Morning News Links
NBA
Dallas Mavericks point guard Jason Kidd is open to the idea of playing with Deron Williams and the Brooklyn Nets next season or Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks. Kidd's first choice would be to re-sign with the Mavericks. [NY Daily News]
Oklahoma City Thunder centre Serge Ibaka is not impressed with Miami Heat forward LeBron James' defence in the NBA Finals. "LeBron is not a good defender. He can play defence for two to three minutes, but not 48 minutes," Ibaka said. [Sporting News]
Potential NBA lottery pick Jared Sullinger has been medically red flagged by doctors due to concerns with the Ohio State big man's back. [ESPN]
League sources say the Chicago Bulls are open to trading forward Luol Deng for a lottery draft pick in order to avoid paying the NBA luxury tax. [Daily Herald]
The NBA and Commissioner David Stern are weighing introducing retroactive penalties to players for flopping during games. "We just want to put a stake in the ground that says this [flopping] is not something that we want to be part of our game, without coming down with a sledgehammer," Stern said. [ESPN]
The Charlotte Bobcats have named St. John's assistant Mike Dunlap their new head coach. [Charlotte Observer]
The New Orleans Hornets could drop the "Hornets" nickname by the 2013-14 season. [Times-Picayune]
MLB
Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria was removed from his minor league rehab assignment with Triple-A Durham on Monday after feeling discomfort in his hamstring. He is out indefinitely. [AP]
Houston Astros owner Jim Crane would offer Roger Clemens a job within the organization after the seven-time Cy Young Award winner was acquitted of perjury charges on Monday. [MLB.com]
The Boston Red Sox have increased their efforts to trade Kevin Youkilis. [Fox Sports]
Roger Clemens is headed back to the courtroom as former trainer Brian McNamee is suing Clemens for defamation. [NY Daily News]
NHL
Philadelphia Flyers GM Paul Holmgren says that despite Chris Pronger's injury, he is still helping the team by watching player video and attending scouting meetings. [CSN Philly]
The Vancouver Canucks made a qualifying offer to goaltender Cory Schneider. [Vancouver Province]
The New York Rangers are aggressively shopping forward Brandon Dubinsky. [Team 1200 Radio]
The Philadelphia Flyers will make inquiries into forward Zach Parise and defenceman Ryan Suter, if they become free agents on July 1st. [Philly.com]
The San Jose Sharks announced that Todd McLellan will return as the team's head coach next season. [NHL.com]
BOXING
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has unseated Tiger Woods on Forbes' World's 100 Highest-Paid Athletes list. [Forbes.com]
Spike Lee will direct Mike Tyson's one-man Broadway show titled, "Mike Tyson - Undisputed Truth." [Hollywood Reporter]
