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There was a report from the Los Angeles Daily News on Thursday claiming Dwight Howard will consider going to Dallas, Houston, Atlanta and Golden State if he doesn't re-sign with the Lakers. All those team could be in the mix, except the Warriors since they are way over the cap and a trade is highly unlikely.

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The Cleveland Cavaliers own the No. 1 pick in the 2013 NBA draft and at this time no decision has been made on who they will take. Most draft pundits have the Cavs taking Kentucky's Nerlens Noel, but the choice might be a small forward from Georgetown.

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There are currently eight NBA teams -- Atlanta, Brooklyn, Charlotte, Detroit, LA Clippers, Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Phoenix -- with head coach vacancies and ESPN.com's J.A. Adande believes all of them should hold on and not make a hire until they speak with Indiana associate head coach Brian Shaw.

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Golden State Warriors backup center Andris Biedrins owns an ETO (early termination option) in his contract and to no surprise he's not going to invoke it. As a result, Biedrins will earn $9 million next season and he won't be an unrestricted free agent until 2014.

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The Brooklyn Nets are in the process of considering candidates for their head coach position. They had hoped to speak with Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers, but that is not going to happen after president of basketball operations Danny Ainge denied the request.

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Lionel Hollins' contract as the head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies is set to expire at the end of June and while that's a hot topic in media circles it's not something Hollins wants to discuss during the playoffs.

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Vivek Ranadive was able to meet with Kings president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie for the first time on Thursday and the new majority owner knows decisions need to be made on several fronts.

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The Boston Celtics own the No. 16 selection in the 2013 NBA daft and the aging team can use help at several positions. With that in mind, the Boston Herald reports they are going to look at point guards and centers in their first workouts.

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Carlos Boozer had a productive season for the Chicago Bulls as he averaged 16.2 points and 9.8 rebounds, however he did struggle at times in the playoffs, especially on defense.

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Jared Sullinger's rookie season was cut short after having back surgery and so far his rehab is going well. Sullinger needed the operations due to a previous issue and he is ready to come back better than he played during his first year in the NBA.

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There were reports out of Venezuela claiming New Orleans Pelicans point guard Greivis Vasquez is set to have surgery on both ankles and that has been confirmed by The Times-Picayune.

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Stan Van Gundy let it be known this week that he will not coach in the NBA next season, a decision he reached with the help of his family. Considering the interest teams like Atlanta and the Los Angeles Clippers had in possibly bringing Van Gundy aboard, this is big news. Big enough, in fact, that Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel referred to Gundy's recent decision as "a shocking revelation coming from one of the premier coaching candidates in the league."

Now, there is word that Van Gundy may in fact be done coaching for good.

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UPDATE: Will promising 22-year-old Greek forward Kostas Papanikolaou play in Portland next season? We pondered the question last week, and appear to already have our answer.

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This question was posed to a panel of five ESPN basketball experts who have witnessed the game at various levels -- Chad Ford, Dave Telep, Fran Fraschilla, Kevin Pelton and Amin Elhassan -- and all but Fraschilla came up with the same answer.

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