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Jose Manuel Calderon: My condolences to Florentino Pérez ,Real Madrid president, and his entire family. Big Hug. Really sorry. Twitter

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Sam Amick: USA Basketball also announced former Toronto head coach Jay Triano & longtime Syracuse assistant Mike Hopkins as co-head coaches. Twitter

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Montgomery must create the impression the Knicks are not locks to retain Lin to spur teams to present an offer sheet. A source confirmed Toronto, which has a large Chinese population, will be one suitor. The Knicks ultimately control Lin’s destiny because they cannot be outbid. And if the Players Association wins its arbitration hearing and restores Lin’s early Bird rights, it is a virtual certainty the Knicks will match any offer because the Bird exception means teams can exceed the salary cap to re-sign players. New York Post

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The new committee was hand-picked by Stern and consists of two owners, four GMs and three coaches. When they come up with rules changes, those will go directly to the 30 owners for their consideration and vote. The members are: owners Dan Gilbert (Cleveland) and Joe Lacob (Golden State); GMs Bryan Colangelo (Toronto), Mitch Kupchak (Lakers), Kevin O’Connor (Utah) and Sam Presti (Oklahoma City); and coaches Rick Carlisle (Dallas), Lionel Hollins (Memphis) and Doc Rivers (Boston). New York Daily News

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The Toronto Raptors, Dallas Mavericks, Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors and Brooklyn Nets are among the teams eyeing Lin as free agency approaches, according to sources close to the situation. HoopsWorld

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The NBA on Wednesday announced the members of the league’s new competition committee, including Utah Jazz general manager Kevin O’Connor. The announcement follows a decision by the league’s board of governors last month to change the committee’s composition. The committee will now include two owners, four general managers, three head coaches and one representative from the NBA Players Association. Joining O’Connor are fellow GMs Bryan Colangelo (Toronto Raptors), Mitch Kupchak (L.A. Lakers) and Sam Presti (Oklahoma City); owners Dan Gilbert (Cleveland Cavaliers) and Joe Lacob (Golden State); and coaches Rick Carlisle (Dallas Mavericks), Lionel Hollins (Memphis Grizzlies), and Doc Rivers (Boston Celtics). Salt Lake Tribune

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The Raptors are also a potential landing spot for Jeremy Lin. They like him and what he'd do for their attendance, but Toronto would have to "back- load" an offer to the restricted free agent, paying him gazillions in the final couple of years of a deal, and hope that the Knicks would not match. According to league sources, that's what the Raptors just might do if their Nash plan falls through. But considering that the Knicks have no other viable options at point guard, and Lin has been nothing short of a marketing dream, they're seen as a lock to match any offer. New York Daily News

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Toronto will be in direct competition with the Knicks for Steve Nash. But Nash is expected to look to sign with a bona fide contender, and the Knicks and Raptors don't fit that description. New York Daily News

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Nash said he has not had much time to think about his next NBA destination - but indicated he is keeping his options open. That includes the Raptors, who are expected to aggressively pursue him. How will Nash pick a team? “I’m going to have to do my research, dig in and see what opportunities fit me best, but at the same time, when the deadline comes it could be really simple, or it could be really complicated,” Nash said. “We’ll evaluate strongly every single opportunity that I have. “(I’ll) just dig into rosters and situations, even cities, see what fits me best and what situation I’d fit best. But I haven’t even started,” he admitted. Toronto Sun

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Ryan Wolstat: Nash: "Not ready to make any proclamations (about free agency) (but not ruling out Raptors) Twitter

Phoenix Suns, Toronto Raptors, Free Agency, Steve Nash 

Am hearing that DeMar DeRozan will eventually be added to the USA Select team – can’t find an official announcement but believe it’s already done – that will practice with and scrimmage against the USA Olympic team in Vegas in early July. Good for the kid, no question. It speaks to his reputation among the good young players in the game; he’ll get a few days of intense practice with the best the NBA has to offer and he’ll pick up work ethic things by osmosis if nothing else. Toronto Star

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Will you ever leave the Raptors like Chris Bosh did? - @TheOnlyDalmar AB: All I can say is that I love Toronto and playing for the team. HoopsHype

Toronto Raptors, Andrea Bargnani 

If you could, would you welcome a chance to play power forward with Orlando and be paired up with Howard? - @GrantSinnfor3 AB: I don't think Howard is going to be a Magic for much longer. HoopsHype

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Don’t hold your breath on the Raptors using the amnesty clause this season. Certainly where Jose Calderon is concerned, you can pretty much forget about it. Calderon, who has a year left and 10.561-million on his contract has been speculated in the past as a potential amnesty target. The amnesty clause was included in the NBA collective bargaining agreement signed in December and allows teams a one-time only opportunity to get out from under their worst contracts. Toronto Sun

Toronto Raptors, Jose Calderon 

“There is no promise or assurance there and I’d say based on the progress of Jose Calderon — he’s the one that everyone targets as that potential amnesty piece — I can share with you that there is tremendous value on this team for Jose Calderon within the coaching staff, within the management team, within the locker room,” Colangelo said. “All of our post-season meetings with the players led us to a clear conclusion that there’s a few leaders in that locker room and one of them is Jose Calderon. The players have a tremendous amount of respect for him.” Toronto Sun

Toronto Raptors, Jose Calderon 

The Warriors will have a better than 70 percent chance of keeping their first-round draft pick after winning the tiebreaker with Toronto on Friday. Golden State and the Raptors finished tied with the seventh-worst record in the NBA. A random drawing held by the NBA in New York broke the tie. The Warriors will be slotted No. 7 entering the draft lottery, and Toronto is slotted No. 8. Contra Costa Times

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Toronto Raptors: Colangelo says he will be exercising the option year on head coach Dwane Casey's contract. #Raptors #RTZ Twitter

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Coach Dwane Casey says the Toronto Raptors are headed in the right direction. Casey told his season-ending news conference that his players wanted to be coached and be held accountable. Casey says as far as statistics went: “Defensively we were off the charts. As far as what we accomplished offensively, we didn’t get there where we wanted to go.” Toronto Star

Toronto Raptors, Coaching, Dwane Casey 

Bayless doesn’t seem to agree, but maintains he’ll do whatever it takes in order to stick around in Toronto long-term. He said he’ll spend much of his summer in town and though he’s “not 100% comfortable” playing off of the ball, “whatever they want me to do, I’m going to do. “I’m still searching, whatever they want me to do here I’m willing to do, but I think I’m still searching.” The Phoenix native said his agent has talked with Colangelo and “I kind of have an idea” (of what the future holds). Toronto Sun

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The Bobcats will have the best odds (1 in 4 chance) to get the No. 1 pick at the May 30 Lottery. The Wizards will have the second-best odds. After that, things are still in the air, with three teams currently with 21 wins, two with 22, one with 23, and another with 24. All those teams play tonight, with two of them – New Jersey and Toronto — going head-to-head. If Lottery teams are tied at the end of the season, the combinations for those Lottery positions are split evenly. But a drawing is held on Friday to determine which team gets the extra combination (if it’s an odd total) and which team is gets the higher pick should neither team move up into the top three. NBA.com

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