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The Suns are trying to improve their work in player development and have moved Lindsey Hunter into that role to work with players year-round. Hunter, who had a 17-year NBA career, was hired as a scout last fall. Suns Vice President of Player Programs Mark West's role will be expanded into player development with Hunter, his former Detroit teammate. Arizona Republic

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Spurs’ assistant GM Dennis Lindsey is said to be on the Magic’s wish list, and while sources close to the process believe he is more than ready to leave the San Antonio Spurs for his own team, those same sources are not sold Lindsey will take the job in Orlando. HoopsWorld

Orlando Magic, San Antonio Spurs, Dennis Lindsey 

Spurs’ assistant GM Dennis Lindsey is said to be on the Magic’s wish list, and while sources close to the process believe he is more than ready to leave the San Antonio Spurs for his own team, those same sources are not sold Lindsey will take the job in Orlando. HoopsWorld

Orlando Magic, San Antonio Spurs, Dennis Lindsey 

Ken Berger: Spurs exec Dennis Lindsey and Thunder execs Troy Weaver and Rob Hennigan also are candidates. Twitter

Oklahoma City Thunder, Orlando Magic, San Antonio Spurs, Dennis Lindsey, Troy Weaver, Alex Martins, Rob Hennigan 

Sources confirmed a Yahoo! report that Spurs vice president and assistant general manager Dennis Lindsey is a serious candidate, as well as Thunder vice president and assistant general manager Troy Weaver and fellow Thunder assistant general manager Rob Hennigan. The ties between San Antonio and Oklahoma City run deep, as Thunder general manager and former Spurs assistant general manager Sam Presti has created a near-identical culture and used a similar roster-building strategy with his team. SI.com

Oklahoma City Thunder, Orlando Magic, San Antonio Spurs, Dennis Lindsey, Troy Weaver 

A source close to the decision making process within the Orlando Magic organization has informed me that the team is close, and likely to name their new General Manager by the end of the week. Many names have surfaced as potential candidates with many of them set to be interviewed in the next few days. Jeff Bower, Spurs Assistant GM Dennis Lindsey, Thunder Assistant GM Rob Hennigan, Kevin Pritchard, Mitch Kupchak and Donnie Walsh have all been rumored to be potential candidates. magicbasketballonline.com

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Ken Berger: Orlando will interview former Hornets GM Jeff Bower this week and has expressed interest in Dennis Lindsey (Spurs) and Troy Weaver (OKC). Twitter

New Orleans Hornets, Orlando Magic, San Antonio Spurs, Dennis Lindsey, Jeff Bower, Troy Weaver 

Steve Kyler: Orlando's top name appears to be Spurs assistant Dennis Lindsey... I am not sold he'll leave San Antonio Twitter

Orlando Magic, San Antonio Spurs, Dennis Lindsey, Coaching 

The Orlando Magic's search for a general manager is centering on the Western Conference finals, where top Oklahoma City and San Antonio executives have emerged as serious candidates for the opening, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. Yahoo! Sports

Oklahoma City Thunder, Orlando Magic, San Antonio Spurs, Dennis Lindsey, Troy Weaver 

Thunder vice president and assistant general manager Troy Weaver and Spurs assistant GM Dennis Lindsey have been targeted, and Orlando has been granted permission to talk with Weaver, sources said. The Spurs' OK of permission for Lindsey is imminent, sources said. Yahoo! Sports

Oklahoma City Thunder, Orlando Magic, San Antonio Spurs, Dennis Lindsey, Troy Weaver 

Portland officials conducting the search have failed to reach a consensus on bringing in candidates to meet owner Paul Allen, and had started gauging the interest of more established GMs in the league. Blazers officials hope that offering more money to higher-profile candidates could convince some to push their own owners to let them get involved in the search. San Antonio Spurs assistant GM Dennis Lindsey is still part of the candidate pool, sources said. Yahoo! Sports

Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs, Dennis Lindsey, Paul Allen 

John Canzano: It may still get done, but there's division on the hiring committee. I'm told Blazers president Larry Miller pushed for Dennis Lindsey. Twitter

Portland Trail Blazers, Dennis Lindsey, Larry Miller 

The Blazers look confused and lost again. It's a tired refrain. But the whisper is that San Antonio's Dennis Lindsey, a guy coveted by more than just Portland, has faded from the conversation. Not because he's not the best pick (I think he is) but because Portland left Lindsey dangling too long and the Spurs have things to do. Oregonian

Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs, Dennis Lindsey, Paul Allen 

The whisper now is that San Antonio, which granted Portland permission to interview Lindsey, is growing impatient with the process and will soon close that window. Also, there's growing activity around the league behind the scenes that has me thinking Portland better soon get someone in the big chair at the practice facility. Oregonian

Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs, Dennis Lindsey 

Among the four executives, Lindsey is also the candidate most likely to turn down an offer. He has a top executive’s job under Spurs GM R.C. Buford in one of the NBA’s preeminent and respected front offices. He’d have to be willing to leave that for Toronto, where Colangelo and coach Dwane Casey are on two-year contracts with an ownership mandate to get things turned around sooner than later. Yahoo! Sports

San Antonio Spurs, Toronto Raptors, Dennis Lindsey, Bryan Colangelo 

Spurs assistant general manager Dennis Lindsey remains the most likely person in the Spurs’ organizational structure to get a promotion with another team. Lindsey is one of four finalists for the vacant Toronto Raptors’ general manager position after having been mentioned for several positions around the league in the last several seasons. Lindsey is one of the most respected management types in the NBA and has learned well under Gregg Popovich and R.C. Buford during his five seasons with the Spurs. Earlier, he was with Houston for 11 seasons, finishing his tenure there as the team’s director of player personnel. San Antonio Express-News

San Antonio Spurs, Toronto Raptors, Dennis Lindsey 

Three candidates have emerged as frontrunners for the Toronto Raptors’ general manager job, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. Former New Orleans Hornets GM Jeff Bower, Philadelphia 76ers GM Ed Stefanski and San Antonio assistant GM Dennis Lindsey are three focuses of the franchise to work under Toronto president Bryan Colangelo, sources said. Yahoo! Sports

Toronto Raptors, Dennis Lindsey, Bryan Colangelo, Jeff Bower, Ed Stefanski 

No formal interviews have been conducted, sources said, but Colangelo has started the process of getting permission from teams to talk to candidates. It may not be until August that Colangelo starts formal interviews for the job. Colangelo has held the title of president and GM, but has said he’s willing to cede the GM title for the right candidate. Bower was fired as Hornets GM in 2010, just weeks after he was close to replacing Rod Thorn as the New Jersey Nets GM. Bower was Thorn’s choice, but Nets coach Avery Johnson fought to keep Bower out of New Jersey because he was still angry that Bower didn’t want him as Hornets coach. Yahoo! Sports

Toronto Raptors, Dennis Lindsey, Bryan Colangelo, Jeff Bower, Ed Stefanski 

Despite the Indiana Pacers having a president and general manager in place, a franchise official called the San Antonio Spurs for permission to speak to assistant general manager Dennis Lindsey about a prominent front-office job, Eastern Conference sources told Yahoo! Sports. Yahoo! Sports

Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs, Dennis Lindsey, Larry Bird 

Jim Morris, who runs the organization’s business side, reached out to Spurs officials to talk to Lindsey, sources said. The call was received with trepidation, sources said, as Lindsey and the Spurs made clear there would be no conversations as long as Pacers president Larry Bird and GM David Morway still occupied their current jobs. It is unclear whether the call was made with the blessing of Bird, or made discreetly on behalf of owner Herb Simon. Yahoo! Sports

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