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06/24/2010 -
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -The Portland Trail Blazers have selected Nevada guard Armon Johnson with the 34th pick in the NBA draft.
Johnson averaged 15.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 5.6 assists with the Wolf Pack last season as a junior.
Johnson was the second Nevada player to figure in the Blazers' draft Thursday night. Portland also acquired Nevada shooter Luke Babbitt, the 16th overall pick, and veteran Ryan Gomes from Minnesota for forward Martell Webster, a person with knowledge of the trade told The Associated Press. The person requested anonymity because the trade had not been officially announced.
The Trail Blazers selected Memphis swingman Elliot Williams with the 22nd pick.
The moves come amid a report that the Blazers had fired general manager Kevin Pritchard less than an hour before the start of the draft.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
<< D'Antoni: 'Our big date is circled as July 1'
GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) -Draft day is a bit anticlimactic for Mike D'Antoni.``Our big date is circled as July 1,'' the New York Knicks coach said Thursday, not exactly revealing a franchise secret.For two years team president Donnie Walsh has maneuver
<< Morrow, Wells shine as Blue Jays blank Cardinals
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brandon Morrow pitched eight strong innings,
and Vernon Wells slugged a pair of home runs, as Toronto avoided a three-game
sweep by the Cardinals with a 5-0 win.
Morrow (5-5) allowed just five hits, walke
<< Nets take G Crawford with No. 27th pick in draft
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -The New Jersey Nets have selected guard Jordan Crawford with the 27th pick in the NBA draft.The pick was the Nets' second in the first round and was acquired from Dallas in the deal that sent Jason Kidd to the Mavericks.C
<< Washington's Pondexter headed to Hornets
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -University of Washington swingman Quincy Pondexter is headed to New Orleans after being taken with the No. 26 pick in the NBA draft.Pondexter was drafted by the Oklahoma City Thunder but will go to the Hornets in a trade that net
Mavs get Dominique Jones from Grizzlies >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Dallas Mavericks acquired guard Dominique
Jones from Memphis in exchange for cash considerations during Thursday night's
NBA Draft.
Jones, who played at South Florida, was selected at No. 25 by the Memphis
Tigers edge Mets to avoid sweep >>
Flushing, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Magglio Ordonez clubbed a two-run homer and
Ryan Raburn added a solo blast, as the Detroit Tigers fended off the New York
Mets, 6-5, in the finale of a three-game interleague series at Citi Field.
Raburn
Hornets trade Aldrich, Peterson to Thunder >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New Orleans Hornets traded their first-
round pick center Cole Aldrich along with guard Morris Peterson to the
Oklahoma City Thunder for a pair of lower first-round picks.
The swap was reported by multipl
Wolves acquire Webster from Blazers >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Minnesota Timberwolves acquired swingman
Martell Webster from Portland in a draft-night deal.
Going to the Trail Blazers were veteran forward Ryan Gomes and Luke Babbitt, a
power forward from Nevada who wa
Chiefs' Treen Green out for Sunday's game
How long Trent Green will remain sidelined is unknown. Coach Herm Edwards said Monday he will miss a second straight start Sunday when the Chiefs host the San Francisco 49ers.
A two-time Pro Bowler, Green was going into a feet-first hook slide when he was knocked unconscious by a thunderous, head-snapping hit from Cincinnati's Robert Geathers.
Oddsmakers at online sportsbook MySportsbook.com currently have the Chiefs listed as 7-point favorites versus the 49ers.
The 49ers got beat by Philadelphia 38-24 as a 6.5-point underdog last week. The combined score went OVER the posted over/under total (42.5).
Alex Smith completed 27-of-46 passes for 293 yards with a touchdown. Michael Robinson rushed for 29 yards and a pair of touchdowns on five carries.
The Chiefs lost 9-6 to Denver last week as an 11-point underdog. The combined score was well UNDER the posted over/under total (38).
Larry Johnson rushed for 126 yards on 27 carries. Damon Huard completed 17-of-23 passes for 133 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions.
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“You play to win the game!”
Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.
The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.
The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.
Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?
Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.
Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.
Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.
Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.
The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.
Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.
Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.
This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.
First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”
The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason.
Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.
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