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The Atlanta Hawks have reached a verbal agreement to re-sign wing Kent Bazemore on a four-year deal worth $70 million, his agent, Austin Walton, said.The fourth year of the deal is a player option, league sources told ESPN.Bazemore, who turned 27 on Friday, is a defensive specialist who has worked his way up after going undrafted. He had several suitors, including the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers.My life has gone the right direction in Atlanta -- on and off the court, Bazemore told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Its a great fit. Im beyond elated.Bazemore declined four-year, $72 million offers from the Rockets and Lakers, a source told ESPN, confirming an NBA.com report.Bazemore played 23 games for the Lakers after they traded for him in 2014, and a source said he seriously considered their offer before deciding to return to the Hawks.Combined with their agreement with Dwight Howard on a three-year, $70.5 million deal earlier Friday, the Hawks have nearly exhausted their available salary-cap space, while All-Star free agent and nine-year team veteran Al Horford has yet to pick a team.However, the Hawks were engaged in trade talks Friday that potentially would allow them to open more cap space in the event Horford decided to re-sign. Horford is one of the most coveted free agents on the market, with several teams interested in him, including the Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder, Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets and Washington Wizards.The Hawks have yet to offer the full five-year max to Horford, a source said.Horford met with the Celtics, Rockets, Wizards and an unknown team Friday in Atlanta and expects to make a decision this weekend, sources said.Bazemore averaged 11.6 points and 5.1 rebounds per game for the Hawks last season.ESPNs Calvin Watkins, Ramona Shelburne and Jeff Goodman contributed to this report. Cheap J. R. Richard Jersey . -- Playing time has been limited for Maxim Tissot this season, so the Montreal Impact defender made the most of his first scoring opportunity on Saturday. Cheap Carlos Lee Jersey .C. United of Major League Soccer. United chose the defender in the second round of the 2013 MLS re-entry draft. http://www.cheapastrosjerseys.com/ . 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PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas -- Little had gone right for No. 20 Baylor when it headed to the locker room in Fridays Battle 4 Atlantis championship game, trailing at halftime for the third straight day -- though this time by a big margin.Maybe that made it easier for the Bears to shrug all that off and respond with a whopper of a comeback to claim the title.King McClure scored all 15 of his points in the second half and Baylor rallied to beat No. 10 Louisville 66-63 after trailing by as many as 22 points late in the first half.Baylor had trailed by eight at halftime in its Atlantis opener against VCU and by three to No. 24 Michigan State on Thursday before taking over each game in the second half. This time, the Bears trailed 39-24 at halftime, by 20 early in the second half and by 54-42 with 10:07 left.Weve been a second-half team all tournament, Bears coach Scott Drew said, but that one I guess took it to extremes.After getting shut down early, the Bears (6-0) shot 65 percent after halftime, a total boosted by the fact they got some easy baskets in transition and scored nine points off turnovers.They got strong play from their bench, something the Cardinals (5-1) just didnt have. McClure, a 6-foot-3 sophomore, had scored three points in the first five games but went 5 of 8 from the field with two 3s and two free throws with 1.1 seconds left to make it a three-point game.Then there was tournament MVP Johnathan Motley, who had 15 points despite drawing frequent double teams inside. He put the ball on the floor to drive by Anas Mahmoud for the go-ahead dunk with 2:49 left during the game-turning 21-5 run.A lot of teams when they get down like that they break apart, but we came together, McClure said. We came back and started chipping away. As we saw the lead go down, we started believing in ourselvesDonovan Mitchell scored 17 points for Louisville. The Cardinals shot just 33 percent (9 of 27) in the second half, with coach Rick Pitino pointing to mental fatigue as a factor in the second half after the Cardinals could not have played better basketball than we did inn the first half.ddddddddddddI saw it in their legs, Pitino said. Anytime a team doesnt get in the right defense, the right press, you know its mental and physical fatigue. You see it right away. But I didnt make the substitutions. ... Its my fault. I saw they were fatigued. I was just hoping the timeouts could overcome it but it didnt.BIG PICTURELouisville: Pitino had a clear takeaway: hell have to use bench players more.Its my fault that we lost this championship, Pitino said. Its bitter. But that being said, well learn from it, and Ill learn from it as a coach to play these guys whether I think theyre good enough or not.Baylor: Drews team is 3-0 against ranked opponents. Hard to ask for much more in November.Makes my job harder making sure they stay focused, Drew said. I think the great thing is those are great quality wins. I know when we started his season we knew we played great teams early and had chances to get off to a great start. But weve got bigger goals.POLL IMPLICATIONSExpect Baylor to climb in next weeks AP Top 25 after beating No. 24 Michigan State and No. 10 Louisville on consecutive days, not to mention last weeks win against then-No. 4 Oregon. The Cardinals could slide a bit.BENCH PLAYBaylors bench strength included Terry Maston scoring 10 of his 12 points after halftime, while Jake Lindsey had steal-and-layup conversions on consecutive plays during the 21-5 run that gave Baylor its first lead.The Bears finished with a 36-18 advantage in bench points.Its tough to admit that youre tired, Mitchell said, but at the end of the day, we just didnt make enough plays at the right time.UP NEXTLouisville: The Cardinals host Purdue on Wednesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.Baylor: The Bears return home to face Sam Houston State on Wednesday night.---Follow Aaron Beard on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/aaronbeardap---More AP college basketball at http://www.collegebasketball.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-Top25 ' ' '