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Harrison Faigen: The Lakers have signed University of Nevada forward Jordan Caroline to a deal, league sources tell @LakersSBN.

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Former NBA and University of Nevada head coach Eric Musselman has been named as the head men’s basketball coach at the University of Arkansas, Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Hunter Yurachek announced on Sunday. Musselman has more than 30 years of coaching experience, including 14 years as a head coach in the NBA, NCAA and CBA. “Eric Musselman is a coach that has had experience at every level of basketball from the NCAA to the NBA,” Yurachek said.

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Hornets point guard Ramon Sessions has donated $1 million toward the development of a basketball practice facility on the University of Nevada campus, the Wolf Pack athletics department announced Tuesday. Sessions played for Nevada from 2004-2007 before entering the NBA as a second-round draft pick.

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Jeff Goodman: Nevada coach Eric Musselman has hired former Oregon State assistant Doug Stewart on his staff. Stewart was with the Sixers this past year.

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The Idaho Stampede are quickly becoming the Miami Heat of the NBA D-League. And according to two league sources, the 0-7 team's recent stockpiling of well-known talent is about to continue with the addition of small forward Luke Babbitt. The Portland Trail Blazers rookie taken 16th overall by Minnesota out of the University of Nevada-Reno in June is, according to the sources, expected to be in uniform when the Stampede host Dakota on Wednesday night. He will join three-time All-Star Antoine Walker in his debut, as the 34-year-old who last played in the NBA in the 2007-08 season with Minnesota signed with the club on Friday and is looking to take the long road back to the NBA. Former NBA draft picks Luke Jackson (10th overall in 2004) and Salim Stoudamire (31st overall in 2005) already play for the Stampede.

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The Knicks are looking at trading up for University of Nevada point guard Armon Johnson in a move that could eat up precious cap space but give them a much-needed floor general, a source debriefed on team discussions told The Post. For months, team president Donnie Walsh has considered trading up late into the first round for a player the Knicks really like, one they project as a rotation player next season.

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