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Suns Deal Strawberry to the Rockets for Rookie Singletary
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The Phoenix Suns traded guard D.J. Strawberry to the Houston Rockets yesterday for rookie guard Sean Singletary.
Singletary was the 42nd overall pick in the 2008 draft by the Sacramento Kings, who quickly sent him, along with Patrick Ewing Jr. and Ron Artest, to Houston for Bobby Jackson, Donte Greene and a 2009 first-round draft pick.
A four-year standout at Virginia, Singletary was a three-time all-ACC selection.
Strawberry was the 59th overall pick by the Suns in the 2007 draft out of Maryland. . . .
Guard Sun Yue signed a multiyear contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. Sun averaged 6.8 points for China in the Olympic Games in Beijing. . . .
The Dallas Mavericks re-signed forward Devean George nearly six months after he blocked a trade to the Nets.
· GOLF: Tiger Woods said he is not sure whether he will be ready to defend his title at the Dubai Desert Classic early next year.
The world's top-ranked golfer will miss the rest of the 2008 season after undergoing reconstructive surgery on his left knee shortly after winning the U.S. Open in June.
"It's frustrating for me," he said yesterday of the injury at an event to promote a golf course he helped design in the Persian Gulf city.
Woods said his schedule heading into 2009 is uncertain but that he plans to "be hitting golf balls at the beginning of the year."
The Dubai Desert Classic begins Jan. 27.
· HORSE RACING: Kentucky regulators have approved a major ban on anabolic steroids that could outlaw the drugs for next year's Kentucky Derby and other races in the state.
