Nate McMillan won't re-join Mike Krzyzewski's USA Basketball coaching staff, the former Portland Trail Blazers coach told Yahoo! Sports. Krzyzewski announced Thursday that he will remain as Team USA's head coach through 2016. McMillan was a member of Krzyzewski's staff as an assistant coach from 2006-12.

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"It was a great experience with Coach K," McMillan said. "Jerry Colangelo did a great job bringing the staff together. They're in a great position and I'm excited about their future. They have to continue to build on what they started. It would be good for someone to experience it. I'm grateful for my six and a half years."

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McMillan was fired as Blazers coach in 2012. The former NBA player was 478-452 over 12 years as a coach.

He said he won't be interviewing for the Charlotte Bobcats' opening. He has recently interviewed with the Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks.

"I'm waiting to see what happens," McMillan said. "It

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SAN ANTONIO – Tony Parker and the San Antonio Spurs have moved within two wins of reaching the NBA Finals for the first time since 2007. They also have three days to rest before taking their 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals to Memphis for Game 3.

Yet the Spurs weren't too celebratory after their 93-89 overtime victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night. And for good reason.

A year ago, they went up 2-0 against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the West finals then lost four straight games to have their season end.

"These opportunities are very rare to try to win a championship and go to the Finals," said Parker, who had 15 points and a game-high 18 assists in Game 2 against the Grizzlies. "We were so close being up 2-0 and having home court. It was disappointing to win 20 games in a row and then lose four in a row. It was unreal, hard to understand. Even today I don't even know why. It's hard to explain that. This year we are learning from it and I hope we will handle it

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SAN ANTONIO – After the Western Conference finals opener ended with a loss, the Memphis Grizzlies' Zach Randolph took the brunt of the blame and told his teammates in the locker room the obvious: "I got to be better."

Memphis' postseason leading scorer and All-Star had a season-low two points during a 105-83 loss to San Antonio on Sunday. Randolph missed seven of eight field-goal attempts and did not shoot a free throw in 28 minutes while succumbing to the Spurs' suffocating double-teams. It was Memphis' lowest-scoring output during this season's playoffs. Randolph's next chance to redeem himself will be Tuesday in Game 2 of the best-of-seven series.

"Ain't no excuse," Randolph said. "They did a good job. You got to give them credit."

Grizzlies guard Mike Conley said the Spurs have the NBA's best defense because they are disciplined, smart, energetic and well-coached. San Antonio lived to that billing with its scheme against Randolph.Mike Conley (11) and Zach Randolph trail the Spurs 1-0 in the Western Conference finals. (AP)

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OAKLAND, Calif. – Tim Duncan has a warning about the San Antonio Spurs' upcoming Western Conference finals against the Memphis Grizzlies, a series that's sure to displease fans of up-tempo basketball.

"It's not going to be pretty," Duncan said. "Sorry. It's just not going to be. It's going to be two teams trying to impose wills on each other. Two very well-coached, good executing, tough-minded, defensive teams. And that's just how the series is going to go."

The point guard matchup between the Spurs' Tony Parker and the Grizzlies' Mike Conley Jr. should be exciting, but the main reason for the expected grimy play is Memphis power forward Zach Randolph and center Marc Gasol. The Spurs earned the right to play the Grizzlies after knocking off the Golden State Warriors in the second round with a 94-82 victory in Game 6 on Thursday night.

There isn't a duo in the NBA more physical and who enjoys every hit more than Randolph and Gasol. The Los Angeles Clippers' Blake Griffin would

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NBA draft prospects, including potential lottery picks, are showcasing their skills in Chicago on Thursday and Friday at the league's pre-draft camp.

Here are five sleepers to watch:

• Jackie Carmichael, PF, 6-9, 241 pounds, Illinois State
Scout's take: "He's one of the most ready players. What you see is what you get. He's a skilled, undersized power forward. But coaches will endear themselves to him."

C.J. McCollum is best remembered for leading Lehigh to a Big Dance upset of Duke in '12. (Y! Sports)

• C. J. McCollum, PG/SG, 6-3, 192 pounds, Lehigh
Scout's take: "He's a combo-scorer who is coming off a broken foot and didn't get a chance to play a full senior season. He is a George Hill-type of a player. I definitely like his upside."

• Norvel Pelle, PF/C, 6-10, 196 pounds, Los Angeles College Prep Academy
Scout's take: "He is definitely a player that no one has heard of. There are some teams that have never heard of him. But he is a guy who if taken in the right range can help you down the line. He's not ready now, but has a lot of upside."

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SAN ANTONIO – Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson walked out of the team's locker room late Tuesday with a noticeable limp that all too many of his players are now carrying. For much of these playoffs, Jackson's inspirational sermons have lifted the Warriors before, after and during games, making their timeout huddles must-see TV. Yet after the San Antonio Spurs won 109-91 to take Game 5 of the teams' Western Conference semifinals series, even Jackson must now admit the obvious:

Talk is cheap.

Now down 3-2 in the series, the Warriors know they need more than words to prolong their season.

"It's not asking much to win two games," Jackson said. "If we played like the way we played tonight, we might as well begin to make [offseason] preparations. And I don't believe that's my team. So there is a lot of life left in my team, and we've talked about it being a long series. So this is where it gets fun."

The Warriors didn't have much fun in Game 5. Star guard Stephen Curry still looked

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OAKLAND, Calif. – Sonya Curry, the mother of Golden State's Stephen Curry, had quite the Mother's Day, so much that it'll be tough to beat in the years to come.

First, she and her husband, former NBA player Dell Curry, attended the college graduation of their other ball-playing son, Seth, at Duke in Durham, N.C., on Sunday morning. Afterward, the Currys watched on television as Stephen overcame a major ankle injury to score 22 points in 38 minutes to help the Warriors even up a second-round series with a 97-87 overtime victory in Game 4 against the San Antonio Spurs. The triumph affords mom the ability to watch a potential series-deciding Game 6 here in person Thursday night.

"I watched a graduation," Sonya Curry told Yahoo! Sports in a phone interview. "Then the Warriors won. My day is complete. "Every Mother's Day is wonderful. But this one will stand out because a lot of stuff happened."Stephen Curry woke up Sunday with a swollen ankle and a mind full of uncertainty. (AP)

Stephen Curry's biggest opponent during his four-year NBA career has been ankle injuries, which

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OAKLAND, Calif. – Stephen Curry and Tony Parker limped off the court following the San Antonio Spurs' 102-92 Game 3 victory over the Golden State Warriors Friday night, giving each team reason to worry about the health of its star guard in a postseason already littered with significant injuries.

Curry sprained his left ankle with about five minutes remaining in the game while Parker was kicked in his left calf in the fourth quarter. They won't have much time to recover: Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals series – which the Spurs now lead 2-1 – is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET Sunday afternoon.

Curry hurt the same ankle in the opening round against the Denver Nuggets. His status for Sunday will be a game-time decision, Warriors coach Mark Jackson said. With All-Star forward David Lee limited by a hip injury that was initially thought to have ended his season in the first round, the Warriors hope not to suffer even more of a talent drain.

"Hopefully, he's with us," Warriors guard Klay

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