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Associated Press

Chris Bosh doesn’t plan to sign a contract extension with the Toronto Raptors this summer and is preparing to become a free agent at the end of next season.

Bosh, an All-Star forward, is in the final year of a deal that will pay him $15.7 million. Although Raptors General Manager Bryan Colangelo has spoken optimistically in the past about signing Bosh to an extension this summer, Bosh said that isn’t his intention.

He said leaving his status up in the air could actually help him and the Raptors, who missed the playoffs this season with a 33-49 record.

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“[When] I signed a three-year [extension in 2006] . . . I had a goal in mind, and that was to put myself in the best position [in 2010]. . . . I’m thinking I just want to stick to my goal, stick to what I was doing,” Bosh told reporters. “That’s a part of the plan. . . . I just want to address things [after] next season.”

Surgery for Dunleavy

Indiana Pacers guard Mike Dunleavy has had minor arthroscopic surgery on his left hip.

The team said that the operation was done to clean up a long-standing injury and was not related to Dunleavy’s rehabilitation of his right knee, which forced him to sit out all but 18 games last season.

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