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Never Forget 31-0
USAToday.com
7/6/06
7/6/06
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=940 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Cavaliers still waiting on James</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!--startclickprintexclude--><TABLE height=25 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><!--endclickprintexclude-->Updated 7/5/2006 7:59 PM ET<!--startclickprintexclude--></TD><TD align=right><!-- EdSysObj ID="SSI-B" FRAGMENTID="13417811" appadmin -->E-mail | Save | Print | <SCRIPT language=JavaScript> var tempshowReprintSSI = "";if(window.showReprintSSI){tempshowReprintSSI = showReprintSSI;} if ((navigator.os.indexOf("Mac")==1) && (navigator.type==2)) { // macIE if((document.forms.hiddenValForm.hiddenMacPrintValue.value == "0") || (document.forms.hiddenValForm.hiddenMacPrintValue.value=="2")) { if(document.forms.hiddenValForm.hiddenMacPrintValue.value == "2"){ document.forms.hiddenValForm.hiddenMacPrintValue.value = "0"; } else{ document.forms.hiddenValForm.hiddenMacPrintValue.value = "1"; } if(tempshowReprintSSI == 'showReprintSSI'){ writeReprintLink(); } writeSubscribeToLink(); } else { document.forms.hiddenValForm.hiddenMacPrintValue.value = "2"; } } else {// non macIE - write top and bottom if(tempshowReprintSSI == 'showReprintSSI'){ writeReprintLink(); } writeSubscribeToLink(); } function writeReprintLink(){ document.write('Reprints & Permissions | '); } function writeSubscribeToLink(){ var url = document.location.toString(); var urlArray = url.split("/") var nurl = ""; for (i = 3; i < urlArray.length - 1; i++) { if(i<urlArray.length-2){ nurl += urlArray + "|"; } else { nurl += urlArray; } } document.write('Subscribe to stories like this '); } </SCRIPT>Subscribe to stories like this <!-- /EdSysObj --></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!--startclickprintinclude--><!-- EdSysObj ID="SandboxLede" FRAGMENTID="13627090" bstyers --><SCRIPT language=javascript>swapContent('firstHeader','applyHeader');</SCRIPT><!--endclickprintexclude-->By Tom Withers, Associated Press
CLEVELAND — LeBron James has the Cleveland Cavaliers waiting and their fans wondering.
James has yet to announce if he's going to accept the club's maximum contract extension, a five-year offer worth about $80 million. Though James isn't eligible for free agency until after next season, his silence — he received the offer on July 1 — has led to speculation that he has other plans.
Adding to Cleveland fans' anxiety is that the agents for Miami's Dwyane Wade, Denver's Carmelo Anthony and Toronto's Chris Bosh have told media outlets that their clients have accepted and intend to sign deals with those clubs identical to the one the Cavaliers offered James.
James was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2003 draft class that included Anthony, Wade and Bosh.
James' agent, Leon Rose, met with the Cavaliers before family commitments kept him away for the holiday weekend. He has not returned phone or e-mail messages.
The contract extension isn't the only thing keeping James busy this summer. He committed to playing for Team USA in the FIBA World Championships and must report to training camp in Las Vegas later this month.
NBA rules prohibit the Cavaliers from commenting on their negotiations with James, who can sign anytime between July 12 and October 1. While waiting for the all-star forward's decision, the club has not reached agreement with any free agents.
General manager Danny Ferry said last week that his top priority after James' contract is re-signing restricted free-agent forward Drew Gooden. The club has had preliminary talks with Gooden's agent, Calvin Andrews.
Buckeyes' Foster joins summer-league team
Ohio State's Je'Kel Foster is among 14 free agents, draft picks and veterans who will play on the Cleveland Cavaliers' summer league team in Las Vegas.
Foster, the Buckeyes' top outside shooter last season, joins a team that includes Cavaliers guard Sasha Pavlovic, center Martynas Andriuskevicius and guard Stephen Graham. The team will play five games July 7-14.
Recent draft picks Shannon Brown, Daniel Gibson and Ejike Ugboaja are on the team, along with former Ohio University forward Brandon Hunter.
Hunter averaged 3.3 points and 2.8 rebounds in two seasons with Boston and Orlando. He was signed by Milwaukee last year but was waived before the season started.
Rounding out the roster are Jermaine Blackburn of Boise State, C.J. Bruton of Australia, Sharrod Ford of Clemson, Brian Jackson of Oregon State, Roderick Riley of Prairie View A&M and Clay Tucker of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Cavaliers assistant coach Michael Malone is the head coach.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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