"Doug Christie is almost an ex-Maverick," reports Art Garcia of the Fort Worth STAR-TELEGRAM. "The final hurdle in Christie's retirement could be cleared today. The NBA commissioner's office just has to approve the paperwork, but that's considered a formality."... Link
The Mavericks re-signed free-agent swingman Adrian Griffin on Monday, looking to bolster a position hit by injuries. Griffin played in 69 games for the Chicago Bulls last season and was to join Dallas in time for its game Monday night at Toronto. Griffin, who was with the Mavericks during... Link
Mavericks coach Avery Johnson dismissed the possibility of adding free agent and former Golden State teammate Latrell Sprewell if Doug Christie doesn't return from injury....... Link
LA Clippers 109 Milwaukee 85 –Andruw Bogut had his first tough night 15 minutes and 2 points, and he was -23 … This game was done before the 4th Quarter … The Clippers are 6-2 …. Milwaukee didn’t win a game last year against the West on the road... Link
The Mavericks' preseason opener will provide some good vibes for Doug Christie, who returns to Arco Arena for the first time after four-plus productive seasons as a fan favorite with the Sacramento Kings. One problem: he won't be playing. Christie...... Link
If there's one thing the 04-05 offseason taught us, it was "trade one superstar for multiple okay/decent players." While many will point to the Lakers' success with the Shaq trade, we're more likely to point to central Florida, where a perfectly happy Tracy McGrady was moved out of town... Link
Hear from the Mavericks newest addition Doug Christie as he's introduced to the media. Dallas signed the defensive specialist after recently releasing shooting guard Michael Finley.... Link
It is finally the last day for waiving Amnesty contracts, so some things should shake out of the market in the coming days. First of all, any useful players that teams have been considering waiving are being shopped like used cars. Finley in particular is for sale to the... Link
Charley Rosen has got yet another hate-filled column up at FOXSports. Two Kings targets this time: Shareef and Jamal Sampson. On SAR, Rosen politely suggests: "This guy is a highly overrated player whose pluses are ostensibly a good fit with the Kings but whose flaws are noticeable and easily... Link
The Mavericks reached an oral agreement with veteran swingman Doug Christie on a one-year, $3 million deal, a source said. Christie, 35, was waived Thursday by the Orlando Magic as part of the NBA's luxury-tax amnesty provision. Before Christie officially...... Link
Christie, Mavs reach oral agreement by Associated Press Dallas Mavericks: The team reached an oral agreement with veteran swingman Doug Christie on a one-year, $3 million deal, the Dallas Morning News reported Friday. Christie, 35, was waived Thursday by the Orlando Magic as part of the NBA's luxury-tax amnesty...... Link
The Orlando Magic waived guard Doug Christie on Thursday after a disappointing season marred by injury and public squabble with team management. After his season ended because of an ankle injury in April, Christie lashed out at general manager John Weisbrod, who has since resigned for a job in... Link
Doug Christie has his eye on Dallas. Super old news worth knowing: in the 2000 Olympics, Spain won the disabled basketball event. According to Harper's, ten members of the team were found to have faked their disabilities. As long...... Link
The Mavericks had talked with veteran swingman Wesley Person. Doug Christie remains a possibility. He has told friends he would like to play in Dallas, according to the Orlando Sentinel. The Sentinel reported Thursday that he would be waived under...... Link
With no trading partners in sight, the Orlando Magic will waive disgruntled guard Doug Christie in the next couple of days under the NBA's amnesty clause to free up a roster spot and avoid paying $8.2 million to the league...... Link
The Nets weigh the possibilities of free agents such as Malik Allen, Shandon Anderson and shooter Wesley Person, they may get to consider possible amnesty casualties such as Aaron McKie, Doug Christie, Brian Grant and even Allan Houston....... Link
The Magic likely need another experienced guard, given the club's confirmation that Doug Christie has asked to be traded in a westerly direction. Christie also could be waived, although his expiring contract has trade value....... Link
When asked about guard Doug Christie, Magic coach Brian Hill said that Christie "preferred to be traded somewhere else. . . . It's tough to trade people coming off surgery. Hopefully, he'll have a change of mind." Hill said that...... Link
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m all for the big hype. Boxing, football, playoffs, whatever the game, the more hype preceeding it means the more excitement in watching it. That said, here’s a detailed look at the Kings’ roster, who I expect the Sonics to... Link
Boy, this was a rough weekend. There were tons of little injuries and flare-ups, and huge warning signs all over the place. One league of mine, which generally sees about 5 or 6 moves in a weekend, had 13 separate waiver wire transactions involving 22 players on Saturday and... Link
After riding the bench most of the previous night in a game against his old teammates, Orlando Magic guard Doug Christie called in sick and missed Thursday's practice. Christie is clearly upset with his diminished role since a recent lineup...... Link
Another team with a high profile player asking to be traded. At least this time, the team didn t listen, but it s just before the trade deadline so nothing is set in stone just yet. p://www.nba.com/playerfile/predrag_stojakovic/index.html?nav=page">Peja Stojakovic was quite upset that his friend and team leader Vlade Divac... Link
One of the statistics I have been looking at a lot lately has been the on court off court defensive stats at the 82 games site. Many believe figuring out who are good defenders and who are not is almost impossible. I think its difficult, but not impossible. I... Link
Initially people thought the Magic were hijacked by Tracy McGrady s trade demand. Once again a player was putting a team in position to get as little as possible for a marketable commodity. But this wasn t the case. Although I suspect Steve Francis wears man size huggies pull... Link