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Alex Kennedy: The Lakers' summer league team will have some very interesting players: Rodrigue Beaubois, DeAndre Kane, LaQuinton Ross, Xavier Gibson, etc.
Former SMU and NBA basketball player Quinton Ross had to ease the fears of friends and family members after he was erroneously reported dead. Ross lives in the suburbs near Dallas and was attending Monday night's NIT game between LSU and SMU. He said he woke to a phone loaded with messages from people concerned about his well-being. "My phone was going crazy," he said. "I checked Facebook. Finally, I went on the Internet, and they were saying I was dead. I just couldn't believe it."
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Jeff Goodman: Ohio State's LaQuinton Ross will declare for NBA Draft, sources told ESPN.
Quinton Ross is a new player of Boulazac. Former NBA replaces temporarily Amady McKenzie who is injured.
The Nets today waived swingman Quinton Ross, who has missed the last three games, and 15 of the last 16 with a back injury, and then signed former Atlanta Hawks guard Mario West to a 10-day contract.
Al Iannazzone: Nets just announced they waived Quinton Ross. His season was over because of a back injury. Could mean they want to take a look at someone
Wing Quinton Ross is done for the season, having suffered a herniated disk Friday in Orlando. "Unfortunately he has another disk situation," Johnson said. "We're going to confirm that when we get home, but based on preliminary discussions with Tim and our doctors, he's out."
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Where all the Nets wind up is still not clear, The Nets would sent Derrick Favors, at least two first-round picks, and Devin Harris to the Nuggets. Troy Murphy and Johan Petro would head to the Pistons. Other players, such as Quinton Ross, Stephen Graham — perhaps Anthony Morrow — also would be headed out.
The Nets enhanced their position in the free-agent chase Tuesday, trading Yi Jianlian and cash to the Wizards for Quinton Ross, sources confirmed to CBSSports.com. New Jersey cleared more than $2.9 million in additional salary-cap space with the move.
The New Jersey Nets will trade Yi Jianlian and $3 million to the Washington Wizards for Quinton Ross and the Wizards' trade exception, league sources said. The deal will be completed on Tuesday, the sources said. The move will allow the Nets to clear another $3 million in cap space to spend on free agency this summer.
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