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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Daily Dunks: 8/24-8/30

                                                    (Credit: Andy Melton. Click here for source) 

     Here is my Daily Dunks page for August 24, 2015 through August 30, 2015. Throughout the week this page will be updated with news from across the NBA until a new Daily Dunks page is created for the following week.

Monday's NBA Daily Dunks: 

#1. The Rockets officially re-signed guard Jason Terry (Click here for details).

#2. The Utah Jazz signed center Jeff Withey to a two-year, partially guaranteed contract (Click here for details).

#3. The Suns will honor Steve Nash by inducting him into their "Ring of Honor" on Friday, October 30 (Click here for details).

#4. The Miami Heat extended their  D-League single-affiliation with the Sioux Falls Skyforce through the 2016-17 season (Click here for details).

#5. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist has agreed to a four-year, $54M extension with the Hornets (Click here for details).

#6. The Lakers are thinking of bringing back Metta World Peace (Click here for details).

#7. Dario Saric plans to join the 76ers in the summer of 2016 (Click here for details).

#8. Power forward Jeff Adrien agreed to a one-year deal with the Pelicans (Click here for details).

#9. Phil Jackson: "The Knicks may struggle early" (Click here for details).

#10. Mavericks shooting guard Wesley Matthews says he'll be ready to go opening night (Click here for details).

Tuesday's NBA Daily Dunks: 

#1. The Heat officially signed Keith Benson (Click here for details).

#2. The Lakers officially signed guard Michael Frazier (Click here for details).

#3. The Clippers have been fined $250,000 for something they offered DeAndre Jordan that they shouldn't have offered him (Click here for details).

#4. Metta World Peace says there have been no contact between him and the Lakers (Click here for details).

#5. Lakers' coaches were pleased with D'Angelo Russell's Summer League performance (Click here for details).

#6. Andrei Kirilenko has been named the President of the Russian Basketball Federation (Click here for details).

#7. Report: The Wizards aren't willing to give Bradley Beal a max contract right now, even though he wants one (Click here for details).

#8. Greg Oden has officially signed in China (Click here for details).

#9. Henry Sims and Corey Jefferson have signed with the Suns for training camp (Click here for details).

#10. Stephen Curry wants to stay with the Warriors long-term (Click here for details).

Tuesday's WNBA Final Scores: 

Dream 71 Sun 57.

Wednesday's NBA Daily Dunks: 

#1. Derrick Rose is being sued for drugging and gang raping an ex-girlfriend (Click here for details).

#2. LeBron James sold his home in Miami for $13.4M (Click here for details).

#3. The Hornets have signed Michael Kidd-Gilchrist to a 4 year, $54M extension (Click here for details).

#4. Celtics center Kelly Olynyk (knee) is fine (Click here for details).

#5. The Heat are still shopping Mario Chalmers and Chris Andersen (Click here for details).

#6. Ricky Rubio loves having Kevin Garnett for a teammate (Click here for details).

#7. Rafael Hettsheimeir, a big man from Brazil, is working out for the Spurs (Click here for details).

Wednesday's WNBA Final Scores: 
Sparks 81 Fever 79.

Thursday's NBA Daily Dunks: 
#1. Darryl Dawkins a.k.a Chocolate Thunder passed away from a heart attack (Click here for details).

#2. The Kings signed former Ole Miss guard Marshall Henderson for training camp (Click here for details).

#3. Josh Howard is attempting an NBA comeback (Click here for details).

#4. Russell Westbrook is marrying his longtime girlfriend this weekend (Click here for details).

#5. Derrick Rose issues a statement proclaiming his innocence (Click here for details).

#6. Kyrie Irving may not be back until January (Click here for details).

#7. Chuck Hayes is a still a free agent. He won't sign with the Rockets (Click here for details).

#8. The Suns signed guard Deonte Burton for training camp (Click here for details).

Thursday's WNBA Final Scores: 

Mercury 81 Sun 80.

Friday's NBA Daily Dunks: 

#1. The Wizards signed guard Toure' Murry to a non-guaranteed contract (Click here for details).

#2. The Utah Jazz signed forward J.J. O'Brien to a non-guaranteed contract (Click here for details).

#3. The Hawks announced additions to their Athletic Performance Team (Click here for details).

#4. Hornets head coach Steve Clifford plans to play Jeremy Lin and Kemba Walker together (Click here for details).

#5. Pelicans power forward Anthony Davis "definitely" plans on shooting more threes this season (Click here for details).

#6. Nets forward Andrea Bargnani injured his ankle, but he continued to play on at Eurobasket (Click here for details)

#7. Kobe Bryant's NBA2K16 player rating is the lowest of his career (Click here for details).

#8. The Magic signed guard Jordan Siebert to a non-guranteed contract (Click here for details).

#9. Michael Jordan's original Space Jam uniform is available to own (Click here for details).

#10. Lakers Executive VP of Basketball Operations Jim Buss defends head coach Byron Scott (Click here for details).

Friday's WNBA Final Scores: 

Mystics 71 Mercury 63. Dream 90 Fever 84. Liberty 81 Lynx 68. Shock 76 Sparks 66. Storm 83 Stars 69.

Saturday's NBA Daily Dunks: 

#1. Warriors GM Bob Meyers is "focused and motivated" to get extensions done with Harrison Barnes and Festus Ezeli (Click here for details).

#2. Carlos Boozer reportedly won't head overseas before the NBA season starts. He is holding out in hopes of landing an NBA gig with a playoff team (Click here for details).

#3. Nets forward Bojan Bogdanovic also injured his ankle in preparation for Eurobasket. He too says he'll be ok (Click here for details).

#4. Clippers owner Steve Ballmer rejected a $60M local TV deal. He may start an online streaming service instead (Click here for details).

#5. The Thunder signed forward Talib Zanna to a non-guaranteed deal (Click here for details).

#6. The Warriors signed swingman Jarell Eddie to a non-guaranteed deal (Click here for details).

Saturday's WNBA Final Scores: 

Liberty 80 Sun 66. Sky 98 Dream 96.

Sunday's NBA Daily Dunks: 

#1. Nigeria wins AfroBasket and qualifies for the Rio Olympics (Click here for details).

#2. Robert Upshaw still hasn't signed his training camp deal with the Lakers. He is working through some personal issues (Click here for details).

#3. Shaq to Kobe: "I just want people to know that I don't hate you" (Click here for details).

#4. Wisconsin governor Scott Walker calls the $250M Milwaukee arena deal "fiscally responsible" (Click here for details).

#5. D'Angelo Russell complimented Tracy McGrady and idiot Lakers fans took it as a diss to Kobe Bryant (Click here for details).

#6. The Hornets want Frank Kaminsky to get stronger (Click here for details).

Sunday's WNBA Final Scores: 

Shock 76 Fever 70. Sparks 60 Stars 52. Sun 72 Sky 68. Lynx 71 Mercury 61. Storm 69 Mystics 59.

---Ben Parker: follow me on twitter @nba_lord for NBA news 

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