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DALLAS -- The Dallas Mavericks are moving on without guard Delonte West, and their starting centre for Tuesday nights season opener on the road against the Los Angeles Lakers will likely be someone who wasnt even on the roster a week ago. Morgan Burnett Womens Jersey . The Mavericks waived West on Monday, the eve of a second straight season with a major roster makeover. West was part of the first retooling a year ago, and figured to be a valuable role player again before two suspensions in as many weeks for conduct detrimental to the team. Dallas had to dump West to make room for Eddy Curry, a journeyman centre who was picked up last week after San Antonio let him go. Curry likely will get the start against the Lakers because Chris Kaman and backup Brandon Wright are battling injuries. West, who has bipolar disorder, indicated in a series of tweets after the second suspension that his future in Dallas was in doubt. The eighth-year pro was involved in a pair of locker room incidents during the preseason. He was on his second straight one-year contract for the veteran minimum, which was $1.2 million this season. Part of Wests value a year ago came from being a younger, experienced player to help aging point guard Jason Kidd and another 30-something guard in Jason Terry. But the Mavericks have a much younger backcourt after getting Darren Collison from Indiana to replace Kidd when they missed out on Deron Williams and adding free agent O.J. Mayo to fill Terrys scoring role. Dallas grabbed Curry last week after he was released by San Antonio, and he had 11 points and seven rebounds in 27 minutes in Dallas preseason finale against Charlotte on Friday. The fourth pick of the 2001 draft by Chicago, Curry improved his scoring averages all four seasons with the Bulls before getting traded to New York. He averaged a career-high 19.5 points per game in 2006-07 but has played just 24 games combined the past three seasons. With West out and Curry in, the Mavericks have nine new players on their roster and should have four new starters on the floor against the Lakers with Dirk Nowitzki recovering from knee surgery. The only holdover is Shawn Marion. "This is what we got. Thats the way it is," said Marion, now second to Nowitzki in Dallas tenure. "We cant harp on it all day. Well do what we gotta do." Clay Matthews Jersey . The Impact, in seventh-place (12-14-3), will end a two-week break in their schedule when they visit the second-place Chicago Fire (14-8-5) on Saturday night. With 29 games under their belt, Montreal has played the most matches so far in the Eastern Conference. Casey Hayward Jersey . Now, Houston has a defence capable of making just as many plays, and the formula has the team off to its best start ever. http://www.nflnikegreenbaypackers.com/jordy-nelson-jersey . I am talking about Khalif Mitchell of the B.C. Lions and his intent to injure action against Simeon Rottier of the Edmonton Eskimos. Just about everyone who follows CFL football has seen the video, and nobody seems to be coming to the defence of Mitchell. Marshall Newhouse Jersey . With world champion Spain now waiting in the quarterfinals of the European Championship, things better improve quickly for the French to stand a chance of going any further. Charles Woodson Jersey . Kobe Bryant finished with 22 points and six rebounds in 28 minutes for the Lakers (0-5), while Pau Gasol had 20 points and six rebounds in 31 minutes for the Kings (3-1), who only trailed once. Editors note: During the two-day China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue(S&ED), China and US reached a consensus on a range of issues and some frictions are still remaining between them. However, the dialogue itself is a good platform for both sides to cultivate better and better bilateral ties. China and the US should reflect on how they can help each other and the world, both economically and strategically The two-day China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) concluded in Beijing on Tuesday. The two countries reached a consensus on a range of issues, and the meeting, by and large, was fruitful. Related readings:  China, US to seek new consensus at 2nd S&ED  US to recognize Chinas market economy status  Greater role to aid bilateral ties urged  Call for better China-US military ties Coming in the thick of bilateral fracas, the gathering of high-level officials for frank dialogue on issues of common concern was by itself a strong signal of their sincerity and desire to improve ties. The sit-together gesture by Beijing and Washington is also good news for a world struggling to recover from the effects of the global financial crisis. The roller-coaster relationship, from a transient honeymoon after the Obama administration came to power to a subsequent chill and then the current thaw, is testimony to its complexity, fragility and flexibility. Sino-US ties are so complex that some scholars have compared the relationship to that of a couple who often quarrel but never divorce. Globalization has already tightly bound the two influential countries; their interests have become increasingly inteerwoven. Tramon Williams Jersey. In the second round of the S&ED, compromises were made by both sides on the economic and trade front - China vowed to continue its reform of the exchange rate regime and the US agreed to relax restrictions on hi-tech exports to China. Promised cooperation in the development of electric vehicles, energy-conservation efforts in construction as well as work on clean energy sources speak volumes about the importance attached to the transformation of both economies. The two powers also agreed to promote more people-to-people contacts; this will help remove misgivings and enhance mutual understanding. A single meeting cannot resolve all existing differences. Thorny issues, such as US arms sales to Taiwan, Obamas meeting with the Dalai Lama, Googles exit from the Chinese mainland as well as human rights matters, were not part of the agenda during the just-concluded dialogue. Beijing and Washington also failed to ink a win-win resolution regarding their industrial development policies, and the Iran and Korean Peninsula nuclear issues. Even so, the move to set up such a top-level dialogue mechanism to resolve their differences is a positive step. US concepts, such as shares-holder, strategic reassurance, and the group of two, or Chinese constructs, such as peaceful rise, peaceful development and harmonious world, are proof of both nations aspirations to free themselves from geopolitical repercussions caused by a changed international political landscape and to avoid a possible conflict between a recognized superpower and an emerging power.    Previous Page 1 2 Next Page      Previous Page 1 2 Next Page   ' ' '