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 Mike Miller, who averaged 7.1 points per game last season,
reportedly signed a two-year contract worth $5.5 million. The deal
for James Jones, who won back-to-back titles with James in Miami, is
believed to be for one year at the league minimum.
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The New York Knicks traded forward-center Jeremy Tyler, guard Wayne
Ellington and the rights to their 2016 second-round draft selection
to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for forwards Quincy Acy and
Travis Outlaw.
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Blake Griffin resumed workouts in Los Angeles with teammate DeAndre
Jordan and said he has no limitations from a back injury that led
him to bow out of Team USA training camp last month.
"My whole thing is that I didn't want to go into (Clippers) camp and
put myself in a worse position," Griffin told the Los Angeles Times.
"It's not that my back is broken and I'm walking around with a
broken back, or I'm in so much pain."
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Nike, Adidas and Under Armour are chasing Kevin Durant, who is a free
agent in the shoe and apparel endorsement company race with a $60
million contract that tied him to the Swoosh expiring.
Durant, who has two years and $39 million remaining on his current
contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder, could command more than $30
milion per year from a shoe company. (Editing by Frank Pingue)
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