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Heat's top pick takes a hit
Published Thursday, July 03, 2008 at 11:17 AM
Michael Beasley
UNDATED (AP) _ Michael Beasley's first official practice with the Miami Heat was a short one. The Number 2 overall pick in last week's NBA draft was taken to a doctor for observation after getting struck in the chest by an inadvertent elbow during a defensive drill. Coach Erik Spoelstra says the move was strictly precautionary and shouldn't affect Beasley's availability for Miami's five-games-in-five-days run through the Orlando summer league, which opens Monday. ^ Also in the NBA, Boston Celtics starting center Kendrick Perkins had arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder. It was an injury that bothered him late in the season and was aggravated in the finals against the Los Angeles Lakers, causing him to miss Game 5 of the series. The New Jersey Nets have signed their two first-round picks from last Thursday's NBA draft, Brook Lopez and Ryan Anderson. And Desagana Diop (seh-GAH'-nah jahp) is back with the Dallas Mavericks. A person close to the negotiations says the seven-foot center has agreed to a five-year, 31-million-dollar contract.

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