NUGGETS: Denver Nuggets rookie Sonny Weems had surgery Thursday to repair a sports hernia. Weems, a second-round pick who was acquired by the Nuggets on draft night, is expected to fully recover in time for the start of training camp on Sept. 30. The Chicago Bulls picked Weems 39th overall out of Arkansas, then traded him to the Nuggets for a 2009 second-round pick. Weems played five games for the Nuggets’ Summer League team, averaging 9.2 points, 3.0 rebounds and 22 minutes.
BULLS: The Chicago Bulls waived guard JamesOn Curry on Thursday. The 6-foot-3, 190-pound Curry was the team’s second-round pick in the 2007 NBA draft. Curry was suspended for one game July 10 by the NBA after he pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors in Idaho. Curry, a former Oklahoma State standout, was arrested in January and pleaded guilty to resisting arrest and urinating in public. Curry spent most of last season in the NBA’s Developmental League.
CLIPPERS: Free-agent forward Brian Skinner, a first-round pick of the Los Angeles Clippers 10 years ago, signed with the team on Thursday. The Clippers reached a deal with the 6-foot-9, 255-pounder, who averaged 3.3 points and 3.6 rebounds in 66 games for the Phoenix Suns last season. Terms were not announced. Skinner has averaged 4.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 538 career NBA games with eight teams. He was the 22nd overall pick in the 1998 draft and played his first three professional seasons with the Clippers. “We are very pleased to add Brian to our front line,” Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy said. “He adds great size, presence and veteran experience to our team.” The 32-year-old Skinner is the latest in a long line of additions to the team this summer, joining Baron Davis, Marcus Camby, Ricky Davis, Jason Hart and first-round draft pick Eric Gordon.
OKLAHOMA CITY: Oklahoma City’s new NBA team will buy its NBA Development League affiliate in Tulsa. Clay Bennett, the chairman of the Oklahoma City team’s ownership group, joined the team’s general manager, Sam Presti, and D-League President Dan Reed for the formal announcement of the deal on Thursday. When the purchase of the Tulsa 66ers is complete, Oklahoma City will be the third NBA team to own its D-League affiliate. The Los Angeles Lakers own the Los Angeles D-Fenders and the San Antonio Spurs own the Austin Toros. Bennett said the NBA team will pay $2.25 million for the D-League franchise. In June, the team formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics changed their D-League affiliate from the Idaho Stampede to the 66ers.
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