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Follow the Nets' return to New York with Newsday's Rod Boone.

Nets ink Damion James to 10-day deal

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Damion James is set for another tour of duty with the Nets.

The team announced Sunday morning that they've signed the small forward to a 10-day contract. James, who was playing for the NDBL's Bakersfield (Calif.) Jam, was with the Nets in 2010-11 and 2011-12. He'll fill the roster void left when the Nets waived Josh Childress late last month.

The Nets originally acquired James in a 2010...

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Andray Blatche speaks about sex assault incident

Brooklyn Nets basketball player Andray Blatche leaves the

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“Y’all will hear the truth sooner or later,” the Nets' Andray Blatche said about a police investigation regarding an alleged sexual assault incident in his Philadelphia hotel room earlier this week. “When the time comes and I can talk about it, everybody will realize it’s not what you think.”      Blatche spoke publicly about the matter for the first time after the team’s practice...

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Three Pointers: Storming the Thunder

Joe Johnson shoots over Oklahoma City Thunder guard

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Nobody saw that coming.

Or did they?

“Bog said before the game we were going to get a win,” Deron Williams said, referring to Keith Bogans, the guy with the locker directly next to his. “So we had to get a win. That’s all that was to it.

“Simple as that.”

If only it was that easy. But the Nets’ unexpected 110-93 triumph over the Thunder Wednesday night...

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