Josh McRoberts underwent successful surgery on Wednesday to remove bone spurs from his left great toe, the Charlotte Bobcats announced.

McRoberts will sit out basketball activities for at least the next four weeks.

Andrew Goudelock has been named Eurocup Most Valuable Player for the 2013-14 season.

A rookie in European basketball, Goudelock started 21 of his team's 22 games prior to the Eurocup Finals and scored in double figures in every one.

Goudelock finished fourth in the competition in scoring, with 19.1 points per game, ranked ninth in three-pointers made per game (2.4) and sixth in free-throw accuracy (90.5%).

Goudelock actually raised his scoring average to 20.1 points and his performance index rating to 16.8 (from 15.9) in the eight games Unics won by less than 10 points. Goudelock went even higher with the season on the line, averaging 22 points and an 18.8 index rating in six elimination-rounds games. 

Mike D'Antoni has stepped down as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.

D'Antoni was hired in November of 2012 to replace Mike Brown as the Buss Family chose him over Phil Jackson.

Dwight Howard did not enjoy playing for D'Antoni and his presence played a role in his departure in free agency, while he also seemed to lose the support of Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol in 13-14.

D'Antoni was under contract for the 14-15 season and the Lakers held an option on his deal for 15-16 that he attempted to get the team to pick up.

"We've hit an insurmountable impasse and Mike will no longer be the Laker coach," agent Warren LeGarie told Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports.

“Given the circumstances, I don’t know that anybody could have done a better job than Mike did the past two seasons,” said Mitch Kupchak in a release announcing the move. “On behalf of the Lakers, we thank Mike for the work ethic, professionalism and positive attitude that he brought to the team every day. We wish him the best of luck.”

Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times reports that the Lakers likely will "hire for (a) high-salaried big-name NBA guy or NBA assistant with upside."

Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reports that both Kobe Bryant and Lakers' management are known to be fond of Ettore Messina.

The Golden State Warriors haven't made a final decision on the future of Mark Jackson, but the beginning of issues was when Joe Lacob engaged in brief extension talks with Jackson's agent last offseason.

Lacob raised the issue of Jackson at least establishing a partial residence in the Bay Area. Jackson remains largely based in Southern California.

Jackson is under contract for one more season and has generally done a good job with what had been a disappointing run of seasons since the 2007 NBA Playoffs.

Jackson is beloved by most players on the roster and respected by the front office, but he also has been a target for fans and sometimes for Warriors' executives.

Fred Hoiberg and Steve Kerr are at the top of the Warriors' hypothetical short list should they decide to part ways with Jackson.

Magic Johnson finally admitted publicly that he remains interested in purchasing an NBA team with the Los Angeles Clippers a possibility.

Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports has reported consistently this week that Johnson and Guggenheim Partners would make a run for the Clippers if Donald Sterling is forced to sell.

“I will be owning an NBA team sometime," Johnson told a gathering of business leaders Wednesday at the Milken Global Conference in Beverly Hills. "Is the Clippers the right situation? Of course. It's one of the premiere franchises." 

Johnson is encouraged by the sentiment expressed by many fans.

“I think the fans have already spoken," Johnson said. "They would like us to own the team. But we have to wait and see.”

Johnson cautioned that any possible purchase "is a long way off," and he told KPCC he that expects Sterling to fight to block the sale of the Clippers.

Derrick Rose took contact on his surgically repaired right knee for the first time on Monday and played one on one with Mike James.

Rose has not suffered a comeback since tearing his meniscus in November.

Rose is on track to return to the court for Team USA in the July minicamp and is expected to be at full strength for the Chicago Bulls next season.

Myles Turner has committed to Texas.

Turner is a top-five prospect in the 2014 incoming class and also considered Kansas.

Rick Barnes' assistant coach Chris Ogden led the recruitment process for Texas to land Turner.

The NBA has announced 75 early entry candidates for the 2014 NBA Draft, including 45 players from colleges and 30 International players.

