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On Thursday, Southerland's agent, Mark Bartelstein of Chicago-based Priority Sports, said James Southerland already had eight more visits with NBA teams scheduled. According to Bartelstein, Southerland will work out for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers, Detroit Pistons, Indiana Pacers, Washington Wizards and Utah Jazz over the next few weeks. "He's visiting a bunch of teams,'' Bartelstein said. "He's going to be very, very busy.'' The Post-Standard

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Samardo Samuels will play in the Summer League with the Clippers. The center wants to return to the NBA next season. Samuels scored 12.9 points and took 5.7 rebounds per game this season. His goal is to play in the NBA next season or to play with big Europe team next season. Sportando

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Although Alvin Gentry has a standing invitation to join Mike D'Antoni's staff as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers next season, he'd prefer to return to Los Angeles as a head coach ... with the Clippers. "If you look at that job, it's probably the best one out there," Gentry said of the Clippers vacancy, Thursday in an interview on ESPNLA 710. "When you take into consideration the talent level that they have and what they did this year." ESPN.com

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League sources have told ESPNLosAngeles.com that Gentry will be considered for the Clippers job, once the process gets more serious. ESPN.com

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Shaw might have other, better opportunities, as he is also a candidate for the head-coaching positions with the Brooklyn Nets and possibly the Los Angeles Clippers. When Jackson thought the Sacramento Kings would move to Seattle, where he would run the club's front office, sources said his plan included hiring Shaw as head coach. ESPN.com

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Both the Nets and the Clippers would jump at the chance to get Doc Rivers out of Boston, but in addition to publicly stating his desire to keep Rivers, Celtics president Danny Ainge has privately told teams that he will not grant clubs permission to speak to Rivers about their coaching vacancies. Ainge and Rivers are close enough that if Rivers wanted out of Boston, Ainge would probably relent, but there is no indication that Rivers wants a change of scenery. ESPN.com

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The Clippers, having just released Vinny Del Negro on Tuesday, are in the early stages of their search. They are high on Nate McMillan. ESPN.com

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Shaw might have other, better opportunities, as he is also a candidate for the head-coaching positions with the Brooklyn Nets and possibly the Los Angeles Clippers. When Jackson thought the Sacramento Kings would move to Seattle, where he would run the club's front office, sources said his plan included hiring Shaw as head coach. ESPN.com

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Now that the Los Angeles Clippers have refused to offer coach Vinny Del Negro a new contract, a source said Wednesday that the Dallas Mavericks believe they have a better chance of acquiring Dwight Howard than acquiring Chris Paul. Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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“I think Chris Paul, depending on who [the Clippers] hire, is going to stay with the Clippers,” the source said. “The Mavericks are really interested in Chris Paul, but I think they want Dwight more. They think they can make them a point guard.” The source said two point guards who interest the Mavs are Golden State’s Jarrett Jack and Memphis’ Jerryd Bayless. Both players figured prominently in their teams’ runs in the current playoffs, and both will become free agents in July. Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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Darnell Mayberry: Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Tim Duncan, Chris Paul and Kobe Bryant have been named to the All-NBA First Team. Twitter @DarnellMayberry

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Darnell Mayberry: Russell Westbrook, Tony Parker, Carmelo Anthony, Blake Griffin and Marc Gasol made Second Team All-NBA. Twitter @DarnellMayberry

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As the Clippers look for a replacement for just-let-go coach Vinny Del Negro, former Portland Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan has emerged as a potential candidate, according to several NBA executives who were not authorized to speak publicly on the situation. McMillan is one of about five candidates the Clippers’ front office is seriously considering and will present to owner Donald Sterling, one NBA executive said. Los Angeles Times

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Former Cleveland Cavaliers coach Byron Scott, Golden State Warriors assistant coach Mike Malone and San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Mike Budenholzer are the top candidates to replace Del Negro, one NBA executive said. Los Angeles Times

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Indiana Pacers assistant coach Brian Shaw and ESPN analyst Jeff Van Gundy also are candidates, as is former Phoenix Suns coach Alvin Gentry, who coached the Clippers for three seasons, from 2000 to 2003, a league executive said. Los Angeles Times

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Memphis Coach Lionel Hollins, whose team is playing the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference finals, also is someone the Clippers are interested in. But Hollins, who is in the final year of his contract, might be too pricey for the Clippers, and the Grizzlies haven't given any team permission to speak with Hollins, an NBA executive said. Los Angeles Times

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Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks ranks third with U.S. retail sales of $40 million for his Jordan Melo M9. Anthony is part of the Jordan Brand roster, which also includes Blake Griffin, Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook. Forbes.com

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Alex Kennedy: Phil Jackson isn't interested in coaching the Clippers. On Sportscenter, he was asked about Clippers' job and said, "Thanks but no thanks." Twitter @AlexKennedyNBA

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The hope is to sell Howard or Chris Paul -- who would each have to sacrifice a fifth year on the max contract that he could get from the Lakers and Clippers, respectively -- on the possibility of building a championship contender. "We'd love to get one of the main guys," Nowitzki said last week. "It's going to be tough to get them out of the situation that they're in. I think that's pretty easy [to see]. I think both are in L.A., where you want to play basketball, and both are in great positions and situations. We'll just have to wait and see." ESPN.com

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Jackson added that he has never had contact with the Clippers, who announced Tuesday they won’t be signing coach Vinny Del Negro to a new contract, about an opening, and also said that he was never contacted by the Knicks. “No,” Jackson said, adding he wasn’t disappointed about it. “They’re pretty locked into the people they’ve got there, and they have a nice rapport between [general manager Glen Grunwald] and [coach Mike] Woodson. “That Indiana connection goes back a long way. They think alike, they have a good idea of what they want to have. That’s pretty solid.” New York Post

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