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NEW YORK -- Carmelo Anthony thinks the NBA should rebrand the D-League and invest more in developing our own players in the next collective bargaining agreement.If I had it my way, Id rebrand the whole D-League, Anthony told ESPN. Id rebrand it so its not seen as a punishment.As vice president of the National Basketball Players Association, Anthony said he has been pushing for a major investment in and overhaul of the D-League to create more jobs for young players and strengthen the NBAs player development system.ESPNs Ian Begley and Dave McMenamin reported Sunday that there is rising optimism on both sides that a new CBA can be agreed upon well in advance of the unions Dec. 15 opt-out deadline, and possibly as soon as the end of this month.Anthony said a major issue he has been emphasizing in collective bargaining talks is increasing the number of two-way contracts that allow players to play for both D-League and NBA teams, thereby creating 44-60 more jobs. He said he also has been addressing increasing pay for D-League players to make it as lucrative to play domestically as abroad, and language that will encourage all 30 NBA teams to have a D-League affiliate.The D-League will grow from 19 to 22 teams this year, but the players eventually would like to see all 30 teams with their own affiliate, Anthony said.Im a big advocate of developing our own players. If you look at soccer, for example, a lot of those clubs have top-notch academies, said Anthony, who co-owns a professional team in Puerto Rico. By me being in soccer now, Ive started to understand the dynamics of developing your own players. Weve got to keep our players here. We dont want them to have to go overseas.Wholesale Astros Jerseys . -- Aldon Smith believes he is on the path to being sober for good. Francis Martes Astros Jersey . Listen to the game live on TSN Radio 1050 at 7pm et. The Raptors traded Rudy Gay, Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray to the Sacramento Kings on Monday, in exchange for Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes. https://www.cheapastros.com/263o-joe-biagini-jersey-astros.html . The Canadian squad, skipped by Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg, got on the board first with two in the second end, and followed that with two more apiece in the fourth and sixth ends. Houston Astros Gear . Ashley Youngs cross was inadvertently headed by Chester into his own net in the 66th minute, allowing United to claim a third straight league win. "We had to dig deep with our fighting spirit and weve done that," United striker Wayne Rooney said. Lance Mccullers Jr. Astros Jersey . Halifax beat the Saint John Sea Dogs 7-5 on the strength of two goals apiece from Nikolaj Ehlers, Matt Murphy and Brent Andrews. Jonathan Drouin also scored and had three assists while Zachary Fucale made 17 saves for the Mooseheads (16-8-0), who led 6-1 after two periods.BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Lewis Hamilton feels motivated and inspired by his last two victories in Austria and Great Britain, comparing his recent success to the feeling of surfing a wave.Hamilton has won four of the last five races and closed Nico Rosbergs championship lead from 43 points to just one in that time. He said he is aware the situation could change, but is currently making the most of his run of success.Of course the feeling of being 43 points behind and being one point behind theres a big difference for sure, he said. The last two races, when you go from one strength to another, theres an incredibly powering feeling and motivating and inspiring, the last race was just still the greatest week that Ive had as long as I can remember.Hopefully Ill ride that good wave into this weekend and plan to catch the next good one, I dont know if any of you guys surf but I do, and sometimes you have to wait for the waves to come and sometimes they dont come. Eventually they do and sometimes you fall when you get up on thatt wave, but when you catch it its the greatest feeling, and thats very much how it is right now, I happen to be on the top of that wave.dddddddddddd Im not a really good surfer but Im pretty good right now.Asked it was important to take the championship lead away from Rosberg ahead of the summer break, Hamilton said he was feeling positive about his chances barring an engine penalty for another turbo or MGU-H failure.We all have to find positives somewhere and that is a positive for him having the lead. But on my side I think I have some very good positives. Closing that deficit and having the pace I have now and been able to utilise in the past few races and I also plan to utilise in the next couple of races.Generally I feel good and I have this engine for the next few races so I am hoping it holds together otherwise that is another big pot hole in the season, I am hoping to avoid that. ' ' '