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Clippers' Kaman joins German Olympic team (Yahoo! Sports)
Los Angeles Clippers center Chris Kaman could be headed to Beijing to compete in this summer's Olympics —...

Mavs take flyer on former dunk champion Green (AP)
Former slam dunk champion Gerald Green signed a one-year, minimum-salary contract with the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday. The 6-foot-8, 200-pound swingman is known mostly for his exploits in the last two dunk contests, winning it in 2007 and finishing second to Dwight Howard this year. In games that count, he has career averages of 8.1 points and 2.2 rebounds.

Mavs sign G-F Gerald Green (PA SportsTicker)
The Dallas Mavericks added some youth and athleticism Thursday, signing swingman Gerald Green.

Mavericks Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
The temptations were out there for the Mavericks to make a move or move their pick, but with Shan Foster still available when their turn came up in the second round, the decision was made to hold steady. "It was a very long wait," Rick Carlisle said after making his first draft selection as Mavs coach. "We're very happy with the guy we got. We had a list of 'A' candidates, 'Bs' and 'Cs' and Shan Foster was the last 'A' on our list." Carlisle was referring to the list of players the Mavs thought might fall to the 51st pick in the 2008 NBA Draft. The 6-6 swingman out of Vanderbilt was the SEC Player of the Year as a senior, averaging 20.3 points while shooting 52 percent. The Mavs were sold on his combination of 3-point range, maturity and athleticism. "We are really...

Source: Diop headed back to Dallas (AP)
The Dallas Mavericks had to give up DeSagana Diop to get Jason Kidd. Now, the 7-foot center is headed back to Dallas. Diop agreed Wednesday to a $31 million, five-year contract with the Mavericks, according to a person close to the negotiations who requested anonymity because NBA rules prevent the deal from being signed until next week.

Johnson ready for challenge of leading NBA refs (AP)
Ron Johnson spent 32 years in the military leading people through difficult situations. He quickly found another challenge when he retired from the Army. Johnson is the NBA's new senior vice president of referee operations, where the two-star general will oversee a department that has spent the last year dealing with the fallout from the scandal involving Tim Donaghy, who pleaded guilty to betting...

Gerald Green gets another chance (Yahoo! Sports)
After tempting us in Boston, flaming out in Minnesota, and barely showing up in his hometown of Houston,...

Harris leaves Mavs, joins Bulls as assistant coach (Yahoo! Sports)
Del Harris, who served as assistant coach to Don Nelson and Avery Johnson with the Dallas Mavericks over a...

NBA referees will report to new commander-in-chief (AP)
Hiring a two-star general to supervise five dozen referees might sound like overkill to some, but not NBA commissioner David Stern. From where he sits, anyone or anything who could put an end to the persistent whispers that some of his league's games are -- how should we put this? -- manipulated can't begin work soon enough.

Team-by-team draft grades (Yahoo! Sports)
Teams receive report cards for their performance in the 2008 draft.