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Thunder Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Oklahoma City's front office lost one of its key people this summer when Rich Cho took the general manager job in Portland. Thunder general manager Sam Presti has since restructured the basketball operations department.

The changes included promoting Troy Weaver to VP/assistant general manager, Rob Hennigan to assistant GM/player personnel, Paul Rivers to director of minor league operations and basketball technology, and Brandon Barnett to director of minor league scouting and manager of minor league operations. The team added Michael Winger as assistant GM/legal and administration and David Vanterpool as pro scout.

"We are pleased to continue to promote from within our organization while also bringing in new people who will enhance and compliment our current staff,"...

Serbia edges Croatia 73-72 at worlds (AP)

Oklahoma City Thunder center Nenad Krstic had 16 points and Aleksander Rasic scored five points in the last 21 seconds to help Serbia edge Croatia 73-72 in the round of 16 at the basketball world championship Saturday. Croatian guard Marko Popovic made two free throws with 5 seconds left to tie the game at 72, but Rasic was fouled by Davor Kus as he attempted a shot with 1 second left.

NBA players who reject the dumb jock stereotype (Associated Content)

There are too many people who buy into the concept of the dumb athlete. As a matter of personal opinion, many of these stereotypes may be true, but I think there is some underlying jealousy amongst people in the world of academia about the money that people in the world of sports make. People are going to pay for what they want to pay for and if they shell out a bunch of money to go to a ball game while complaining about their taxes, that is their prerogative.

Suicide lines: Jeremy Lin-spiration; Granger’s step back (Yahoo! Sports)

Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your biscuits and honey.

Serbia upsets Argentina to win Group A at worlds (AP)

Aleksandar Rasic made four free throws in the last 11 seconds Thursday to help Serbia upset top-ranked Argentina 84-82 and win Group A at the basketball world championship. Argentina captain and Houston Rockets forward Luis Scola sank two free throws with 38 seconds left to make it 77-77, but Serbia's Dusko Savanovic hit a 3-pointer with 18 seconds remaining.

Serbia beats Argentina to win Group A at worlds (AP)

Aleksandar Rasic made four free throws in the last 11 seconds Thursday to help Serbia beat top-ranked Argentina 84-82 and win Group A at the basketball world championship. Argentina captain Luis Scola sank two free throws with 38 seconds left to make it 77-77, but Serbia forward Dusko Savanovic hit a big 3-pointer with 18 seconds remaining to put his team in front.

Serbia beats Argentina to win Group A at worlds (AP)

Aleksandar Rasic made four free throws in the last 11 seconds Thursday to help Serbia beat top-ranked Argentina 84-82 and win Group A at the basketball world championship. Argentina captain Luis Scola sank two free throws with 38 seconds left to make it 77-77, but Serbia forward Dusko Savanovic hit a big 3-pointer with 18 seconds remaining to put his team in front.

SL: Coach K keeping calm; Jennings ‘working on everything’ (Yahoo! Sports)

Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your butcher's skillet.

Greece appeal fails, basketball suspensions stand (AP)

Basketball's governing body has rejected Greece's appeal of two player suspensions stemming from a brawl in a game against Serbia. Patrick Baumann, FIBA's secretary general, said the punishment given to Antonis Fotsis and Sofoklis Schortsanitis will stand, and the players will miss the first two games of the world championships that open Saturday.

Brawl leaves 2 top teams reeling from bans (The Canadian Press)

KAYSERI, Turkey - The brawl between Greece and Serbia in a warmup game has left two of the top teams at the basketball world championship reeling from suspensions that have ruled out some of their best players for the start of the tournament.

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