...Celtics center Rasheed Wallace reacts after scoring a three-pointer in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, in Philadelphia. Boston won 105-74

...41) from Germany celebrates with Mavericks guard Jason Kidd (2) in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz in Dallas, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. The Mavericks won 96-85

...Miami Heat's Udonis Haslem (40) and Dwyane Wade (3) during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game in Miami, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. The Suns won 104-96

...from Russia, and Jazz center Mehmet Okur, bottom, from Turkey in the second half of an NBA basketball game in Dallas, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. The Mavericks won 96-85. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam

...Thunder center Etan Thomas, left, and forward Jeff Green, right, in the second quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009

...2009. Colourful businessman von Kalmanovic, a convicted spy who became owner of a top Moscow women's basketball team, was shot dead in the Russian capital, prosecutors said. Kalmanovic, who owned the internationally successful Spartak...

...Dwyane Wade, center, after Wade made a shot late in the fourth quarter of a preseason NBA basketball game against the Memphis Grizzlies, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, in Miami. The Heat defeated the Grizzlies 99...

...and Cole Aldrich walks off the court after practice for the NCAA Midwest Regional men's college basketball tournament Thursday, March 26, 2009, in Indianapolis. Kansas plays Michigan State in the regional semifinals Friday

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Oct 31, 2009; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks guard Brandon Jennings (3) shoots the basketball during the third quarter against the Detroit Pistons at the Bradley Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-US...

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In this undated photograph provided by the family former University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias poses in his college uniform. Two days after being selected by the Boston Celtics...

Phil Pressey handles the ball during the 2009 NBPA Top 100 Basketball Camp held Friday June 17- 20, 2009 in Charlottesville, VA. Photo/ Andrew Shurtleff

...the loose ball for two points in the first half against the UCLA Bruins during their NCAA basketball game at Pauley Pavilion March 5, 2009 in Westwood, California. The Bruins defeated the Beavers 79-54...