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The Clippers just capped off an unexpectedly solid regular season with a rare trip to the NBA playoffs-and an even rarer venture to the second round.

Mark Turgeon's first class was a monster, a six-man behemoth that is arguably Maryland's most promising in the last decade.

Some schools of thought hold that there really aren't any dynasties outside of the legendary teams fielded by the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls.

Carlon Jeffery who is best known for his role as Cameron Parks on Disney Channel's "ANT Farm" will take the court to raise funds and awareness in the Harmony and Hoops Celebrity Basketball Game at University of California Irvine Bren Events Center, 100 Bren Events Center, Irvine, California, 92697 on Saturday, May 19, 2012, at 5:00pm. Carlon will ... (more)

Herald Kevin Garnett keeps Celtics pulse Doc thinks Ray Allen's a no-go Time to reignite passion This year, Bradley's in Celtics: 5 keys to the series Matching up the Celtics-Hawks series Knicks rookie guard Iman Shumpert tears ACL, out for the playoffs Magic scores game's final 11 points in defeating Pacers in Game 1 LeBron James and Heat stifle ... (more)

That changed as the namesake of the longtime NBA player, now a Washington Wizards assistant coach, started taking a more serious interest in the game.