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Amare Stoudemire - F/C - Knicks

Amare Stoudemire will work with Hakeem Olajuwon in August.

It will be the second summer in a row in which STAT works with The Dream on low-post moves and defense. Interestingly, Olajuwon reportedly charges $50,000 per week for the instruction at his private basketball court just outside of Houston. Despite the injuries, Stoudemire had his best shooting season as a Knick, making 57.7 percent of his shots from the floor. Of course, fantasy owners will be reluctant to draft Stoudemire next year considering he had a surgery on each knee last season.

Source: ESPN NY

May 25 - 2:58 PM

Terrence Williams - G/F - Celtics

Terrence Williams was back at Boston's practice facility on Saturday.

He was arrested for second-degree domestic violence on Sunday and made some comments about the alleged altercation. "It's very frustrating, because I was there, I know what happened, and I know what didn’t happen," Williams said. "To anybody reading, and everybody that’s writing these stories, it makes me out to be this bandit." His status for next year is up in the air and he might have had trouble joining an NBA team even before his legal troubles.

Source: Chris Forsberg on Twitter

May 25 - 1:36 PM

Pierre Jackson - G - Player

The Celtics worked out Pierre Jackson, Gregory Echenique, Myck Kabongo, Shane Larkin, Phil Pressey and Steven Adams on Saturday.

Shane Larkin may be the highest profile player of this young group and had a nice combine leading all participants with his 44-inch max vertical. Pierre Jackson also has decent point guard skills, so the Celtics could certainly be looking for a backup point guard behind Rajon Rondo considering Avery Bradley couldn't really handle the ball this season.

Source: A. Sherrod Blakely

May 25 - 12:39 PM

Jared Sullinger - F - Celtics

Jared Sullinger (back surgery) was at Boston's practice facility on Saturday.

He's been working out for about two weeks and is hoping to be ready for training camp. Sullinger had back surgery on February 1 to end his rookie season, but he was coming around just before his injury. His 5.9 boards per game in just 19.8 minutes could make him a deeper sleeper in some fantasy leagues.

Source: Jessica Camerato on Twitter

May 25 - 12:27 PM

Greivis Vasquez - G - Pelicans

Greivis Vasquez (right ankle surgery) said on his Twitter account that he'll be back in 12-16 weeks.

That would make him ready to go in the middle of August or mid-September at the latest. Vasquez had surgery to remove bone spurs out of his right ankle, so the lengthy timetable suggests he'll be taking it easy. He should be close to 100 percent for training camp next season.

Source: Greivis Vasquez on Twitter

May 25 - 11:37 AM

Joe Dumars - G - Pistons

The Pistons are not expected to bring in any more head coach candidates after interviewing Maurice Cheeks, a source tells the Detroit News.

Cheeks interviewed with the Pistons on Wednesday. Detroit reportedly met with at least Lindsey Hunter, Nate McMillian, J.B. Bickerstaff and Mike Budenholzer. However, according to the News they never interviewed Pacers assistant Brian Shaw or Heat assistant David Fizdale, whose teams are both still in the playoffs. There's no clear frontrunner at this point and Joe Dumars has said he has no timetable for picking the team's next head coach.

Source: Detroit News

May 25 - 9:45 AM

Kosta Koufos - F/C - Nuggets

Kosta Koufos will not play for the Greek national team this summer.

Koufos will instead spend the summer working with Nuggets coaches trying to improve on his career year. Although he struggled in the postseason, Koufos started all 81 games he played in as part of a platoon with JaVale McGee. It's unclear who will start next season between McGee and Koufos, but it's likely going to be a battle that lasts well into training camp. The 24-year-old Koufos averaged 8.0 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 22.4 minutes per game.

Source: Denver Post

May 25 - 9:36 AM

Masai Ujiri - C - Nuggets

Nuggets president Josh Kroenke told the Denver Post he and Masai Ujiri were putting the finishing touches on a contract extension when the Raptors requested permission to speak to Ujiri.

