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Steve Nash is hoping to return to the Los Angeles Lakers' lineup in time for their playoff opener.

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The New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony and the Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry today were named the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for games played in April.

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Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah acknowledged he suffered a setback in his dealing with plantar fasciitis in his right foot and said he is doubtful to play against the Brooklyn Nets in Game 1 of their playoff series on Saturday.

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The Maloof family is asking NBA owners to approve the sale of the Kings to a Seattle group, saying there is "significant distance between us and the Sacramento group."

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The marriage of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, which began with a storybook wedding, ended Friday in a grim courtroom with a judge approving a divorce settlement after a protracted legal battle between the former couple.

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According to Mike Woodson, the New York Knicks will likely be without forward Amar’e Stoudemire in their first round Playoff matchup against the Boston Celtics. (Center Tyson Chandler, meanwhile, is giving himself a clean bill of health.)

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Dallas Mavericks shooting guard O.J. Mayo said he would decline the player option for the second season of his contract, deciding to be a free agent for the second consecutive summer.

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Following last night’s final game of the 2012-13 season, the New Orleans Hornets officially took on the team’s new identity as the New Orleans Pelicans. The team will participate in its first NBA event as the Pelicans on May 21 at the 2013 NBA Draft Lottery.

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The Cleveland Cavaliers have fired coach Byron Scott, the team announced.

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Having missed all 82 regular season games, there’s a growing belief that Derrick Rose won’t suit up at all until the 2013-14 campaign. We will soon be at the one-year anniversary of Rose’s knee injury, which happened in the Playoff opener against the Philadelphia Sixers. Among Chicago Bulls coaches and players, the hope that Derrick Rose will join them at some point in the postseason, remains very much alive.

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As expected, after undergoing his worst coaching season (34-48), Doug Collins is officially out as head coach of the Philadelphia Sixers.

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New York Knicks starting guard Pablo Prigioni is questionable for Game 1 of the team's first-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics due to an ankle sprain.

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According to Los Angeles Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak, head coach Mike D’Antoni will be back on the sidelines in Hollywood next season after helping guide the team to a 7th Playoff seed (going 28-12 since the infamous late January team meeting.)

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New York Knicks Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations and General Manager Glen Grunwald announced forward/center Rasheed Wallace has retired from playing professional basketball. “Rasheed has given this team everything he had,” Head Coach Mike Woodson said.