The Warriors will host their first pre-draft workout on Monday.

Old Dominion’s Chris Cooper, Oregon State’s Jared Cunningham, Nevada-Reno’s Olek Czyz, Cal’s Jorge Gutierrez, Mindaugas Kupsas from Lithuania and Missouri State’s Kyle Weems will workout in Oakland.

The latest race and gender report card released in 2010 by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport showed that 21 percent of coaches in Division I men’s basketball were African-American, down from a high of 25.2 percent during the 2005-6 season.

In contrast, nearly 61 percent of Division I players were black.

George Mason Coach Paul Hewitt, who also coached at Georgia Tech for 11 seasons, leading the Yellow Jackets to a Final Four in 2004, said “the marketplace for coaches is generally fair,” but worries that a few recent trends are hurting minority candidates.

“It seems we’re sometimes dealing with the law of unintended consequences,” Hewitt said. “I don’t think any one thing is causing the problem, but some of the recent trends in the sport could make things more difficult.”

The Nets have opened contract extension talks with Gerald Wallace, general manager Billy King confirmed.

"We've had conversations with his representatives because actually we can talk about the potential of [an] extension if he opts in,” King said. “We'll leave that there."

The Nets are hosting a draft combine this weekend at their practice facility.

"The one thing I learned from Donnie Walsh when I was an assistant coach in Indiana, he said, 'If this is where you're making your evaluation, you're too far behind,'” King said. “We've seen these guys play 5-on-5 in college, so this is just another part of the process. What we base our decision on is really what they've done with their college program. This is more just to get their real measurements, see if they pick up the NBA pick-and-roll and the coaching."

Portland has not asked for permission to speak to Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak about their front office vacancy, team spokesman John Black said before Game 4 on Saturday night.

Kupchak, who has served as a Lakers executive for 25 years, has a multi-season contract with the team.

Kobe Bryant criticized Pau Gasol for throwing away a pass with 33.9 seconds remaining in the Lakers’ 103-100 loss to Oklahoma City on Saturday.

Kevin Durant hit a three-point shot on the next possession to give the Thunder the lead for good.

"Just a bad read on Pau's part," Bryant said. "He's looking to swing the ball too much. He's got to take his shot.

"Pau's got to be more assertive. He's the guy they're leaving [open]. When he's catching the ball, he's looking to pass. He's got to be aggressive. He's got to shoot the ball or drive the ball to the basket. He will be next game."

Gasol accepted blame for the turnover, but contended that his mistake wasn’t the sole reason the Lakers lost Game 4.

"It's one play, one mistake," Gasol said. "There were a lot of mistakes in that fourth quarter, a lot of mistakes throughout the game. So, obviously, if I could have gone back, maybe I could have shot it and I would have. It's one play, obviously, at a critical time, but I don't feel like we lost the game because of one turnover."

Lance Stephenson gave a choke sign at LeBron James after the latter missed a technical foul during the third quarter of Game 3.

"I was wrong and disrespectful to my teammates, the Miami Heat and their organization," Stephenson told NBA.com on Saturday. "I'm sorry that I did that. It was very disrespectful.

"(I) try to talk to other players, but in a good way. Get them off their game a little bit but not being disrespectful. I just got out of hand one time, and I'll never do it again."

James said he hadn't seen tape of the incident.

"Lance Stephenson? You want a quote about Lance Stephenson?" James said. "I'm not even going to give him the time. Knock it off."

Rajon Rondo took responsibility for allowing the Sixers to speed up the pace during their 15-2 third quarter run.

“They sped us up a little bit,” said Rondo. “They took some quick shots, we had some turnovers in that stretch, and they made shots.

“In that stretch I had to do a better job of slowing us down and getting us into the next set. I had to demand that guys get into the right spots offensively. It’s a calculation for me of when we’re doing a good job in random and when we’re not in that stretch. And in that 15-2 run we didn’t do a good job.

“But in the first half we did make those shots. In the second half when we weren’t making those shots we had to slow it down. But it all comes down to defense. We may have lost our composure, but we’re a veteran team and we’re better than that. We should have responded better.”

Brian Scalabrine is covering Boston's playoff run for Comcast in New England now that the Bulls have been eliminated.

But Scalabrine would prefer a second career as a coach instead of in the media.

“What I’ve realized as I’ve got older is that coaches have a lot of control over what goes on, but it’s hard,” he said. “In the NBA, sometimes you get dealt a bad hand or you’ve got a team that turns on you.

“That didn’t seem like a life that I wanted to live or a road that I wanted to go down. But with talking to our coaches (with the Bulls) and even with Doc (Rivers), it’s more about the relationships you build. Doc’s relationship with Kevin (Garnett) and (Rajon) Rondo and even me, who never really played much — those are bonds. I still have a bond with Doc. I think that’s the thing that’s kind of pulling me back toward (NBA coaching). It’s that camaraderie that you get with a team in basketball.”

Scalabrine has also considered coaching college basketball.

“You know, I really like college. I really do. But it didn’t seem that nowadays players are leaving the NBA and getting hired by colleges. Then again, Fred Hoiberg is doing really well at Iowa State, and colleges are starting now to try to run more NBA-type sets.

“So it used to be that the college game was far different from the NBA style, but now it’s starting to get more mixed together.”

Bill Cartwright will not have his contract renewed by the Suns.

Cartwright was hired in 2008 by Steve Kerr to help develop the defense, rebounding and post game of Amar'e Stoudemire.

Cartwright became the lead assistant when Alvin Gentry took over for Terry Porter, but Elston Turner became lead assistant last season.

UNLV will play four exhibition games in Canada this August, traveling to Ottawa and Montreal.

“The Canada trip is a great opportunity for our program,” said head coach Dave Rice. “We will be able to utilize the four games and the 10 days of practice to gain experience for the upcoming season. We are looking forward to incorporating our newcomers with our returning players.”

Anthony Bennett of Canada recently committed to UNLV.