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23.01.2020 05:26
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Its Peace out for the Los Angeles Lakers. They waived Metta World Peace on Thursday under the NBAs amnesty provision, which will save the team about $15 million in luxury tax. He was set to earn $7.7 million next season, which the Lakers still must pay. He averaged 12.4 points and 5.0 rebounds in 75 games last season, having joined the Lakers in 2009. The 33-year-old tore knee cartilage in March and clearly wasnt the same player afterward. He didnt play in the last game of San Antonios four-game sweep of the Lakers in the first round. The former Ron Artest legally changed his name during his tenure with the team. One of the highlights of his time with the Lakers was his clutch play in Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals, which helped them beat Boston for the franchises 16th championship. "Its tough to say goodbye to a player such as Metta, who has been a significant part of our team the past four seasons," Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said. "For anyone whos had the opportunity to get to know him, its impossible not to love him." Kobe Bryant wanted to keep him, tweeting earlier this week that hed hold onto World Peace and try to make a run with the team the Lakers had. A 14-year veteran, World Peace has also played for Houston, Sacramento, Indiana and Chicago during his career. He won the leagues citizenship award in 2011 for his off-court contributions. World Peace tweeted thanks that Kupchak had called him first. In a follow-up tweet, World Peace, well-known for kidding his followers on the social media site, wrote, "Im going to play for Yao Mings team in china! I cant wait to arrive in Shanghai !!" Former All-Star centre Yao played for the Sharks before coming to the U.S. to play in the NBA and he and World Peace were teammates in Houston. In another move, the Lakers signed free agent Nick Young, who starred at Southern California during his college career. The 6-foot-7 guard-forward averaged 10.6 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 59 games for Philadelphia last season. Young previously played in Los Angeles for the Clippers, and was with Washington during his six-year NBA career. Carlos Carson Jersey . Supported by three-run homers from Jayson Werth and Wilson Ramos, the young right-hander went seven strong innings in the Washington Nationals 8-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. Mike Pennel Jersey .J. Jefferson has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend. http://www.customchiefsjersey.com/custom-alex-smith-jersey-large-176n.html . -- Eastern Kentucky thrives off creating havoc for others. Custom Chiefs T-shirts . The Cincinnati Reds remain perfect with their speedy rookie outfielder in the starting lineup. Jan Stenerud Jersey . Datsyuk will miss Tuesdays game against New Jersey and could be sidelined longer, while Cleary will likely miss at least the next three games. Its been an injury-plagued season for Datsyuk, who has suited up for just 39 games. BOSTON -- A man who survived a deadly 2012 drive-by shooting in Boston identified former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez in court on Tuesday as the one who pulled the trigger.The judge presiding over the upcoming murder trial also denied a bid by Hernandezs lawyer to push back the February start.Prosecutors asked Raychides Sanches during Tuesdays pretrial hearing to describe the chaotic scene the night of July 16, 2012.Sanches said he had been a passenger in a car stopped at a light in the citys South End when an SUV pulled up. He said someone from the SUV said Whats up, negroes? and then gunfire erupted.Sanches said bullets struck 29-year-old Daniel de Abreu and 28-year-old Safiro Furtado.When asked who the shooter was, Sanches nodded in the direction of Hernandez in Suffolk Superior Court, the Boston Herald reported.Looked like him, he said. Hernandez.Another survivor of the shooting, Aquilino Freire, told the court he was shot twice and described the shooter as light skinned, with no beard but tattoos.Hernanddez faces two counts of murder in the deaths of Furtado and de Abreu.ddddddddddddrosecutors say he gunned down the two men after one of them bumped into him at a Boston nightclub earlier that night. The former tight end has pleaded not guilty.Hernandez already is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for the 2013 shooting death of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd.Tuesdays hearing focused on a number of pre-trial issues as jury selection is slated to begin Feb. 13.Prosecutors are asking the judge to allow Sanches and Freire to give a general description of the shooter during trial.Defense lawyers argued that attorney-client privilege may have been violated because prison officials have acknowledged Hernandezs jailhouse calls were accessed by unauthorized people while he was awaiting his first murder trial.Hernandez is due back in court for another hearing Dec. 27. ' ' ' |
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