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Cavaliers release deaf reserve center Allred


Posted Oct 8 2008 2:54PM

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Center Lance Allred, the first legally deaf player in the NBA, was released by the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday.

He played four minutes in Cleveland's 104-84 exhibition loss to Toronto on Tuesday.

Allred was signed to a pair of 10-day contracts last March before the team signed him for the remainder of the season in April. He played in three games and averaged 1 point.

Allred, who played in university for two years at Utah before transferring to Weber State, is writing a book about his disability and growing up in a polygamous sect in Utah.

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