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ATLANTIC DIVISION
BOSTON CELTICS: The Celtics are leaving no option unexamined in their search for talent The team might not be opposed to drafting a high school player. There's a feeling that the team's nucleus of PF Antoine Walker and SF Paul Pierce has acquired enough experience to handle the addition of a teen-ager. The Celtics must firm up a strategy that strikes the right balance between short-term impact and long-term gain, because they don't want to make a mistake like they did in choosing underclassman PF Jerome Moiso in last year's draft. --Shira Springer
MIAMI HEAT: Yet another example of how much the Heat was hurting during its playoff disaster against the Hornets has come into focus. SG Eddie Jones--the team's most productive player in the postseason--has undergone successful shoulder surgery. Jones beat expectations when he returned from a dislocated shoulder five weeks after sustaining the injury. However, his comeback was accompanied by a 90 percent chance the shoulder would pop out of joint again. Counting the playoffs, the Heat went 4-5 alter Jones' return. His rehabilitation is expected to be completed long before training camp --Ira Winderman.
NEW JERSEY NETS: PF Kenyon Martin's quest for NBA Rookie of the Year honors ended just as his season did--badly. Martin, whose excellent rookie season was finished by a broken right...
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