NBA News for 11/30

[Jay520]

Miller says LeBron should embrace upcoming boos

(AP) -- Dressed as a cowboy, a snake passing near his foot with an Old West setting in the background, LeBron James certainly looks the part.

"Should I accept my role as a villain?" James asks during the scene in his recent Nike commercial.


Absolutely, says someone who played it perfectly.


Reggie Miller was once the NBA's best-known bad guy, armed with enough bravado to come into Madison Square Garden and shoot down the New York Knicks and shut up Spike Lee all at once.


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LeBron to Cavs fans: 'A lot of thanks' for their support

MIAMI (AP) -- There's not much LeBron James can absolutely say about what awaits when he returns to Cleveland as an opponent on Thursday night.

Fun, weird, tough, draining. James cites them all as expectations.

"It's going to be tough, but I'm there to win a basketball game," James said after Tuesday's Heat practice and preparing for Wednesday's game against Detroit -- almost forgotten given the magnitude of what looms Thursday. "I understand. I understand how passionate fans are about sports. I'm ready for whatever response that I'm going to get. It's going to be very emotional."

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Celtics' West has surgery on broken right wrist

BOSTON (AP) -- Boston Celtics guard Delonte West is recovering from surgery to repair his broken right wrist.


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Bobcats' Jackson suspended one game

NEW YORK -- Stephen Jackson of the Charlotte Bobcats has been suspended one game without pay for verbal abuse of a game official and for failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.

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Shaq says he plans on watching LeBron's return to Cleveland

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Shaquille O'Neal's curious about one aspect of LeBron James' impending return to face angry Cavaliers fans -- the pregame ritual.

"I'm a silly fan,'' O'Neal said. "I'm anxious to see if he's going to do that powder thing.''

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Big Z ready for anything in his return to Cleveland


MIAMI -- A former Cleveland favorite is about to return to his former home for the first time as an opponent, a bit eager to find out what sort of reception he'll receive when fans see him wearing Miami Heat colors.



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[nadeau01_johnson48]

Z will get a ridiculously long standing ovation.

[Jay520]

Yeahh Z will probably get a standing ovation while Lebron gets furiously booooed!