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    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Kevin McHale is out as coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

    New president of basketball operations David Kahn announced the move Wednesday, ending McHale's 15-year stint with the Timberwolves. In a statement issued before a news conference, Kahn lauded McHale's contributions as an executive and a coach, but there are many changes on the way and it "would have been difficult for everybody involved to put Kevin in this position."

    McHale, a northern Minnesota native and Hall of Fame player who won three NBA titles with the Boston Celtics in the 1980s, met several times with Kahn before the decision was reached.

    "I was willing to come back, but they never offered me a contract," McHale told the St. Paul Pioneer Press. "They told me last week they were going in a different direction. I said, 'I think you're making a mistake, but that's up to you guys."'

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    NEW YORK (AP) -- Television ratings for the NBA Finals are down from last year.

    The five games on ABC between the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic averaged an 8.4 rating. That's down close to 10 percent from last season's 9.3 for the six-game Lakers-Celtics series, which was boosted by Boston's large market and traditional rivalry with LA.
    It's still up 35 percent from the record-low 6.2 for San Antonio's sweep of Cleveland two years ago.

    The five games averaged nearly 14 million viewers and were the five most-watched programs so far in June.

    Ratings represent the percentage of all households with televisions tuned into a program.

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    EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -- Trevor Ariza said Tuesday he would love to return to the Los Angeles Lakers next season.

    The fifth-year forward becomes an unrestricted free agent on July 1, along with teammate Lamar Odom, who made $14.1 million this season and turns 30 in November.

    The downtrodden economy, however, could play a part in how much other teams are willing to offer free agents this summer.

    Ariza earned $3.1 million this season and he raised his price considerably during the postseason, when he averaged 11.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists during the Lakers' run to their 15th NBA championship.

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    Houston also seems to be very active in trade talk, particularly in trying to move Tracy McGrady we're told. McGrady will be out for the first 20-30 games of the regular season, but there is some thought that he might be able to help a playoff team down the stretch, particularly since he's in a contract year. Its tough to see how many teams would be able to absorb the 20+ million dollars he's owed next season. The New York Knicks might be one of them. Houston would be looking for a shooting guard in return.
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    The talk is that Monta Ellis is unhappy with the direction the organization is heading in, and still holds a bit of grief over the way they held his contract status in limbo for months following his moped injury. For weeks we've heard that Ellis is no longer interested in playing for Golden State, and apparently it had reached a point where it was "close to popping off" in the words of one NBA executive -- meaning going to the media and publicly demanding a trade. General Manager Larry Riley and head coach Don Nelson reportedly flew to Atlanta to meet with Ellis this week, and basically have made every attempt possible to defuse the situation, at the very least in order to not lose leverage in any trade talk they will inevitably be involved in. One NBA executive we spoke with believes that Ellis was promised that the Warriors will not be picking a point guard with the #7 pick, and that he will be the one running the show for them next year.
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    Donaghy is headed from federal prison to a Florida halfway house to serve the rest of his 15-month sentence in a gambling scandal.
    Donaghy was traveling on Wednesday from the Saufley Field minimum-security prison camp in Pensacola to the halfway house in Tampa.

    A New York judge sentenced Donaghy last year to 15 months after the referee said he took thousands of dollars from a professional gambler in exchange for inside tips on NBA games -- including games he worked. Donaghy said he was a gambling addict.

    He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in wire fraud and transmitting betting information through interstate commerce in the tips-for-payoffs scheme. Donaghy is scheduled for release in October.

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    PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Former NBA player Jerome "Pooh'' Richardson passed along a tip from a police officer friend that federal agents were about to raid the home his half-sister shared with a drug kingpin, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday.

    Richardson, 43, is not charged in the indictment, which accuses only the Philadelphia detective with criminal wrongdoing. The officer, Rickie Durham, is a longtime friend of Richardson's who received a car, event tickets and other expensive gifts from the athlete over the years, the document said.

    Prosecutors declined to say whether Richardson is cooperating or whether he broke the law in relaying the tip.

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    NEW YORK (AP) -- The White House. A movie premiere in Maryland. A store opening in Harlem.

    LeBron James is making the rounds this summer.

    Fully recovered after undergoing surgery two weeks ago to have a benign growth on his jaw removed, the NBA's MVP is keeping a busy schedule.

    On Monday, Cleveland's All-Star forward and a group of close friends visited President Barack Obama and were given a tour of the West Wing before attending the U.S. premiere of More Than A Game, a documentary about the basketball star and his friends' rise to national champions while playing at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio.

    James contributed to Obama's campaign and first met the nation's No. 1 hoops fan at a talk show taping last year.

    On Tuesday, James and pop music star Rihanna celebrated the opening of the Carol's Daughter Hand & Foot Spa in New York.
    These were James' first public appearances since his five-hour operation at the Cleveland Clinic on June 1.

    More Than A Game, which chronicles how James and his tight circle of friends accomplished a childhood goal, kicked off the AFI SilverDocs Documentary Film Festival in Silver Spring, Md. Several of James' teammates attended the premiere as well as former teachers, administrators, alumni from the school and the film's director, Kris Belman.

    After the screening, James gave an inspirational speech to the audience, reminding them that he was from a small town and has made it to the international stage. He asked a few in the crowd to reveal their dreams and talents and encouraged them to follow their hearts.

    The 24-year-old won his first MVP this season after leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to 66 regular-season wins. They lost in the Eastern Conference finals to the Orlando Magic.

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