Ettore Messina has emerged as a strong candidate to become the next head coach of the Utah Jazz.

Messina is currently head coach at CSKA and spent one season as an assistant for Mike Brown with the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Jazz announced on Monday that they would not renew the contract of Ty Corbin.

Jim Boylen is also a candidate, but his rough stint at the University of Utah could make selling his hire on the local fans difficult.

Bryant Dunston of Olympiacos Piraeus has been named playoffs Game 3 MVP honors after leading the Reds to a 78-76 victory over Real Madrid.

Dunston was equally brilliant and efficient with 21 points on 9-of-10 two-point shooting, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals en route to a performance index rating of 32, the best of all players in playoffs Game 3. 

Ricky Hickman of Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv was named MVP for Playoffs Game 1 with a performance index rating of 36 in his come-from-behind, overtime 101-99 road win against EA7 Emporio Armani Milan.

Hickman had a near-perfect shooting night, hitting 3-of-3 three-point shots and all of his nine free throw tries on the way to 26 points. He scored 14 of those points in the game's last 7 minutes; the final 2 minutes of the fourth quarter - when Maccabi erased an 84-72 deficit - and overtime. He added four rebounds, a steal, three assists and 10 fouls drawn.

With the highest index rating of Game 1, Hickman earned the second weekly MVP honor of his career, after having done so in last season's Top 16 Round 3. 

Clint Capela is expected to declare for the 2014 NBA Draft next week, according to sources.

Capela is a projected first round pick.

"A year ago no one was talking about me and now every day I see news about me," Capela said. "Sometimes, it's strange for me. But I try to stay focused and continue to work hard."

Capela is starting for Chalon and averaging 9.1 points, seven rebounds and 1.8 blocks at just 19 years old. 

DraftExpress.com has Capela ranked as the 13th-best prospect in this year's draft. 

Capela said it will cost an NBA team $500,000 to get him out of his French contract.

Justin Dentmon of Zalgiris Kaunas has been named Euroleague MVP for Top-16, Round 14 for his performance in their 87-80 win over Real Madrid.

Dentmon had 36 points along with five rebounds, three assists and two steals. Dentmon shot 7-for-11 from three-point range.

The Australian NBL will announce a partnership with the NBA in which they will stage an exposure camp in Las Vegas during the 2014 Summer League.

Every NBL team will attend the camp with their coaches and at two players apiece to establish closer ties with the NBA.

The NBL has had several 'NBA level' talent over the past few years with Patty Mills, Sam Young, James Ennis and Jonny Flynn playing at various times.

The 16 players that attend could also play a number of exhibition games against NBA Summer League teams.

The Houston Rockets are interested in signing Malcolm Delaney of Bayern Munich.

But the Rockets are leaning against making a late addition to their roster due the probability of Patrick Beverley returning from his meniscus injury.

Ante Tomic has been named Euroleague Player of the Month for March.

Tomic ended as the Euroleague’s best per-minute performer last month, with a prorated average index rating of 38.5 over 40 minutes.

Tomic had averages of 21 in performance rating, third-best among all Euroleague players, 14 points (ninth-best) and 8 rebounds (fourth-best).