Ujiri is reportedly weighing an offer to be Raptors GM that could pay as high as $3 million annually. The extremely high offer from Toronto likely blew up whatever offer the Nuggets had presented to Ujiri, who won the NBA's Executive of the Year award this season. Besides the money, Ujiri spent time in Toronto's front office before heading to Denver, which will likely weigh heavily in his decision process.

Source: Denver Post

May 25 - 9:33 AM

Chris Paul - G - Clippers

Warriors assistant Mike Malone is one of the primary candidates for the Clippers' head coach job, ESPN Los Angeles reports.

Malone has also been linked to the Warriors and 76ers jobs. Chris Paul knows Malone from New Orleans, where Malone was the lead assistant on Monty Williams' staff. Although Paul is very fond of Williams, it remains to be seen what Paul thinks of Malone. The Clippers are desperate to re-sign CP3, who is scheduled for free agency this summer, and he'll likely have a very big say in the coaching search if he wants to return to the L.A. According to the Orange County Register, the Clippers are also interested in Nate McMillan and Byron Scott.

Source: ESPN Los Angeles

May 25 - 9:17 AM

Keith Smart - C - Kings

Vivek Ranadive has Warriors assistant Mike Malone atop his list of candidates to coach the Kings, a source tells Ric Bucher.

This isn't all that surprising considering Ranadive was a minority owner with the Warriors prior to becoming the primary owner of the Kings. Malone is a very hot coaching candidate this summer and has been mentioned in connection with most of the open jobs. Technically, Keith Smart is still the coach but he reportedly is expected to be fired.

Source: Ric Bucher on Sulia

May 25 - 9:11 AM

Shane Battier - G/F - Heat

Shane Battier said he had no response to Roy Hibbert's accusation of intentionally kneeing him in the groin.

"I have no response. You’ll read about it in my book one day," Battier said. He was quiet in Game 2 and failed to score in 14 minutes, so Hibbert certainly has the last word at this point.

Source: Chris Tomasson on Twitter

May 25 - 12:46 AM

Paul George - G/F - Pacers

Paul George put on a show again in Friday's win over the Heat, scoring 22 points with two boards, six assists and one 3-pointer on 9-of-16 shooting.

He's having a terrific series and is on his way to becoming a household name. George isn't usually very effective on the road, shooting 39.1 percent compared to 44.6 percent in home games, so it should be interesting to see how well he plays on Sunday. He has a little bit of everything to his game and he'll likely be going off the board in the first six picks of fantasy drafts next year.

May 25 - 12:01 AM

George Hill - G - Pacers

George Hill had a nice bounce-back game on Friday, shooting 6-of-8 from the field for 18 points with five boards, three assists, three steals and two 3-pointers in 41 minutes.

Hill was on a milk carton in Game 1 and his improved play went a long way in the win tonight. He had struggled with Miami even before this game, shooting 33.3 percent from the field in his three regular-season matchups. Hill's big toe injury didn't seem like an issue and he'll be good to go for Sunday.

May 24 - 11:57 PM

Chris Bosh - F/C - Heat

Chris Bosh scored 17 points with five boards, one assist, one steal and two 3-pointers in 37 minutes on Friday.

He's playing very well in the postseason and shooting 52 percent from the field in the three series. Interestingly, Bosh has been dynamite in knocking down triples, making 47 percent of his 34 attempts from downtown over the past two postseasons.

May 24 - 11:47 PM

LeBron James - F - Heat

LeBron James shot 14-of-20 from the field for 36 points during Friday's loss to the Pacers, adding eight boards, three assists, three steals, one block and three 3-pointers.

He turned the ball over five times with two of them coming in big spots in the fourth quarter. LeBron is usually the beneficiary of his opponent's turnovers and he led the NBA in points off turnovers during the regular season. He got plenty of easy shots in this game, had a spectacular reverse breakaway dunk in the second half and hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer at the end of the third quarter, so it obviously wasn't all bad for King James. Miami will look to take back home-court advantage on Sunday in Indiana.

May 24 - 11:41 PM