NBA News Updated (5-7)

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Houston has offered Seattle free-agent guard Brent Barry a four-year, $24 million deal. Barry, 32, averaged 10.8 pts, 5.8 asts, 3.5 rebs, and 1.4 stls for the SuperSonics in 2003-04. He also finished second in the NBA by hitting 45.2 percent of his three-pointers.

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The Jazz hired Troy Weaver, the Syracuse assistant who recruited Anthony, as a scout.

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The Pistons have made a six-year, $40 million contract offer to free agent forward/center Mehmet Okur.

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The Boston Celtics have signed first-round picks Al Jefferson, Delonte West and Tony Allen to contracts

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The Toronto Raptors signed first-round draft choice Rafael Araujoo, a 6-foot-11 center, was selected eighth overall