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Shameka Christon scored 18 of her 25 points in the first half and the New York Liberty snapped the Phoenix Mercury's four-game winning streak, 93-83 on Saturday night.

So long, Stephon? Chris Duhon and the Knicks have a deal in place to bring the PG to the Big Apple. Follow the latest moves here.

MIAMI - Everywhere Mario Chalmers goes these days, someone asks about The Shot. You know the one. Down by three, 2.1 seconds left, NCAA title game, Kansas vs. Memphis. Chalmers gets the ball near the top of the key, lets fly over the outstretched arm of Memphis guard Derrick Rose and waits for the crowd to roar. They did, the Jayhawks head to overtime and minutes later, they're the national champions and Chalmers is the hero of the Sunflower State.

Dee Gugel knows basketball. She's been known to scour the depths of the Internet at the wee hours of the morning to keep updated on everything NBA.

Rockets GM Daryl Morey touts Joey Dorsey, who averaged 9.5 rebounds and 1.9 blocked shots per game as a senior in Memphis, as ''the best defensive big man in the country." With that endorsement, Dorsey hopes to elevate his game to the next level in Houston.

Michael Beasley and Derrick Rose will play their first summer league game against each other.

Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley will be forever linked. That's an inevitability for players who get chosen No. 1 and No. 2 in an nba draft. So on some level, it's fitting their first pro game -- one that won't have fans, won't count in standings and will likely be long forgotten in a few days -- will pit them against one another.

With Baron Davis apparently agreeing to terms with the Los Angeles Clippers, his former team, the Golden State Warriors, look to be going after the Clippers' Elton Brand .

The Los Angeles Sparks got a 91-80 victory over the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday night.

Grizzlies GM Chris Wallace feels Spanish League center Marc Gasol would have been a lottery pick in this year's nba draft.