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AP Sports WriterPelicans' Griffin: Gentry staying, and perhaps Davis, tooBy BRETT MARTELMETAIRIE, La. (AP) The Pelicans newly hired top basketball executive is keeping coach Alvin Gentry will be retained and won't rule out the possibility of talking six-time All-Star Anthony Davis into rescinding his trade request and committing...

AP Sports WriterInjured DeMarcus Cousins unlikely to return this postseasonBy JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Center DeMarcus Cousins is unlikely to return this postseason for the Golden State Warriors yet won't require surgery on his torn left quadriceps muscle.Coach Steve Kerr has named Andrew Bogut as his starter in...

AP Sports WriterPelicans' Griffin: Gentry staying, and perhaps Davis, tooBy BRETT MARTELMETAIRIE, La. (AP) The Pelicans newly hired top basketball executive says coach Alvin Gentry will be retained and that he won't rule out the possibility of talking six-time All-Star Anthony Davis into rescinding his trade request and...

LeBron James to be executive producer of boxing seriesNEW YORK (AP) LeBron James is getting into the boxing business.James is an executive producer of ''40 Days,'' a documentary series about the buildup to big fights that will debut with a focus on the middleweight unification bout between Canelo...

Thunder rookie Hamidou Diallo has elbow surgeryOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Thunder rookie guard Hamidou Diallo, the NBA's slam dunk contest winner this season, underwent an arthroscopic procedure on his right elbow on Wednesday.The team said he is expected to return to basketball-related activities in about four weeks. Dr. David...

Associated PressPistons Griffin misses Game 2 against Bucks due to sore kneeBy RICH ROVITOMILWAUKEE (AP) The Detroit Pistons say Blake Griffin will be out of the lineup for the second game of the team's first round playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks.Griffin sat out Game 1 of the...

Grizzlies add Rich Cho, Glen Grunwald to front officeMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) The Memphis Grizzlies have hired Rich Cho vice president of basketball strategy and Glen Grunwald as a senior adviser within the franchise's basketball operations department.Cho is a former Charlotte Hornets and Portland Trail Blazers general manager....

AP Sports WriterInjured DeMarcus Cousins unlikely to return this postseasonBy JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Center DeMarcus Cousins is unlikely to return this postseason for the Golden State Warriors yet won't require surgery on his torn left quadriceps muscle.Coach Steve Kerr has named Andrew Bogut as his starter in...

AP Sports WriterWarriors center DeMarcus Cousins has torn left quadricepsBy JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) DeMarcus Cousins has a torn left quadriceps muscle that will sideline the Golden State center indefinitely, a devastating injury that the Warriors feared was serious when he went down in the first quarter of...

AP Sports WriterWarriors center DeMarcus Cousins has torn left quadricepsBy JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) DeMarcus Cousins has a torn left quadriceps muscle that will sideline the Golden State center indefinitely, a devastating injury that the Warriors feared was serious when he went down in the first quarter of...

AP Sports WriterDeMarcus Cousins injures left quadriceps early in Game 2By JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Starting Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins' postseason could be in jeopardy after he injured his left quadriceps muscle in the first quarter of Monday night's 135-131 Game 2 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers...

AP Sports WriterSacramento Kings hire Luke Walton as coachBy JOSH DUBOWSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) About five minutes after hearing Luke Walton had been dismissed as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, Sacramento Kings general manager Vlade Divac called Walton's agent.Finalizing the deal that brought Walton to Sacramento as the...