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Former pro basketball player Devean George is proposing a 45-unit affordable apartment project just two blocks from where he grew up in north Minneapolis. Plans for the proposed Commons @ Penn Avenue project call for combining larger units with 4,500 square feet of commercial space for community services at the southwest corner of Penn Avenue North and Golden Valley Road. Finance-Commerce

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Jerry Zgoda: Wolves waived free-agent invitees Devean George and Will Conroy today. Twitter

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George, who played seven of his 11 NBA seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers - winning a championship ring in each of his first three years with the club - has been invited to the Wolves' training camp. If the veteran small forward doesn't make the 15-man roster, he hopes to become a mentor to the team's younger players. "What better way to get advice than from someone who has seen the movie you're watching right now," said George, a first-round pick of the Lakers in 1999 after starring at Augsburg College. "I can tell you how the ending is going to happen. That's where all this started with the Wolves, bringing some experience to the locker room and a mentor presence." St. Paul Pioneer Press

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Jerry Zgoda: NBA vet Devean George will come to camp, plans to remain in a mentoring/player development role if injuries/deals don't open roster spot Twitter

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Riley said he has been in consistent dialogue with George, who has expressed his desire to return to Golden State. The Warriors have also been in contact with Tolliver and will talk to his agent again today. "I'm looking for experience," Riley said. "I don't want to go get guys who haven't played in the NBA or who don't have NBA experience. San Francisco Chronicle

Now, the Warriors need at least one more player and possibly two. In an interview with FanHouse on Wednesday at Team USA training camp, general manager Larry Riley confirmed Golden State is looking into the possibility of bringing back Tolliver and forward Devean George, also an unrestricted free agent who averaged 5.4 points last season with the Warriors. Riley said it's not out of the question both could be re-signed. "We have some decisions to make,'' said Riley, who said he hopes to sort matters out in the next 10 days. "I wouldn't want to say how close we are (to re-signing George or Tolliver). But there is dialogue (with the agents of both players on a regular basis).'' FanHouse.com

Devean George hopes Don Nelson stays. While we're at, George hopes to stay himself. George is a free-agent forward who reiterated Saturday he wants to re-sign with the Warriors because he loves playing for Nelson. But there is some uncertainty regarding the future of the coach after the team was sold earlier this week to Joe Lacob and Peter Guber for a record $450 million. "Yeah, I am,'' George said when asked if he's worried about whether Nelson, who has one year left on his contract, stays. "But I don't know. I just figure that (the new owners) come in, they probably maybe let him finish the year, and that will be all. I don't know. If they want to make changes, get a coach, get new people, I'm sure they might want to get everything settled first.'' FanHouse.com

George, at the NBA Summer League for what he called a vacation, told FanHouse last April he wants to re-sign this summer with the Warriors because he likes playing so much for Nelson. Nothing has changed. "We're trying to make something happen,'' George said of negotiations with Golden State. "I definitely want to go back.'' FanHouse.com