NBA: Roundup
Michael Jordan picks Dwyane Wade for 25th anniversary shoe
Detroit News staff reports
When Jordan Brand makes its long-awaited release of the Air Jordan 2010 in February to commemorate the popular line's 25th anniversary, Heat guard Dwyane Wade will debut the shoe. Hand-picked for the role by Michael Jordan himself, Wade called his selection "a huge honor."
The shoe will be launched nationwide Feb. 13 and will cost $170. That coincides with All-Star weekend near Dallas and is four days before Jordan's 47th birthday.
"Very excited, to say the least," Wade told the Associated Press.
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The Wizards signed free-agent G Earl Boykins (Eastern Michigan) after a series of injuries at that position and waived C Paul Davis (Michigan State).
Boykins has averaged 9.4 points and 3.4 assists in 10 NBA seasons.
... The NBA Development League playoffs will expand to three rounds of three-game series this season.
Detroit News wire services
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