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James Ham: Larry Sanders hyper-extended his left knee in the win over Golden State last night. Nothing serious according to Jim Boylan. Twitter @James_Ham

Larry Sanders, Injuries, Buck Williams 

Buck Harvey: Those Popovich is considering to fill out his staff: Ex-players Buck Williams, out in Portland, and Randy Livingston, a D League coach. Twitter

San Antonio Spurs, Coaching, Buck Williams, Randy Livingston 

The days of Portland Trail Blazers assistant coach, Buck Williams, in the Rose City appears to be dwindling due to other priorities the team is working on at the moment and he's concerned. Assistant coaches for the Trail Blazers are only granted one-year deals and Williams has language in his contract that gives the team two weeks after the season is completed to notify him if they're going to extend him another year or not.The end of that two week period is today and acting general manager Chad Buchanan says the team will not extend Williams' deal and will let the next head coach bring in his own crew. “I just want to remain a Blazer somehow,” Williams said. “I spent a lot of time in Portland and love it here. But, I understand a new coach has the right to pick his own staff.” CSNNW.com

Portland Trail Blazers, Coaching, Chad Buchanan, Buck Williams 

Joe Freeman: Helping fill Bayno's player development role is Buck Williams. He'll join staff full-time this year after serving part-time role a year ago. Twitter

Minnesota Timberwolves, Coaching, Buck Williams, Bill Bayno, Rick Adelman 

What's the Buck Williams coaching style? Buck Williams: "My angle is going to be whatever coach Nate McMillan wants it to be. I'm going to line myself up with what he's doing and when he seeks my advice I'll be there and give him my (advice) on issues with the frontcourt or the guards or whatever. But I'm just here to learn. To have the kind of coaching staff we have, with coach (Bernie) Bickerstaff and (Bob) Ociepka and the other guys that have been here, it's just a great opportunity for me and a great opportunity to learn from some of the best coaches in the league." Coach McMillan said he didn't want to pigeonhole you guys into roles, but you'll be working with the bigs and they will gravitate to you for obvious reasons … BW: "I hope so. I'm looking forward to working with all the bigs. LaMarcus (Aldridge) is a very talented guy, so is Greg (Oden), so hopefully we can spend a lot of time together; I'm looking forward to it. I'm just looking to be a coach and to have these kind of guys to work with every day, it's just a tremendous opportunity. I'm just looking forward to working with these guys." Oregonian

Kerry Eggers: Expect an announcement Monday that Buck Williams is signed and ready to go as a Trail Blazer assistant coach. Twitter

Jason Quick: McMillan says Blazers new coaching staff will become official early next week: Buck Williams, Bernie Bickerstaff, Bob Ociepka Twitter

Trail Blazers legend Buck Williams is being considered as a candidate to join coach Nate McMillan’s staff, McMillan said Wednesday. McMillan flew to Washington D.C. to interview Williams last week, and Blazers president Larry Miller followed up with a phone interview on Tuesday. Miller on Wednesday said it appears as if a deal will be struck. Williams on Wednesday said his appointment is “still up in the air” but he acknowledged that the two sides are talking. Oregonian