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National Basketball Association roundup
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[December 17, 2014]
Dec 16 (The Sports Xchange) - The
Sacramento Kings want Chris Mullin to take over for fired Mike Malone as
their head coach, but the Basketball Hall of Famer is not inclined to
leave his role as an adviser this season, according to reports Tuesday.
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 Mullin is not interested with the season already under way
because he would like to assemble his own coaching staff and start
fresh during training camp. Reports indicated that there's a far
better chance that Mullin would take the job next season.
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The Kings called up rookie forward Eric Moreland was called up from
Reno of the NBA Development League on Tuesday.
Moreland is averaging 13.7 points, 12.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists in
seven games for the Bighorns this season.
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The New Orleans Pelicans expected forward Anthony Davis to return
for Tuesday night's game against the Utah Jazz after recovering from
a chest injury.
Davis suffered the injury during the first quarter of last Friday's
win over the Cleveland Cavaliers and he missed Sunday's loss to the
Golden State Warriors.
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Minnesota Timberwolves backup center Ronny Turiaf will not play
again this season after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right
hip on Tuesday in New York.
In his second season with the Timberwolves, Turiaf played in only
two games this year and had one rebound and two assists in 18
minutes. (Editing by Frank Pingue)
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