Wednesday report
The Morris Almond era - - if you can call 34 games that - - officially came to an end Wednesday with the news that the Jazz's 2007 first-round draft pick is headed to training camp with the Orlando Magic.
Almond was widely expected to go to camp with New York after playing in summer league with the Knicks. Instead, he'll get the chance to prove to the Magic that they never can have enough three-point shooters.
I've said it here before not to count out Almond. He's been a slow starter his entire basketball life, whether it was being stuck in Josh Smith's shadow in high school or his first two college seasons at Rice. We'll see if the pattern repeats itself in the NBA.
The Jazz decided last fall not to exercise the third-year option in Almond's rookie contract for the 2009-10 season, thereby leaving Almond an unrestricted free agent.
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Nothing sounds worse than getting food poisoning in Poland, yet that's supposedly what's been keeping Kosta Koufos out of action with Greece at the European championships.
Koufos missed his second consecutive game as Greece lost to France, with what was described earlier as stomach flu being revised to food poisoning.
After opening the tournament 4-0, Greece has dropped games to Russia and France. They nevertheless advanced to the quarterfinals and will play the Mehmet Okur-less Turkish team on Friday.
--Ross Siler
Almond was widely expected to go to camp with New York after playing in summer league with the Knicks. Instead, he'll get the chance to prove to the Magic that they never can have enough three-point shooters.
I've said it here before not to count out Almond. He's been a slow starter his entire basketball life, whether it was being stuck in Josh Smith's shadow in high school or his first two college seasons at Rice. We'll see if the pattern repeats itself in the NBA.
The Jazz decided last fall not to exercise the third-year option in Almond's rookie contract for the 2009-10 season, thereby leaving Almond an unrestricted free agent.
* * *
Nothing sounds worse than getting food poisoning in Poland, yet that's supposedly what's been keeping Kosta Koufos out of action with Greece at the European championships.
Koufos missed his second consecutive game as Greece lost to France, with what was described earlier as stomach flu being revised to food poisoning.
After opening the tournament 4-0, Greece has dropped games to Russia and France. They nevertheless advanced to the quarterfinals and will play the Mehmet Okur-less Turkish team on Friday.
--Ross Siler
12:41 AM
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