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Adrian Wojnarowski: Free agent forward Mike Dunleavy will sign a two year, $7.5 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, league source tells Y! Sports. Twitter

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Charles F. Gardner: Sources indicate Bucks will sign Mike Dunleavy to 2-year deal for 7.5 million. Twitter

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A. Sherrod Blakely: A player that's on the #Celtics radar we haven't talked about at all ... former #Pacers forward Mike Dunleavy jr. Your thoughts? Twitter

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If Tayshaun Prince leaves Detroit without a starting small forward, the Pistons will have to work through a thin class to find a starter. For depth at the position, the Pistons will take a close look at free agent Mike Dunleavy, who is leaving the Indiana Pacers. Yahoo! Sports

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After the tournament in France ended, Johnson flew back home to Los Angeles and finally met with the insurance company on Oct. 21. But the Lakers were going right back out on the road, to Utah and Vancouver. Johnson went with the team to Salt Lake City, still unsure of what was wrong. "We've got these terrible back-to-backs in Utah and Vancouver," said Mike Dunleavy, who was in his second season as the Lakers' coach that year. "I get to my room in Utah and I get a call from (then-assistant general manager) Mitch Kupchak. And he says, 'Hey, Mike, Earvin's got to come back to L.A. He's not feeling well. He's got to have some tests.' And I'm like, 'Mitch, that's (bleeping) stupid. He didn't have to fly back to Utah with us. He could have just flown straight back to L.A. (from France).' And Mitch said, 'Mike, that's not it, and I'm scared to death.' NBA.com

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Chamberlain kept his dogs in the car during early 1970s shootarounds. That wasn’t the case with former NBA coach Don Nelson. “He’d have his dog (Bucky) on the court, and he would come out on the court and take a leak," Indiana forward Mike Dunleavy remembers about playing for Nelson with Golden State in 2006-07. “Our trainer would have to come out and wipe it up." Boston forward Troy Murphy, then also with the Warriors, said basketball sometimes would continue before the trainer got out a sponge. “(Bucky) would eat an omlette before shootaround and then go out and piss on the floor," Murphy said. “You’d kind of have to dribble around it to get your shots up." Karl said players used to bring their dogs to San Antonio shootarounds in the mid 1970s when he was a player. That sometimes turned out to be quite an adventure. “We started having fights with dogs at shootaround," Karl said. FOXSports Florida

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Williams reportedly signed a $5 million contract with his Turkish team. He's scheduled to make $16.4 million with the Nets next season. "You don't jump at just any opportunity to go," Jones said. "The money has to be right and it has to be the right situation. That's why you have to think everything through first before going." Pacers T.J. Ford, Mike Dunleavy, Jeff Foster and Darren Collison said they are not looking to play outside of the United States. "That hasn't even crossed my mind," Collison said. "I want to see how things play out. I just want to stay positive as much as I can." Indianapolis Star

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Vitty: But when we were at practice on Wednesday, I got a call from Jerry West. He said, ‘Get everybody out of practice right now. There’s been a leak, and the press is all on its way to Loyola. Get the players out of there, tell them not to talk to anybody or say a word. I don’t care what they have to do, tell them to cancel their plans and get to the Forum.’ So that’s what I did. I ran into the gym, called Mike Dunleavy over, and told him what was going on. The players still didn’t know, and some said that they had plans. I said, ‘Cancel your plans. Today is going to change your life.’ And it did. It changed all of our lives. So everybody gets in cars and leaves, and you can see as we’re driving out, a parade of media members are driving in. We’re passing them. NBA.com

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An arbitrator on Friday awarded a little more than $13 million to former Clippers' general manager and coach Mike Dunleavy, who the team stopped paying when he was fired as general manager in March of last year. The ruling was issued about 14 months after Dunleavy filed for binding arbitration. Los Angeles Times

