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NBA roundup: Orlando fires coach Van Gundy, GM Smith (The SportsXchange)

The Orlando Magic said so long to coach Stan Van Gundy and general manager Otis Smith on Monday.

 

Lin on select squad to train against US Olympians (AFP)

New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin, whose rise from obscurity to NBA stardom captured the world's attention, was among 13 young players named on Monday to the USA Select team.

 

The 5 Worst New Orleans Hornets Draft Picks in History: Fan's Opinion (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

New Orleans Hornets draft picks

 

AP Sources: Bobcats to interview Ewing next week (The Associated Press)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Patrick Ewing is one of several candidates the Charlotte Bobcats will interview for their head coaching vacancy and the Hall of Fame center will meet with team officials next week, said people familiar with the situation.

 

Pacers' David Morway emerges as a frontrunner for Blazers GM job; to meet with owner (Yahoo! Sports)

Top candidates in GM search hint that Portland is changing team-building strategy

 

Steve Nash is the general manager of Canada Basketball (Ball Don't Lie)

The NBA's international superstars are usually identified as different-looking people with unpopular haircuts and thick accents. Take one look and hear one sentence from Dirk Nowitzki, Yao Ming and Pau Gasol, and it's clear none of them were born in the United States of America. Yet there are other, less obvious foreign players in the league: those who hail from the mystical land of Canada, where a wise moose acts as spiritual leader and Wayne Gretzky is allowed to make up laws as he pleases. Among the NBA's Canadians, Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash stands out as the most famous and best player. Now, after retiring from the national team and as he nears the end of his NBA career, Nash will serve as general manager of Canada Basketball, the nation's basketball organization. Here's a great report from our colleague Neate Sager at The Eh Game :

 

Jamaal Tinsley caps a nice career turnaround with a classy note on Twitter (Ball Don't Lie)

Four years ago, at around this time, Jamaal Tinsley was coming off a season that saw him play fewer than half the games his lottery-bound Indiana Pacers participated in due to injury woes. He shot well under 40 percent for the second straight year, and his sluggish play inspired the team to send former All-Star center Jermaine O'Neal to Toronto for point guard T.J. Ford on draft night to replace Tinsley as a starter. A few months later, with the 2008-09 season about to begin, Tinsley was kindly asked by the Pacers to stay away from the team, while they figured out how to either trade or release him. Between that impasse and Tinsley's re-emergence with the Memphis Grizzlies, the one-time All-Rookie team member wouldn't play a second of NBA basketball for 21 1/2 months. Fast forward to May of 2012, and Tinsley … well, he's still shooting way under 40 percent, in the playoffs at least. He's 34 now, and his Utah Jazz were just swept from the playoffs, and it's possible he's played his last NBA game. Still — he's going out as a professional this time around, as evidenced by the tweet he sent out on Monday night following his team's elimination :

 

NBA Playoff Capsules (The Associated Press)

NEW YORK (AP) Carmelo Anthony scored 41 points, Amare Stoudemire had 20 points and 10 rebounds in his return from a cut hand, and the New York Knicks snapped an NBA-record, 13-game playoff losing streak, beating the Miami Heat 89-87 Sunday in Game 4 of their first-round series.

 

Anthony scores 41 to help Knicks avoid elimination (The SportsXchange)

NEW YORK - There was an expectation that the New York Knicks' season would come to an end on Sunday afternoon.

 

Knicks 89, Heat 87 (The SportsXchange)

NEW YORK -- There was an expectation that the New York Knicks' season would end Sunday afternoon.