PLAYER, SCHOOL

Jordan Adams, UCLA 
William Alston, CC of Baltimore County Dundalk 
Mychal Ammons, South Alabama 
Kyle Anderson, UCLA 
Isaiah Austin, Baylor 
Chane Behanan, Louisville 
Sim Bhullar, New Mexico State 
Khem Birch, UNLV 
Jabari Brown, Missouri 
Jahii Carson, Arizona State 
Semaj Christon, Xavier 
Jordan Clarkson, Missouri 
DeAndre Daniels, Connecticut 
Spencer Dinwiddie, Colorado 
Joel Embiid, Kansas 
Tyler Ennis, Syracuse 
Aaron Gordon, Arizona 
Jerami Grant, Syracuse, 
P.J. Hairston, North Carolina/Texas (D-League) 
Gary Harris, Michigan State 
Rodney Hood, Duke 
Nick Johnson, Arizona 
Alex Kirk, New Mexico 
Zach LaVine, UCLA 
James Michael McAdoo, North Carolina 
K.J. McDaniels, Clemson 
Mitch McGary, Michigan 
Eric Moreland, Oregon State 
Johnny O'Bryant III, LSU 
Jabari Parker, Duke 
Elfrid Payton, Louisiana-Lafayette 
Julius Randle, Kentucky 
Glenn Robinson III, Michigan 
LaQuinton Ross, Ohio State 
Antonio Rucker, Clinton JC (SC) 
Jakarr Sampson, St. John's, 
Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State 
Roscoe Smith, UNLV 
Nik Stauskas, Michigan 
Jarnell Stokes, Tennessee 
Noah Vonleh, Indiana 
T.J. Warren, North Carolina State 
Andrew Wiggins, Kansas 
James Young, Kentucky 
Ta'Quan Zimmermann, Thompson Rivers (Canada)

The following is the list of international players who have applied for early entry into the 2014 NBA Draft:

PLAYER, TEAM (TEAM COUNTRY) / HOME COUNTRY

Eleftherios Bochoridis, Aris (Greece) / Greece 
Matias Bortolin, Regatas Corrientes (Argentina) / Argentina 
Nedim Buza, Spars Sarajevo (Bosnia)/ Bosnia & Herzegovina 
Bruno Caboclo, Pinheiros (Brazil) / Brazil 
Berkay Candan, TED Kolejliler (Turkey) / Turkey 
Clint Capela, Chalon (France) / Switzerland 
Joonas Cavén, Joventut (Spain) / Finland 
Nemanja Dangubic, Mega Vizura (Serbia) / Serbia 
Moussa Diagne, Fuenlabrada (Spain) / Senegal 
Tomas Dimša, Zalgiris (Lithuania) / Lithuania 
Marcus Eriksson, Manresa (Spain) / Sweden 
Danté Exum, Australia, 
Ilja Gromovs, Ventspils (Latvia) / Latvia 
Damien Inglis, Roanne (France) / France 
Nikola Jokic, Mega Vizura (Serbia) / Serbia 
Michalis Kamperidis Filathlitikos (Greece) / Greece 
Artem Klimenko, Avtodor (Russia) / Russia 
Rasmus Larsen, Manresa (Spain) / Denmark 
Lucas Mariano, Vivo Franca (Brazil) / Brazil 
Vasilije Micic, Mega Vizura (Serbia) / Serbia 
Jusuf Nurkic, Cedevita (Croatia) / Bosnia & Herzegovina 
Mateusz Ponitka, Oostende (Belgium) / Poland 
Kristaps Porzingis, Cajasol (Spain) / Latvia 
Marko Ramljak, Zadar (Croatia) / Croatia 
Dario Šarić, Cibona (Croatia) / Croatia 
Ojars Silins, Reggio Emilia (Italy) / Latvia 
Alejandro Suarez, Joventut (Spain) / Spain 
Devon Van Oostrum Vitoria (Spain)/ Holland 
Guillem Vives, Joventut (Spain) / Spain 
Adin Vrabac, Spars Sarajevo (Bosnia) / Bosnia & Herzegovina

Stan Van Gundy will not have interest in the Minnesota Timberwolves head coaching job, according to a source.

Van Gundy was reportedly a candidate for the open position.

Van Gundy has a career regular season record of 334-179 with the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic.

Tom izzo said he will return to coach Michigan State despite reportedly being a candidate for the coach openings of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Detroit Pistons.

"First of all, I'm going to be at Michigan State,'' Izzo said Wednesday. "I still listen to things every day in our town about Nick Saban saying I'm not going to be the Alabama coach [when Saban was coach of the Miami Dolphins].

"Nobody knows where any of us are going to be. You have to look at your track record and, over all these years, is this what he's done?"

The Spartans lost in the Elite Eight last season to Connecticut.

"If somebody made me an offer to be the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers that was so good that it would impress everybody, does that mean I would never say never?" Izzo said. "I'm not doing that anymore. I've seen too many people get stung that way.

"Put it this way: I've got a big-time recruit coming in an hour and if I was leaving I wouldn't be recruiting.''