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Mavs nix Artest for Josh Howard deal (Yahoo! Sports)

The Sacramento Kings have expressed interest in acquiring Dallas Mavericks forward/guard Josh Howard in a trade...

Mavericks Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Preparation has begun for a number of hopefuls looking to hook on with the Mavericks next season. The spots are more secure for some than others, as the summer league season gets underway.

"There are a lot of things that can happen between now and the end of October," coach Rick Carlisle said. "I lived it firsthand as a third-round pick that unexpectedly made it."

The team will play 11 games total at the NBA Summer League (Las Vegas) and Rocky Mountain Revue (Salt Lake City) from July 11-25. Carlisle's assistant Dwane Casey will coach the Vegas entry. He will be assisted by Terry Stotts, Mario Elie and Popeye Jones.

The summer league team is rich with NBA talent, leading Carlisle to joke that Casey shouldn't lose a game.

Love overcomes shaky start (Yahoo! Sports)

Timberwolves rookie Kevin Love totals 18 points and 13 rebounds after tough start.

NBA job no slam dunk for Green (Yahoo! Sports)

Gerald Green hopes NBA career brings him more than dunk title.

Dallas Mavericks re-sign Antoine Wright (AP)

The Dallas Mavericks re-signed former Texas A&M standout guard Antoine Wright on Friday and also signed guard Keith McLeod and forward James Singleton Terms of the deals weren't released. Wright played two seasons with New Jersey before he was acquired by the Mavs on Feb. 19 as part of the deal that also brought Jason Kidd to Dallas.

Mavs re-sign swingman Wright (PA SportsTicker)

The Dallas Mavericks re-signed guard-forward Antoine Wright on Friday.

Brand lands in Philly, makes East stronger (AP)

Elton Brand left behind all those power forward battles in the Western Conference for some new tough ones in the Atlantic Division. Brand signed with the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday, the biggest move on the first day NBA deals could be completed. A power forward was the Sixers' biggest need in free agency, and they got perhaps the best one available.

Diop rejoins Mavericks 6 months after trade (AP)

DeSagana Diop signed a five-year, $31 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday, six months after Dallas sent him to New Jersey in the Jason Kidd trade. The Mavericks used their entire midlevel exception in their second free-agent deal with Diop since 2005. A lottery pick in Cleveland, Diop struggled before joining Dallas.

Mavs sign C Diop (PA SportsTicker)

The Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday signed free-agent center DeSagana Diop.

Elton Brand poised to make Sixers relevant in East (SportingNews.com)

The Sixers open the NBA's free-agency period by landing coveted forward Elton Brand and instantly become a contender in the East.

Hawks: No joshing around with our free agents (SportingNews.com)

Two of the more important free-agent situations this summer will be those of Atlanta Hawks PF Josh Smith and...

Grading the draft: Bulls among the As, Sonics fail (SportingNews.com)

Sam Smith gives his opinion on every team's draft haul.

Donaghy's cries of 'foul' ring hollow (SportingNews.com)

Sam Smith watched that Lakers-Kings game in person, and he didn't notice anything that would lend credence to Tim Donaghy's allegations.

Dallas nears 3-year deal with Barea (Yahoo! Sports)

If this off-season has proved anything to the Dallas Mavericks , it's that there is never a shortage of players...

Clippers' Kaman joins German Olympic team (Yahoo! Sports)

Los Angeles Clippers center Chris Kaman could be headed to Beijing to compete in this summer's Olympics —...

Mavs take flyer on former dunk champion Green (AP)

Former slam dunk champion Gerald Green signed a one-year, minimum-salary contract with the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday. The 6-foot-8, 200-pound swingman is known mostly for his exploits in the last two dunk contests, winning it in 2007 and finishing second to Dwight Howard this year. In games that count, he has career averages of 8.1 points and 2.2 rebounds.

Mavs sign G-F Gerald Green (PA SportsTicker)

The Dallas Mavericks added some youth and athleticism Thursday, signing swingman Gerald Green.

Johnson ready for challenge of leading NBA refs (AP)

Ron Johnson spent 32 years in the military leading people through difficult situations. He quickly found another challenge when he retired from the Army. Johnson is the NBA's new senior vice president of referee operations, where the two-star general will oversee a department that has spent the last year dealing with the fallout from the scandal involving Tim Donaghy, who pleaded guilty to betting...

Gerald Green gets another chance (Yahoo! Sports)

After tempting us in Boston, flaming out in Minnesota, and barely showing up in his hometown of Houston,...

Harris leaves Mavs, joins Bulls as assistant coach (Yahoo! Sports)

Del Harris, who served as assistant coach to Don Nelson and Avery Johnson with the Dallas Mavericks over a...

NBA referees will report to new commander-in-chief (AP)

Hiring a two-star general to supervise five dozen referees might sound like overkill to some, but not NBA commissioner David Stern. From where he sits, anyone or anything who could put an end to the persistent whispers that some of his league's games are -- how should we put this? -- manipulated can't begin work soon enough.

Team-by-team draft grades (Yahoo! Sports)

Teams receive report cards for their performance in the 2008 draft.

Nuggets make offer to G Smith (PA SportsTicker)

The Denver Nuggets on Friday made a qualifying offer to restricted free agent guard J.R. Smith, who has spent the last two seasons with the team after being acquired from the Chicago Bulls in July 2006.

Create-a-caption: Samaki Walker, 1996 (Yahoo! Sports)

We continue our quest to caption/name some of the worst (er, best) suits in NBA Draft history.

Charles Barkley enters celeb poker event in Vegas (AP)

Charles Barkley is headed back to the tables in Las Vegas to play in a poker tournament about a month after pledging not to gamble. He says it's all for charity. The former NBA star is scheduled to play in a celebrity poker tournament at the 2008 World Series of Poker on July 2. The "Ante Up for Africa" event is designed to raise money and awareness for the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan.