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SPORTS July 21, 2014 THE ASIAN REPORTER n Page 9 Rockets send Jeremy Lin to the Los Angeles Lakers L.A. LAKER LIN. The Los Angeles Lakers landed point guard Jeremy Lin during the National Basketball Association’s free agency period. Lin was born in Los Angeles and figures to be popular with the region’s large Asian community. He was raised in Northern California and played four years at Harvard. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) By Jon Krawczynski AP Basketball Writer eremy Lin is still headed to the Los Angeles Lakers even after the Houston Rockets failed to land coveted forward Chris Bosh in free agency. Rockets general manager Daryl Morey plunged into the free agent market with designs on adding a third star to play with James Harden and Dwight Howard. He made a brief overture to LeBron James and hosted Carmelo Anthony for a visit, but both of those efforts were rebuffed. While James mulled his future, Morey swung for the fences with a four-year max offer to Bosh, the versatile forward who was credited with being the defensive backbone during the Heat’s run to four straight NBA Finals. To create the salary cap room to make the offer, Morey reached an agreement to trade Lin, who will make about $15 million this season in the last year of a deal that counts as only $8 million against the cap, to the Lakers, who have the cap room to absorb Lin’s contract without sending much back in return. When James chose to return to Cleveland, the path appeared to be clearing for the Texas-born Bosh to join up with the Rockets and vault them into contender status in the powerful Western Conference. But Heat president Pat Riley quickly recovered from James’ rejection and convinced Bosh to stay in Miami with a whopping five-year, $118-million offer. J The bold move left the Rockets on the outside looking in again, but Morey had no second thoughts about dumping Lin, who didn’t mesh well playing in the same q Seattle Reign’s Nahomi Kawasumi voted NWSL Player of the Week Nahomi “Naho” Kawasumi, a forward for Seattle Reign FC of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), was voted the league’s Player of the Week during Week 13 of the season. Kawasumi scored two goals in a 3-2 home win over the Boston Breakers to earn the honor. The Breakers were leading the Reign 1-0 until the 55th minute, when Seattle’s Stephanie Cox crossed a ball that found an unmarked Kawasumi on the right side of the six-yard box. Naho buried the ball into the far-left side-netting to level the score. Later, with the match tied at 2-2, Kawasumi scored the game-winning goal. In the 83rd minute, Jess Fishlock dis- possessed a Boston defender just outside the penalty area and passed the ball to Naho, who calmly finished the shot. In 14 matches so far in the NWSL season, Kawasumi has scored five goals and given three assists. A native of Yamato, Japan, Naho joined the Seattle squad in February. On loan from Japanese side INAC Kobe Leonessa, she was the league’s second-leading scorer and was named league MVP in 2013. She was also a member of the Japan Women’s National Team that won gold in the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup and silver at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. In May, Team Japan won the 2014 Asian Cup. The Portland Thorns play Seattle in an away match on Sunday, July 27 at Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled State Farm ® Providing Insurance and Financial Services Home Office, Bloomington, Illinois 61710 Wayne Nishimura Ins. Agency Inc. 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He’s the kind of dynamic, shoot-first point guard that has become more and more popular in the league over the last few seasons, which should help the Lakers, who have pass-first Kendall Marshall and the oft-injured Steve Nash on the roster as well. Lin averaged 12.5 points and 4.1 assists last season, but he lost his starting job alongside the defensively deficient Harden because coach Kevin McHale preferred Patrick Beverley’s tenacity on that end of the floor. But with Bryant likely needing some time to ease back into things after missing almost all of last season and gifted offensive big man Pau Gasol on his way to Chicago, Lin will provide some much- needed offensive punch to a rebuilding Lakers roster. AP Basketball writer Brian Mahoney contributed to this report. backcourt with the equally aggressive Harden. The deal allowed Morey to stay in the hunt for other stars on the market, and he struck a deal with Washington Wizards swingman Trevor Ariza. The 29-year-old Ariza had his best season as a pro last year in Washington, averaging 14.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, and shooting 40.7 percent from 3-point range to help the Wizards advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals for the first time since 2005. “I want to thank @WashWizards (owner) When You Can’t Breathe, Nothing Else Matters GAME-WINNING GOAL. Nahomi “Naho” Kawasumi of Seattle Reign FC controls the ball during a National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) match. Kawasumi was voted Player of the Week during Week 13 of the NWSL regular season. (Photo courtesy of Seattle Reign FC) for 4:00pm. Seattle visits Portland’s Provi- dence Park for the last regular-season NWSL match at 2:00pm on Sunday, August 17. The NWSL Player of the Week honor is voted on by a selection of journalists who cover the league on a consistent basis. To learn more about the league, visit <www.nwslsoccer.com>. 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