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On not getting the attention they feel they deserve: “I feel like we are the dark horse always and I don’t think we get a lot of shine in the NBA or from the announcers on ESPN or anything like that anyway. We went on a ten game winning streak and didn’t hear too much about it. That’s how it’s been. We have to accept it and prove everybody wrong like we have been.” Do you think the Lakers will make the playoffs? “Of course.” Sports Radio Interviews

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Monta Ellis of the Milwaukee Bucks and and the Denver Nuggets' Ty Lawson were named Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Feb. 25 through Sunday, March 3. Ellis led the Bucks to a 3-0 week with averages of 24 points (sixth in the conference), 9 assists (fourth in the conference) and a league-leading 5 steals. Ellis had back-to-back six-steal games in road victories vs. the Dallas Mavericks on Feb. 26, and the Houston Rockets on Feb. 27. In the win vs. the Rockets, Ellis, who led all scorers with 27 points, hit an off-balance three-pointer just before the final buzzer to secure the win. USA Today Sports

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Yet amid all of those talks, sources say, Jennings has moved alongside Larry Sanders and John Henson on the Bucks’ list of near-untouchables. This is despite Jennings’ widely presumed desire to leave Milwaukee in free agency this summer after failing to seal a contract extension in October like fellow point guards Jrue Holiday, Steph Curry and Ty Lawson and then changing agents earlier this month. ESPN.com

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Matt Moore: Ty Lawson wants in the 3-point contest. Twitter @HPbasketball

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"I'm being more aggressive and just trusting my game," Lawson said. "I was probably listening (too much) to some people about when to take shots, when to drive and stuff like that. Right now I'm just playing my game, thinking about how I was playing in high school, how I was just going off re- action instead of thinking about what other people want me to do." Denver Post

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Denver's Ty Lawson said Russell Westbrook now Pepsi Center "villain'' for knocking down 2 mascot Rocky halfct shots “I’ve never seen anybody do that before,’’ Lawson said of a player impeding the attempts by Rocky, which earn fans free queso from a local restaurant if one goes in. “It was kind of funny. We got a villain now. Every come he comes here, we’re going to definitely try to boo him… The fans now have a villain when Russell comes to the Pepsi Center.’’ Sulia

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Nuggets guard Ty Lawson, while including himself, was critical of the team after the Minnesota game, saying: "We go through all this (preparation), pregame, shootaround. Before the game we have all this stuff written on the board, and no one's really reading it." Denver Post

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Lawson didn't back off Friday. "It's just (following) our game plan. We go through, like, an hour of the plan before games, and the day before and shootarounds and we never, really, are 100 percent on it," Lawson said. "We're always breaking down, forgetting this and that, and we've just got to get better at that. We've got to be more focused. It's a little immaturity on everybody's part." Lawson indicated there was some "frank" talk among the players in a meeting before Friday's practice. "You see somebody not doing their job, you have to say something," he said. "Coaches and players, we're not going to let that get swept under the rug." Denver Post

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Lawson is day-to-day with a strain in his left Achilles tendon and won’t play against Chris Paul and the Clippers. Andre Miller will likely start for Denver and Evan Fournier could get some time at backup point guard. Denver Post

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And in the Nuggets' 20 games so far, one could argue that Lawson has had, like, three pop games. That's not many when you just signed a four-year, $48 million contract before the season started. Asked about the pressure from friends and fans to live up to that contract, Lawson said: "People were expecting more. A lot more. And then my numbers weren't going like they should. They were just expecting more because I got paid more. I think I can do a little bit better." Denver Post

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The Denver Nuggets have signed point guard Ty Lawson to a multiyear contract extension, Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Masai Ujiri announced today. “We felt Ty was ready to take on a lot of responsibility last season and he proved he could handle it,” Ujiri said. “He is maturing as a leader on the court and in the locker room, so it was an easy decision for us to sign him to an extension.” NBA.com

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Marc J. Spears: Nuggets guard Ty Lawson has agreed to a contract extension, sources tell Yahoo! Sports. More details to come. Twitter @SpearsNBAYahoo

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Ty Lawson's extension with Denver is four years, $48 million, league source tells Y! Sports. Twitter @WojYahooNBA

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Ty Lawson: It Looks like im going to be a nugget for another 4 yrs..Thanks to the Kronke family, Masai, nuggets fans and everybody 4 believing In me Twitter @TyLawson3

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The Denver Nuggets are getting closer to making a deal with guard Ty Lawson on a contract extension before Wednesday's deadline for 2009 Draft picks, according to a league source. NBA.com

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There is not a deal in place, but with the clock ticking, hopes are increasing that a deal can be made. The Nuggets and Lawson have been working on an extension for the past few weeks, and the fourth-year guard has been one of the few members of his Draft class that was given a decent chance to get something done. Lawson, who will turn 25 later this week, has become one of the league's most dynamic point guards. He averaged 16.4 points and 6.6 assists last season, and his PER of 19.43 rated ninth among point guards. With Lawson pushing the ball, Denver became a lethal transition team and the Nuggets have hopes they can be even more efficient after acquiring forward Andre Iguodala from Philadelphia in August as part of the four-team trade that sent center Andrew Bynum from the Lakers to the 76ers. NBA.com

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It appears that Ty Lawson's possible contract extension will come down to an intense, fourth-quarter-like moment — a fitting scenario for him. It remains to be seen whether the Nuggets' starting point guard will sign a new contract — or if he'll become a restricted free agent this summer — if he doesn't sign a deal by Wednesday's deadline. Denver opens the season that same night at Philadelphia. "I don't think we're at the point where we want to be at right now," Lawson said Monday after practice. "We'll see. We have two days left. "Today it weighed on me (at practice) more than most days. I talked to my agent right before I came here. I was kind of disappointed. But we'll see what happens. It's a business at the end of the day." Denver Post

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Negotiations are ongoing, and it was clear from coach George Karl’s words today that he hopes his top guard is signed soon: “It falls under the level of ‘distraction,’” Karl said Sunday. Denver Post

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“But that’s how our business is now. I respect both sides. I respect the organization trying to get something done and I’m sure they’re negotiating honestly and fairly. Hopefully they’ll come to an agreement. “Ty is a point guard who is figuring out where he is in the marketplace. It’s business, and business is not the best energy for training camp. Basketball is the best energy for a training camp. But there is business in training camp going on all the time now in the NBA.” Denver Post

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