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Wade, West under review for Game 2 hits 05-25-2013
Dwyane Wade G MIA
The NBA is reviewing several plays from Game 2 of the Heat vs. Pacers series, including one in which Dwyane Wade collided with Lance Stephenson.

ESPN.com 		Wade was running back on defense and somewhat inexplicably jumped into Stephenson, knocking him to the court with an elbow to the head. David West is also under review for clobbering Mario Chalmers, but neither play seemed malicious or egregious enough to warrant more than a technical foul.
Amare will work with Olajuwon in the summer 05-25-2013
Amar'e Stoudemire F NY
Amare Stoudemire will work with Hakeem Olajuwon in August.

ESPN NY 		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.
Terrence Williams back at practice on Sat. 05-25-2013
Terrence Williams G BOS
Terrence Williams was back at the practice facility on Saturday.

Chris Forsberg on Twitter 		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.
Jared Sullinger practicing with Celtics 05-25-2013
Jared Sullinger F BOS
Jared Sullinger (back surgery) was at Boston's practice facility on Saturday.

Jessica Camerato on Twitter 		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.
Vasquez says he'll be back in 12-16 weeks 05-25-2013
Greivis Vasquez G NO
Greivis Vasquez (right ankle surgery) said on his Twitter account that he'll be back in 12-16 weeks.

Greivis Vasquez on Twitter 		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.
Report: No more candidates for Pistons job 05-25-2013
Joe Dumars G Det
The Pistons are not expected to bring in any more head coach candidates after interviewing Maurice Cheeks, a source tells the Detroit News.

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.
Kosta Koufos won't play for Greece this year 05-25-2013
Kosta Koufos F DEN
Kosta Koufos will not play for the Greek national team this summer.

Denver Post 		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.
Report: Malone also a candidate for Clips job 05-25-2013
Chris Paul G LAC
Warriors assistant Mike Malone is one of the primary candidates for the Clippers' head coach job, ESPN Los Angeles reports.

ESPN Los Angeles 		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.
Report: Malone atop Ranadive's list for Kings 05-25-2013
Casey Jacobsen F MEM
Vivek Ranadive has Warriors assistant Mike Malone atop his list of candidates to coach the Kings, a source tells Ric Bucher.

Ric Bucher on Sulia 		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.
Shane Battier has no response to Hibbert 05-25-2013
Shane Battier F MIA
Shane Battier said he had no response to Roy Hibbert's accusation of intentionally kneeing him in the groin.

Chris Tomasson on Twitter 		"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.
Paul George lights up Miami for 22 points 05-25-2013
Paul George G IND
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.