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Nate McMillan interviewed for the Atlanta Hawks' coaching job on Wednesday, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. Yahoo! Sports

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McMillan also is a candidate for the coaching openings with the Milwaukee Bucks and Detroit Pistons. He's already interviewed with those teams. Yahoo! Sports

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Raymond Felton has been one of the Knicks' X-factors in the playoffs, averaging 15.7 points on 47 percent shooting to go with 4.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game. Nate McMillan, who coached Felton in Portland last season, told ESPNNewYork.com that the way the veteran point guard has performed this postseason is what the Trail Blazers coaching staff envisioned. "What he's doing now is what we felt he was always capable of doing for us," McMillan said. "He just didn't have that kind of year. When we brought him to Portland, what he's doing -- pushing the ball, attacking the basket, his ability to create opportunities as well as push the tempo -- we felt he could do that." ESPN.com

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Denver traded Felton to Portland in June 2011. The lockout followed soon thereafter, lasting until December. When Felton finally reported to the Blazers, he was out of shape. "I think [his weight] had a direct impact on how well he played," McMillan said. "When you're not conditioned to play, then you're going to struggle, you're going to turn the ball over. If you don't have your legs, your shot is not going to fall. "He had picked up some weight, as he told me, and we were trying to work on him moving that weight during the season." ESPN.com

New York Knicks, Raymond Felton, Nate McMillan 

Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Steve Clifford is interviewing with the Milwaukee Bucks for their head-coaching job on Monday, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. Milwaukee has interviewed Nate McMillan and Houston Rockets assistants Kelvin Sampson and J.B. Bickerstaff for its head-coaching job. Yahoo! Sports

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The list of known candidates for the Pistons' coaching vacancy, currently at four, appears poised to swell to five. Sources say that Knicks assistant coach Darrell Walker will soon get an interview for the position vacated by Lawrence Frank. The Pistons have already interviewed the available Nate McMillan, Suns interim coach Lindsey Hunter, Spurs assistant coach Mike Budenholzer and Rockets assistant J.B. Bickerstaff. ESPN.com

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Gery Woelfel: Bucks wined and dined Nate McMillan yesterday; will entertain Kelvin Sampson tomorrow. Twitter @GeryWoelfel

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The Brooklyn Nets have contacted Phil Jackson about replacing the outgoing P.J. Carlesimo, according to a source. After Jackson, the source says the list of current Nets' candidates consists of Larry Brown and Brian Shaw. Neither Nate McMillan nor brothers Jeff and Stan Van Gundy is on the list, the source said. That could change if the Nets fail to land one of their top three choices. ESPN.com

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So far, the Sixers plan to interview Malone and Jazz assistant Jeff Hornacek for the job vacated when Doug Collins stepped down and moved into an advisory role after the season. The organization also has shown interest in Budenholzer, who has interviewed for the Pistons opening, as did former Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan and Suns interim coach Lindsey Hunter. CBSSports.com

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The candidates known to have received interviews are former SuperSonics and Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan, Phoenix Suns interim coach Lindsey Hunter and San San Antonio Spurs assistant Mike Budenholzer. The source added that, if Dumars thinks it would be productive, Jackson would participate in some of the candidate interviews this week. Detroit Free Press

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The Milwaukee Bucks are planning interviews with Nate McMillan and Kelvin Sampson this week for the franchise's head-coaching job, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. McMillan and Sampson, a Houston Rockets assistant, are two of Milwaukee general manager John Hammond's top candidates for the job, league sources said. Yahoo! Sports

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Another coaching candidate, sources say, near top of Milwaukee Bucks list: Nate McMillan. So far, Pistons have met twice with McMillan. Twitter @WojYahooNBA

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Matt Dery: Rumors about Nate McMillan possibly being interested in joining #Lakers staff as lead assistant. I'm not buying it. Wants to be a HC again. Twitter @deryNBA

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The Pistons are pursuing Sampson and McMillan, the former Trail Blazers coach, sources said. Team president Joe Dumars has long admired McMillan, and owner Tom Gores is taking a leading role in the search. "He's looking to put his stamp on this one," a person familiar with Gores' approach said. CBSSports.com

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Coaching industry sources also believe that Bobcats owner Michael Jordan will go after McMillan and perhaps CSKA Moscow assistant Quin Snyder. CBSSports.com

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Detroit GM Joe Dumars met with Nate McMillan in N.C. last week, sources say. Ownership expected to be involved in formal interview today. Twitter

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Vincent Goodwill: Lindsey Hunter interviewed with the Pistons yesterday, McMillan is interviewing today Twitter

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The Detroit Pistons have opened the interview process in their search for a new coach and are scheduled to sit down Tuesday with Nate McMillan, according to NBA coaching sources. ESPN.com

Detroit Pistons, Coaching, Nate McMillan 

But there is a belief around the league that McMillan will wait to see what happens with the Sacramento-Seattle drama. If the league approves the relocation to the Pacific Northwest, it would be a natural public relations coup for the ownership group to bring back a former Sonic to lead from the bench. The New York Daily News, citing unnamed sources, said McMillan is the top candidate for the Detroit job. And after the Free Press reported this week the Pistons would be interested in former Piston Lindsey Hunter, 97.1-FM’s Matt Dery reported Wednesday evening that Hunter, the Suns coach, has asked for permission to interview with the Pistons. Detroit Free Press

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One source said ex-Seattle and Portland coach Nate McMillan might not be high on the Cavs' list. He might be viewed as being too similar to Scott. News-Herald

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