Now that the free-agent storm has largely died down (sorry, Allen Iverson), the NBA’s landscape looks radically different than it did a few months ago.  Cleveland and Toronto may hate basketball forever now, while the Miami Heat will have the biggest sports bandwagon outside of the New York Yankees.   One thing’s remained consistent, though: With Kobe Bryant on their side, the two-time defending …

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NEW YORK The NBA will open its season with a battle of Big Threes, then offer up the new-look Miami Heat against Kobe Bryant and the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day.

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Warriors will open season at home against Houston; Miami Heat visit on Dec.

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MANILA – Filipino-American Erik Spoelstra, head coach of the Miami Heat, expressed optimism a homegrown Filipino player will soon play in the National Basketball Association. read more

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Looks like Kobe Bryant (notes) and Raja Bell (notes) will get to keep battling with each other and not have to become best buddies. Bryant’s meeting with Bell last night to try and sway him to join the Los Angeles Lakers never had to happen. ESPN is reporting that Bell has signed a three-year, $10 million contract with the Utah Jazz , which had just signed Al Jefferson (notes) the day before that

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Kobe Bryant (notes) and Raja Bell (notes) have had their disagreements in the past but the five-time NBA champ Bryant is putting all that aside to meet with Bell today and try to convince him to come play for the Lakers for the $1.77 million left in its midlevel exception, according to the Los Angeles Times. As Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski reported yesterday, the Lakers and San Antonio Spurs are the frontrunners to land the 33-year-old Bell, who only played six games last year for the Charlotte Bobcats and Golden State Warriors . The Spurs have a little more money that it can give Bell, and according to Wojnarowski, are still regretting cutting him at the end of training camp in 2001

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Golden State Warriors defeated the Miami Heat 72-69 as Brian Chase hit a long range three with 13.4 seconds to play to give his team a 70-67 advantage in a hard fought battle. The game, the final matchup on the fifth day of competition at the 2010 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, featured 11 lead changes and eight ties, with neither team holding a commanding lead at any point.

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The Golden State Warriors are near a deal with former Miami Heat small forward Dorell Heat, according to a variety of sources close the club. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dorell_wright/ Wright will, reportedly, sign a three-year, $11 million contract to give the Warriors a strong defender at the small forward spot. He’s a 6′9″, 210-pounder who is just 24 years old

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Free agent shooting guard Raja Bell (notes) is waiting for LeBron James (notes) , Chris Bosh (notes) , and Dwyane Wade (notes) to announce what they’re going to do next season just like everybody else in the basketball world. In the meantime, Bell has gotten calls from plenty of teams, according to ESPN. The nine-year NBA vet tells the site that he’s particularly interested in three teams that have made contact: the Dallas Mavericks , Orlando Magic , and Miami Heat

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