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Teams listed in the infobox

Please see this discussion regarding teams listed in player infoboxes. Only if a player had appeared in a game for the team does it go in the infobox. Eddie did not make an appearance for the Hawks so, by the set out standards, it is not listed in his infobox. DaHuzyBru (talk) 04:16, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

Bhullar and Kilpatrick played in games while on 10 days. Eddie did not. C'mon, this is not that difficult to understand. DaHuzyBru (talk) 12:43, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

April 2015

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NBA draft night

Hi! I've noticed your recent contributions, many of whom are related to 2015 NBA draft. Someone being drafted doesn't automatically mean a contract signature. Wait until official announcement by the club. Thanks!--AirWolf ^talk 02:10, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

June 2015

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• Thanks for explaining that you were attempting to revert vandalism, and it appears your recent edits have been very constructive. I appreciate your enthusiasm in keeping the player bio pages for the draft picks accurate! ~ Rob^Talk 06:13, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

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July 2015

This is your final warning. You may be blocked from editing without further notice the next time you vandalize a page, as you did with this edit to DeAndre Jordan. KSFT^C 18:33, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

He's a Free Agent. UVABallers (talk) 18:35, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

NBA free agency

Hi UVABallers,

Please refrain from changing the teams of players who have signed/been traded in free agency until the NBA moratorium ends on July 9, and teams can officially sign. Per WP:SPORTSTRANS, we do not update the infoboxes of players until the transaction is official, either by a league official or by a press release from the team.

Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 22:25, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

I see, so Tyson Chandler should be a free agent till July 9?

UVABallers (talk) 23:03, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Player number

Huh, I was told different. Ok then, thanks! TropicAces (talk) 10:39, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

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Orlando Magic

Why did you revert my edit to the Orlando Magic page? I know theres no article on John Bohannon (basketball). Red links facilitate article creation. Plus the link is to the wrong John Bohannon. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 21:49, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

There's no need to create an article for John Bohannon (basketball). Unless you're willing to do it, which would be awesome. It would make more sense not to link an article because there are so many players in the summer league which don't have articles. Let me know if you have any more questions.

UVABallers (talk) 23:14, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

I might get around to it. The main problem was that the link was to the wrong Bohannon. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:47, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

I also want to thank you for letting me know the link was wrong. Thank you :)

UVABallers (talk) 00:48, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

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Cedi Osman

Please explain to me how Cedi Osman could play overseas and yet the Cleveland Cavaliers could still retain the draft rights on him?

Hardcoreromancatholic (talk) 22:21, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

When a team retain's a players draft rights, it's for a couple of years, or a year, but they're not allowed to sign with any NBA team, other than the cavs, he can choose to play overseas, or the cavs could sign him, but till the cavs confirm if they sign him, he will continue to play in Europe. Let me know if you have any questions, cheers :) UVABallers (talk) 00:03, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Regarding edits to the Phoenix Suns Roster

Hello UVABallers. I would like to inform you that your recent edits to the Phoenix Suns roster template, in which you replaced it with the Boston Celtics roster and then caused a template loop, seem to constitute vandalism. Please don't be doing that. 98.166.147.93 (talk) 03:13, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

I'm aware, although, I was trying to add the phoenix suns real roster, I don't believe that is the real one. If you could please add the real template, that would be better. UVABallers (talk) 03:27, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

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2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats "departures" photos

Hi - I noticed you've re-added photos of six players listed in the "departures" section of 2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team. I had removed these with a pretty detailed edit summary as to why. I'm not interested in edit warring over it, but I really don't think pictures of six players who aren't on the team the article is about is worthwhile. They take up a lot of real estate in a section meant to be a short list and, again, these players aren't even on the team. Additionally, the string of pictures causes problems on some browsers. For instance, as I view it on an iPad, he pictures extend well beyond the frame of the page, shrinking the text. I'd like to ask you to reconsider adding this number of pictures of departed players to season articles. Rikster2 (talk) 01:37, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

I'm confused, because in the past sesaons, there's images of players who left that season, like James Young and Julius Randle. UVABallers (talk) 19:48, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

I'd disagree with photos used in this was for ANY college season. The players who left just aren't important to the team's actual season, which is what the article is about. Rikster2 (talk) 22:41, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

So are you going to take those pictures done? UVABallers (talk) 01:20, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

I'm happy to, but I thought I'd see how the 2015-16 UK article played out. I'm not trying to impose my will Rikster2 (talk) 02:51, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

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Free agents

Hi dude! I'm aware that free agents on NBA rosters can technically be removed from rosters, however, the reason we keep them there, is to make not just my job as an editor, but also yours, along with anyone else's, easier. You can quickly click the player with the free agent tag and see if he has signed with his previous team or anyone else (in the association or overseas), plus, it makes it a bit easier to find out if less experienced editors have been editing those pages before any official announcement has been made (as they should per WP:NBA). So, I humbly request you to leave the FA's there for the remaining of the offseason (or until they officially sign), specially, because as long as they have the "FA" tag, nobody will think they officially belong to said team. I mean, if we have that resource, why not use it? Anyway, cheers. Intruder007 (talk) 01:03, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

Alright, sounds great! UVABallers (talk) 02:49, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

Excellent. Thanks for your understanding :) Intruder007 (talk) 04:42, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

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