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The Clippers' surprise signing of unrestricted free agent Baron Davis to a reported five-year, $65 million contract could end up costing the 76ers.

Chris Duhon verbally agreed to a deal with the New york knicks on Friday, the point guard and his agent told The Sporting News.

First-round picks Russell Westbrook and D.J. White have signed multiyear contracts with the seattle supersonics.

Aside from the money he'll save by not taking the trip to Las Vegas for the summer league, what Celtics general manager Danny Ainge liked most about hosting the team's summer camp in Waltham was that he got a chance to see everyone from Glen Davis banging in the low post with free agent Randolph Morris to Gabe Pruitt running ...

Kevin garnett was an obsession, and he deserved to be. For at least two years, all the way up to the point Garnett was traded to Boston last summer, Garnett was on Chris Mullin's mind every time the Warriors ...

There was, in the course of the week, the 76ers' impressive courtship of atlanta hawks' restricted free agent Josh Smith.

Chris Duhon verbally agreed to a deal with the New york knicks yesterday, the point guard and his agent told The Sporting News.

The chest injury that knocked Michael Beasley out of his first practice with the Miami Heat could also sideline him for Monday's anticipated summer league debut.

Will he deliver a championship to L.A.? Probably not. But Baron Davis will make the Clippers worth watching, Mark Kriegel says.

Free agent James Posey, via agent Mark Bartelstein, continued to talk to other NBA suitors in the wake of what he considers an unacceptable offer from his former team -- one that falls short of the $5.8 million mid-level exception as well as his desire for a 4- to 5-year deal.