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- Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal was named the NBA Cares Community Assist Award winner at the league’s annual award show Monday night.
- After spending most of his first two NBA seasons buried on the bench with the Portland Trail Blazers, former Maryland standout Jake Layman has found his role as a key reserve and sometimes starter for one of the Western Conference's top teams.
- For the first three games of his rookie season, and the first 40 minutes of the fourth, Jake Layman was no more than a paid spectator. That changed Tuesday.
- Ending a frantic few days of courtship ¿ and perhaps cementing the Spurs as the preseason favorites to win yet another NBA title ¿ Aldridge announced Saturday that he will sign with San Antonio and align with Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard to form what would figure to be among the league's most-formidable frontcourts.
- Former Maryland and Montrose Christian point guard Greivis Vasquez is on the move again, having been traded Thursday night from the Toronto Raptors to the Milwaukee Bucks, according to news reports.
- Tyler Fiorito made 23 saves and Ben Rubeor scored 23 seconds into overtime Saturday night as the Chesapeake Bayhawks beat the host Ohio Machine, 12-11.
- Melo Trimble, the 6-foot-2, 175-pound point guard is the first College Park-bound recruit to be named to the prestigious McDonald¿s team since Mike Jones in 2003.
- Former Lake Clifton star Josh Selby was named co-MVP of the Las Vegas Summer League, the NBA announced Sunday.