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Coach Rick Carlisle has agreed to a new contract with the Dallas Mavericks.

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Minnesota Timberwolves center Nikola Pekovic had surgery to remove bone spurs from his right ankle on Tuesday.

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Kyrie Irving is the recipient of the Eddie Gottlieb Trophy as the 2011-12 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year, the NBA announced today. Irving totaled 592 points and received 117 first-place votes from a panel of 120 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada.

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There was never any doubt Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving would be named the NBA’s Rookie of the Year. The only suspense was when — and by how much.

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City leaders in San Francisco are courting the Golden State Warriors, trying to woo the NBA team back to the City by the Bay within five years.

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Clippers forward Blake Griffin says he will play in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals even though Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro is making no guarantees just yet.

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Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving is hours away from being named the NBA’s Rookie of the Year.

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Clippers forward Blake Griffin says he will play in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals even though Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro is making no guarantees just yet.

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Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns, Doc Rivers of the Boston Celtics and the media relations staff of the Milwaukee Bucks were named today as winners of annual awards presented by the Professional Basketball Writers Association.

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The Miami Heat say Chris Bosh will be sidelined indefinitely because of a strained abdominal muscle.

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