News from August 11. Detroit re-signed Jud Buechler to a 3 year, $11 million contract. Detroit re-signed Mikki Moore to a 3 year, $9.4 million contract with a player option for the 3rd year. Detroit signed Torraye Braggs. Detroit named Dave Twardzik and Mike Sanders as assistant coaches. Milwaukee re-signed Darvin Ham to a 2 year, $1.7 million contract. New Jersey re-signed Kendall Gill to a 1 year, $7 million contract. Orlando signed 1st round draft pick (#5) Mike Miller to a 3 year, $7,482,240 contract with a 4th year worth 3,380,457 at the team's option. San Antonio signed Shawnelle Scott and Ira Newble to minimum, non-guaranteed contracts. Toronto signed Mark Jackson to a 4 year, $16.4 million contract. Utah signed Danny Manning to a 2 year, $2.52 million contract with a player option for the 2nd year. Washington re-signed Chris Whitney to a 3 year, $8.2 million contract with a 4th year worth $3 million at the team's option. Washington re-signed Laron Profit to a 2 year, $1.1 million contract. Washington re-signed Jahidi White to a 5 year, $25 million contract. The USA Men's Olympic Basketball team named Antonio McDyess (Den) to replace the injured Tim Duncan (SA). The 2000 Olympics start September 15 in Australia. 2000 USA Basketball Men's Olympic Team Player (team) Pos Ht Wt B-day College Exp Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) F 6-9 230 12/11/76 California'99 4 Ray Allen (Mil) ........ G 6-5 205 7/20/75 Connecticut'97 3 Vin Baker (Sea) ........ F 6-11 250 11/23/71 Hartford'93 6 Vince Carter (Tor) ..... G-F 6-6 225 1/26/77 UNC'99 1 zTim Duncan (SA) ........ F-C 7-0 248 4/25/76 Wake Forest'97 2 Kevin Garnett (Min) .... F 6-11 220 5/19/76 - Chicago Farragut HS 4 xTom Gugliotta (Pho) .... F 6-10 240 12/19/69 N.C. State'92 7 Tim Hardaway (Mia) ..... G 6-0 195 9/1/66 UTEP'89 10 yGrant Hill (Det) ....... F 6-8 225 10/5/72 Duke'94 5 Allan Houston (NY) ..... G 6-6 200 4/4/71 Tennessee'93 6 Antonio McDyess ........ F 6-9 240 9/7/74 Alabama'97 5 Alonzo Mourning (Mia) .. C 6-10 261 2/8/70 Georgetown'92 7 Jason Kidd (Pho) ....... G 6-4 212 3/23/73 California'96 5 Gary Payton (Sea) ...... G 6-4 180 7/23/68 Oregon State'90 9 Steve Smith (Por) ...... G 6-8 215 3/31/69 Michigan State'91 8 Head Coach: Rudy Tomjanovich (Hou) Assistants: Larry Brown (Phi) Gene Keady (Purdue) Tubby Smith (Kentucky) xGugliotta withdrew his name from the team 3/22/00 as he has a torn MCL and ACL in his left knee. Vince Carter was named as his replacement. yHill announced 6/15/00 that he will not play in the Olympics due to his broken left ankle. Shareef Abdur-Rahim was named as his replacement. zDuncan withdrew his name from the team 8/10/00 as his injured right knee has not fully healed. Antonio McDyess was named as his replacement.