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The amount was for everything Dunleavy was owed under his contract, including past compensation with interest and future accelerated compensation, according to people familiar with the ruling but not authorized to talk about it publicly. The opinion also factored in deferred compensation from Dunleavy's tenure with the Clippers. "We do not agree with the arbitrator's decision," said Clippers general counsel Robert H. Platt, a partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. "We intend to review the decision carefully and explore the team's various options." Los Angeles Times

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Lisa Dillman: Statement from Clippers general counsel Robert Platt: "We do not agree with the arbitrator's decision. We intend to review the decision carefully and explore the team's various options." Twitter

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An arbitrator has awarded former Clippers general manager and coach Mike Dunleavy slightly more than $13 million in compensation. The Clippers had quit paying Dunleavy immediately after firing him last year, on March 8, and he was forced to take the organization to binding arbitration. He had been owed $6.75 million on the contract, $1.35 million for the remainder of the 2009-10 season and $5.4 million for the season just completed. His case was finally heard almost two months ago before the Arbitration and Mediation Services in Santa Monica. Additional briefs were filed by both sides afterward. The Clippers and Dunleavy’s legal representatives did not, however, receive the decision until Friday. The award was for everything Dunleavy was owed under his contract, past compensation with interest and future compensation, according to those familiar with the ruling but not authorized to comment. Los Angeles Times

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It is becoming increasingly unlikely that Brian Shaw will be the Lakers’ next coach. Shaw was expected by some to be the choice to replace the retiring Phil Jackson, but the Lakers have opened the search to include Rick Adelman, Jeff Van Gundy, and the well-traveled Mike Dunleavy. Although Shaw was Kobe Bryant’s choice to take over, the Lakers appear concerned that, as a first-time coach, Shaw may not have enough experience to win immediately with an aging roster. They have given Shaw, an Oakland native, permission to interview with the Warriors. Boston Globe

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Former Lakers coach Mike Dunleavy and current Lakers assistant coach Brian Shaw are also candidates. Former Cleveland coach Mike Brown is considered the front- runner for the Golden State coaching job, though the Lakers are somewhat interested in him too. The Lakers aren't in a huge rush. Interviews with candidates could begin next week, though they might not happen until the first week of June. Los Angeles Times

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Mark Heisler: LAKER UPDATE: JERRY, JIM BUSS, KUPCHAK MEET Smoke is black, meaning no new coach. Usual suspects/leading candidates still Adelman, Dunleavy Twitter

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Less than a week has passed since Phil Jackson limped his long body out of the Lakers' practice facility for the last time. Since then the team has pieced together a short list of candidates: two tested veterans (Rick Adelman and Mike Dunleavy) and two guys looking for their first stint on the sidelines (Lakers assistants Brian Shaw and Chuck Person). ESPN.com

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Make no mistake, Dunleavy is very much in line for an interview and expected be a serious candidate for this job. Yes, yes ... it sounds crazy for the Lakers to take in the Clippers' retread. But aside from Dunleavy having to agree to throw away all those ugly sportcoats he wore with the Clippers if he gets to coach Staples Center's and the NBA's marquee team, there's no major impediment here. Orange County Register

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LAKER COACHING ODDS Adelman 3-1. Dunleavy 3-1. BShaw 10-1 and dropping the more they let him interview. Byron 100-1. Byron w/o contract 1-2. Twitter

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Mike Dunleavy is also considered a candidate, but one source cautioned that his interest in the job may be greater than the Lakers' interest in him. The former Milwaukee, Portland and Clippers coach had his head coaching start with the Lakers in 1990, taking over for Pat Riley and reaching the Finals before falling to Chicago. SI.com

Los Angeles Lakers, Coaching, Mike Dunleavy 

The Los Angeles Lakers have had to replace two coaching legends in the last 20 years: Phil Jackson and Pat Riley. The only time it's worked out well, the team turned to Mike Dunleavy. They're thinking of doing the same again this time. Dunleavy was contacted by the team this week and is said to be on the team's most-current "short list" to succeed Jackson, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. ESPN.com

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