News from June 23.

TRADE: Charlotte traded Zaza Pachulia to Milwaukee for the #45 pick in the
draft.

TRADE: Charlotte traded Aleksandar Pavlovic to Cleveland for a future 1st
round draft pick.  The pick is the one that Cleveland obtained from Toronto
in the Lamond Murray trade.

[There are couple of other trades rumored to have taken place, but nothing
official yet.]

Derek Fisher (LAL) opted out of the last year of his contract and is a
free agent.

Anthony Peeler (Sac) opted out of the last year of his contract and is a
free agent.

The NBA draft is tonight starting at 6 pm Central and will be broadcast on 
ESPN.

Draft Order  [note: Minnesota does not have a 1st round draft pick]
1st round

 1. Orlando
 2. Charlotte  [from LA Clippers (#2-#4 trade)]
 3. Chicago
 4. LA Clippers  [from Charlotte (#2-#4 trade)]
 5. Washington
 6. Atlanta
 7. Phoenix
 8. Toronto
 9. Philadelphia
10. Cleveland
11. Golden State
12. Seattle
13. Portland
14. Utah
15. Boston
16. Utah  [from New York (NY->Pho Stephon Marbury trade) via Phoenix
           (Pho->Uta Tom Gugliotta trade)]
17. Atlanta  [from Milwaukee (Mil->Den Kevin Willis trade) via Denver
              (Den->Det Rodney White trade) via Detroit (Det->Atl Rasheed
              Wallace trade)]
18. New Orleans
19. Miami
20. Denver
21. Utah  [from Houston (John Amaechi trade)]
22. New Jersey
23. Portland  [from Memphis (Bonzi Wells trade)]
24. Boston  [from Dallas (Antoine Walker trade)]
25. Boston  [from Detroit (Rasheed Wallace trade)]
26. Sacramento
27. LA Lakers
28. San Antonio
29. Indiana

2nd round
30. Orlando
31. Chicago
32. Washington
33. LA Clippers  [from Charlotte (#2-#4 trade)]
34. Atlanta
35. Seattle  [from LA Clippers (Predrag Drobnjak trade)]
36. Orlando  [from Phoenix (Donnell Harvey trade)]
37. Atlanta  [from Philadelphia (Efthimios Rentzias trade)]
38. Chicago  [from Toronto (Matt Bonner trade)]
39. Toronto  [from Cleveland (Lamond Murray trade)]
40. Boston
41. Seattle
42. Atlanta  [from Golden State (GS->Phi Jiri Welsch trade) via
              Philadelphia (Phi->Orl Monty Williams trade) via Orlando
              Orl-Atl Anthony Johnson trade)]
43. New York
44. New Orleans
45. Charlotte  [from Milwaukee (Zaza Pachulia trade)]
46. Portland
47. Miami
48. Sacramento  [from Utah (Keon Clark trade)]
49. Memphis  [from Denver (Den->Orl Don Reid trade) via Orlando (Orl->Mem
              Mike Miller trade)]
50. Dallas  [from Denver (Den->Hou James Posey trade) via Houston (Hou->Dal
             2003 #57 trade)]
51. New Jersey
52. San Antonio  [from Memphis (Gordan Giricek trade)]
53. Miami  [from Dallas (Tim Hardaway trade)]
54. Detroit
55. Houston [from Sacramento (Sac->Uta Keon Clark trade) via Utah (Uta->Hou
             John Amaechi trade)]
56. LA Lakers
57. San Antonio
58. Minnesota
59. Indiana


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Admin note: I'm going on a short 5-day vacation starting bright and early
Friday morning.  I hope to have the draft stuff done and out before I 
leave (with very little sleep), but there is a chance that I might not
complete it before I have to leave.  I am taking my laptop with me and
shouldn't fall too far behind (but don't guarantee I'll logon each day).

patricia