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The New Orleans Pelicans?released injured swingman Lance Stephenson?on Monday.New Orleans didnt want to waive Stephenson, sources said, but the team needed to create a roster spot to sign former Phoenix Suns guard Archie Goodwin. Goodwin confirmed on Twitter that he will sign, and the team later announced the signing.Stephensons agent Mark Bartelstein says Pelicans general manager Dell Demps has gone overboard to express how much the Pelicans value his client and would be interested in re-signing Stephenson when he is healthy. The agent said the team has said it will pay his client throughout his rehab.The Pelicans learned Saturday that Stephenson needs groin surgery and will be out indefinitely. The team made the roster decision Sunday night after conceding that Stephenson wont be able to return to the lineup for several weeks, at the earliest.New Orleans (0-6) was already playing without starting point guard Jrue Holiday (personal reasons) and two veteran scorers recovering from knee surgery -- Tyreke Evans and Quincy Pondexter -- when Stephenson went down.Stephenson averaged 9.7 points, 4.8 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game in six contests for the Pelicans this season.Lance did everything that we could possibly ask him to do, Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said. He was great on and off the court. It was just a situation where we had to have a roster spot to add an addition to our team. If Lance was not hurt, he would still be here and he would still be playing minutes.Goodwin, 22, said he found out at 3 p.m. PT and was on a flight four hours later to catch up with the team in San Francisco.Its an opportunity to play. Thats the biggest thing, he said. Ive always wanted the opportunity to play. This is going on my fourth year; Ive never really got that opportunity [before]. So now, with the chance to get it, Ill shock a lot of people. Im a lot more capable of doing a lot of things that people dont know. Theyll see that this year.Gentry said he had no reservations playing Goodwin Monday night against the Golden State Warriors.Weve gotten guys and weve signed them because of a need situation, he said. We dont need anybody to come and sit on the bench.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. Tyler Lydon Jersey .C. -- Todd Fiddler scored a hat trick, including the overtime goal, as the Prince George Cougars survived an 8-7 win against the Kamloops Blazers in Western Hockey League play Sunday. Dikembe Mutombo Nuggets Jersey . 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. 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The Perth Wildcats have replaced Sydney at the top of the NBL ladder with a commanding 93-80 win over the Kings at Perth Arena on Thursday night.It was the most focused and complete performance by the reigning champions this season as they started quickly and led from start to finish.They did have to overcame a couple of Kings comebacks in the second half though, which were led by star swingman Brad Newley.Perth led by 15 points two minutes into the final term, but by just four with three minutes to go - thanks to Newley, who scored 21 points in the first three quarters and provided a one-man offence for most of the last.He added another 13 in the first six minutes of the fourth quarter, including four three-pointers and finished the game with 34, while Kevin Lisch added 21.A long three-pointer from Jesse Wagstaff with 10 seconds to go before the end of the quarrter took the margin back to eight points and gave the home side a bit of breathing space.ddddddddddddPerth ambushed the Kings early leading 19-5 less than three minutes into the game.Sydney couldnt get their offence going apart from Newley and the Wildcats led by 10 points at the first break and by 12 at halftime.Casey Prather had 19 points on the board by the main break and finished the game with 28.The win was a statement of intent by the reigning champions as the bounced back from their first home loss of the season, which occurred last round, in overtime against the New Zealand Breakers.With Damian Martin still sidelined, Cats coach Trevor Gleeson used his bench to great effect as they chipped in 32 points compared to Sydneys 14. 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