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 A timetable for his return to basketball activities will be
determined at a later date.
The 6-foot-10, 230-pound Parsons played in 66 games (all starts) in
his first season with the Mavericks and averaged 15.7 points, 4.9
rebounds and 2.4 assists in 33.1 minutes per game.
Parsons sat out the final six games of the season with soreness and
swelling in the knee. He returned for Game One of Dallas'
first-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets but sat out
Game Two and then was shut down for the rest of the postseason. The
Rockets won the best-of-seven series 4-1.
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Los Angeles Clippers forward Glen "Big Baby" Davis will be a
game-time decision for the series finale on Saturday against the San
Antonio Spurs with a left ankle sprain.
The Clippers are hoping that Davis will recover in time for the
deciding Game Seven in the first-round Western Conference series.
The team did not have a practice or shootaround planned before the
matchup.
Davis suffered the injury with 11:07 left in the fourth quarter of
the Clippers' Game Six win on Thursday night in San Antonio when he
landed awkwardly after fouling Tiago Splitter. Davis was helped off
the court and into the locker room while sitting in a wheelchair.
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Memphis Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley will accompany the team
for its first two games against the Golden State Warriors in the
Western Conference semi-finals, but the team is unsure when he might
be able to play.
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Conley had surgery to repair facial fractures Monday in Memphis and
is waiting for the swelling to subside.
Conley left Saturday's game with 3:04 left in the third quarter
after he was inadvertently hit in the head by an elbow from Portland
guard C.J. McCollum.
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Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers has been named the
2014-15 NBA Basketball Executive of the Year, the league announced
Friday.
Myers, in his third season as general manager, presided over a
roster that produced the NBA's best record (67-15) and the most
successful regular season in franchise history. The Warriors earned
a Pacific Division title and the top seed in the Western Conference
playoffs for the first time since the 1975-76 season.
The Warriors swept the New Orleans Pelicans in the conference
quarter-finals series and face the Memphis Grizzles in the
conference semi-finals starting Sunday. (Editing by Gene Cherry)
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