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Weekly NBA Fix 7-26-2014: NBA Looking At ‘All-Star Week’

By Phil Watson

LeBron James has been campaigning for awhile to get a longer All-Star break. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
LeBron James has been campaigning for awhile to get a longer All-Star break. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Oklahoma City Thunder drafted Stanford’s Josh Huestis and will stash him this season. Not overseas, though, but rather in the D-League. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports
The Oklahoma City Thunder drafted Stanford’s Josh Huestis and will stash him this season. Not overseas, though, but rather in the D-League. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports /

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Kevin Love’s unsettled status with the Minnesota Timberwolves has prompted the All-Star to withdraw from the U.S. national team tryouts for the FIBA World Cup.

According to EuroHoops, the Denver Nuggets have signed Erick Green—a second-round pick in 2013. He played last season in Siena of the Italian league.

The National Basketball Players Association has reportedly signed off on the Oklahoma City Thunder making first-round pick Josh Huestis the first-ever domestic draft-and-stash player.

Portland Trail Blazers All-Star Damian Lillard has his sights set on a spot on USA Basketball’s FIBA World Cup roster … and is also dreaming of Rio de Janeiro in two years.

Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder dipped into the Division II ranks of the NCAA to hire West Virginia Wesleyan coach Patrick Beilein as an assistant.