DENVER — Ty Lawson has signed a four-year, $48 million extension with the Denver Nuggets. The deal eliminates a distraction that's been hanging over the team and its star point guard for weeks.
"It Looks like im going to be a nugget for another 4 yrs..Thanks to the Kronke family, Masai, nuggets fans and everybody 4 believing In me" Lawson tweeted before the team flew to Philadelphia on Tuesday for its season opener Wednesday night.
A team spokesman told The Associated Press after the team's arrival in Philadelphia that Lawson had signed his extension. The Denver Post reported the deal was worth $48 million.
KNICKS' STOUDEMIRE OUT 6-8 WEEKS: Amare Stoudemire could be sidelined for two months, the second straight season the New York Knicks forward will miss significant time because of injury.
The Knicks said Tuesday that Stoudemire would have left knee surgery and could be out six to eight weeks, more than twice as long as originally estimated when he was hurt during the preseason.
CAVS OWNER REGRETS GUARANTEEING TITLE: Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert wishes he could take back that guarantee about winning an NBA title before LeBron James.
When James left Cleveland for Miami as a free agent in July 2010, Gilbert famously predicted in a letter to fans that his Cavs would win a championship before James got one with the Heat.
Before the Cavs opened their season Tuesday night, Gilbert said the guarantee "was not the most brilliant thing I've ever done in my life."?
SORE KNEE TO KEEP PACERS' GRANGER OUT INDEFINITELY: Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger is out indefinitely because of a sore left knee.