Kobe Bryant (notes) and Raja Bell (notes) have had their disagreements in the past but the five-time NBA champ Bryant is putting all that aside to meet with Bell today and try to convince him to come play for the Lakers for the $1.77 million left in its midlevel exception, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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Al Jefferson (notes) has been with the Minnesota Timberwolves for three seasons but Yahoo! Sports’ Marc J. Spears is hearing that Jefferson and the remaining three years and $42 million left on his contract are about to be shipped out to the Utah Jazz

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On the first day of t his NBA free agency signing period, Utah Jazz free-agent forward Carlos Boozer (notes) had a busy day. Yahoo! Sports’ Marc J.

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Utah Jazz forward Carlos Boozer (notes) becomes a free agent at the start of July and he’s not making any predictions as to where he’ll end up when all the dealing is done: "You never know what’s going to happen in July," Boozer told the Salt Lake Tribune.

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Mike Woodson had the unfortunate experiences of "leading" the Atlanta Hawks through the horror of being on the losing end of one of the most lopsided NBA sweeps in history at the hands of the Orlando Magic . Now Woodson is out of a job and Atlanta is mostly interested in interviewing assistants of other teams for the position, according to the Oregonian. The Hawks contacted Blazers GM Kevin Pritchard yesterday to get permission to talk to assistant Dean Demopoulos.

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The Phoenix Suns finished off the San Antonio Spurs in a four-game sweep but the team sure could use center Robin Lopez (notes) back in the lineup before it beings the next round of he playoffs, particularly since it’s looking like its opponent will be the Los Angeles Lakers if L.A. can finish off the Utah Jazz . But even though Lopez has gone through three full-court scrimmages in a week, it’s looking like Suns fans shouldn’t expect him to come roaring back onto the court, according to the Arizona Republic.

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Suns center Lopez not ready

The New Orleans Hornets aren’t alone in the search for a new head coach and the team has apparently identified four of the gentlemen it would like to take over for Jeff Bower who Hornets fans have got to hope does a better job in the front office than he did on the coaching sidelines. One of the men the Hornets may end up hiring is former Houston Rockets coach and New Orleans native Avery Johnson

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Hornets seek permission from Blazers and Jazz

Sure, Andrew Bynum has a small tear in his right meniscus, but that didn’t stop the Los Angeles Lakers center from playing close to 25 minutes last night, bringing down 10 rebounds, and scoring eight points in the team’s Game 1 win over the Utah Jazz last night. The word from the Orange County Register is that Bynum will need surgery to fix the tear but will keep playing through the pain. "If I don’t need it, I’d rather play like this," Bynum told the paper even though he was feeling "sharp pain" during the first quarter last night.

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Lakers’ Bynum getting surgery?

Carmelo Anthony (notes) said he wasn’t pointing fingers at any of his Denver Nuggets teammates and that "as a unit" the team need to win its postseason series against the Utah Jazz , which its now losing three games to one. But he hasn’t won himself fans in his own locker room with other things he said to the Denver Post last night: "I’m trying to do everything I can in my power to beat the Jazz But, at the end of the day, I need some help.

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Nuggets’ Anthony disses teammates

Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko (notes) has recently had blood drained from his injured left calf and introduced platelet-rich plasma into his bloodstream but he’s now saying that there is a possibility that he could appear in the team’s first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets that is tied at one game apiece. It won’t be for Friday’s game, but Kirilenko says it could possibly happen later in the series , according to Deseret News. Kirilenko missed 15 of the team’s final 17 games of the season so even if he comes back, it won’t be at full steam

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Utah Jazz starting center Mehmet Okur (notes) will miss the rest of the playoffs with a ruptured Achilles tendon but the word from Deseret News is that he may miss the start of next season as well. The injury came when he was heading to the basket later in the first half of the team’s Game 1 loss to the Denver Nuggets . "I am very disappointed for my team and the fans," Okur said on his Web site.

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Okur missing start of next season?