo in the NBA

Thierry, I see got a sig from the the site I use. Looks very nice.