News from June 23. The 2011 NBA Draft occurred. a) TRADE: In a 3 team trade, Charlotte traded away Stephen Jackson, Shaun Livingston, the rights to #19 Tobias Harris and received Corey Maggette, and the rights to #7 Bismack Miyombo; Milwaukee traded away Corey Maggette, John Salmons, and the rights to #10 Jimmer Fredette and received Stephen Jackson, Beno Udrih, Shaun Livingston, and the rights to #19 Tobias Harris; and Sacramento traded away Beno Udrih and the rights to #7 Bismack Biyombo and received John Salmons and the rights to #10 Jimmer Fredette. b) TRADE: San Antonio traded George Hill to Indiana for the rights to #15 Kawhi Leonard, the rights to #42 Davis Bertans, and the rights to 2005 draft pick #46 Erazem Lorbek c) TRADE: Houston traded Brad Miller, the rights to #23 Nikola Mirotic, the rights to #38 Chandler Parsons, and a future 1st round draft pick (that belongs to Memphis, lottery protected 2013-2016 else 2017 2nd round pick) to Minnesota for Jonny Flynn and the rights to #20 Donatas Motiejunas. Houston later traded with Minnesota to get back the rights to #38 Chandler Parson by sending #1.5 million and a protected 2012 2nd round pick to Minnesota. d) TRADE: Boston traded the rights to #25 MarShon Brooks to New Jersey for the rights to #27 JaJuan Johnson and a 2014 2nd round draft pick. e) TRADE: In a 3 team traded, Dallas traded away the rights to #26 Jordan Hamilton and the rights to #57 Targuy Ngombo and received Rudy Fernandez and the rights to 2007 #30 draft pick Petteri Koponen; Denver traded away Raymond Felton and received Andre Miller, the rights to #26 Jordan Hamilton, and a future Portland 2nd round draft pick; and Portland traded away Rudy Fernandez, Andre Miller, the rights to 2007 #30 draft pick Petteri Koponen, and a future 2nd round draft pick and received Raymond Felton and the rights to #57 Targuy Ngombo. f) TRADE: Minnesota traded the rights to #28 Norris Cole to Miami for the rights to #31 Bojan Bogdanovic. g) TRADE: Cleveland traded the rights to #32 Justin Harper to Orlando for 2 future 2nd round draft picks. h) TRADE: Charlotte traded the rights to #39 Jeremy Tyler to Golden State for cash. i) TRADE: New Orleans traded the rights to #45 Josh Harrellson to New York for cash. j) TRADE: The LA Lakers traded the rights to #56 Chukwudiebere Maduabum to Denver for a future 2nd round draft pick. First Round # Team Player Pos Ht Wt B-day College 1 Cle Kyrie Irving .......... G 6-2 180 3/23/92 Duke'14 2 Min Derrick Williams ...... F 6-8 241 5/25/91 Arizona'13 3 Uta Enes Kanter ........... F 6-10 255 5/20/92 Kentucky'14 4 Cle Tristan Thompson ...... F 6-8 225 3/13/91 Texas'14 5 Tor Jonas Valanciunas ..... F 7-0 231 5/6/92 Lithuania 6 Was Jan Vesely ............ F 6-11 239 4/24/90 Czech Republic 7 aCha Bismack Biyombo ....... F 6-9 243 8/8/92 Congo 8 Det Brandon Knight ........ G 6-3 185 12/2/92 Kentucky'14 9 Cha Kemba Walker .......... G 6-1 172 5/8/90 Connecticut'11 10 aSac Jimmer Fredette ....... G 6-2 190 2/25/89 Brigham Young'11 11 GS Klay Thompson ......... G 6-6 202 2/8/90 Washington State'12 12 Uta Alec Burks ............ G 6-6 195 7/20/91 Colorado'13 13 Pho Markieff Morris ....... F 6-10 245 9/2/89 Kansas'12 14 Hou Marcus Morris ......... F 6-9 235 9/2/89 Kansas'12 15 bSA Kawhi Leonard ......... F 6-7 225 6/29/91 San Diego State'13 16 Phi Nikola Vucevic ........ F 6-10 260 10/24/90 USC'12 17 NY Iman Shumpert ......... G 6-5 212 6/26/90 Georgia Tech'12 18 Was Chris Singleton ....... F 6-9 220 11/21/89 Florida State'12 19 aMil Tobias Harris ......... F 6-8 225 7/15/92 Tennessee'14 20 cHou Donatas Motiejunas .... F 7-0 222 9/29/90 Lithuania 21 Por Nolan Smith ........... G 6-2 185 7/25/88 Duke'11 22 Den Kenneth Faried ........ F 6-8 225 11/19/89 Morehead State'11 23 cMin Nikola Mirotic ........ F 6-10 220 2/14/91 Spain 24 OKC Reggie Jackson ........ G 6-3 208 3/16/90 Boston College'12 25 dNJ MarShon Brooks ........ G 6-5 200 1/26/89 Providence'11 26 eDen Jordan Hamilton ....... F 6-7 220 10/6/90 Texas'13 27 dBos JaJuan Johnson ........ F 6-10 221 2/8/89 Purdue'11 28 fMia Norris Cole ........... G 6-2 170 10/13/89 Cleveland State'11 29 SA Cory Joseph ........... G 6-3 185 9/20/91 Texas'14 30 Chi Jimmy Butler .......... F 6-7 220 9/14/89 Marquette'11 Second Round # Team Player Pos Ht Wt B-day College 31 fMin Bojan Bogdanovic ...... G 6-8 218 4/18/89 Croatia 32 gOrl Justin Harper ......... F 6-10 225 8/30/89 Richmond'11 33 Det Kyle Singler .......... F 6-8 230 5/4/88 Duke'11 34 Was Shelvin Mack .......... G 6-3 215 3/22/90 Butler'12 35 Sac Tyler Honeycutt ....... F 6-8 200 7/15/90 UCLA'13 36 NJ Jordan Williams ....... F 6-10 260 10/11/90 Maryland'13 37 LAC Trey Thompkins ........ F 6-10 245 5/29/90 Georgia'12 38 cHou Chandler Parsons ...... F 6-10 215 10/25/88 Florida'11 39 hGS Jeremy Tyler .......... C 6-10 255 6/21/91 USA 40 Mil Jon Leuer ............. F 6-10 228 5/14/89 Wisconsin'11 41 LAL Darius Morris ......... G 6-4 190 2/3/91 Michigan'13 42 bSA Davis Bertans ......... F 6-10 210 11/12/92 Slovenia 43 Chi Malcolm Lee ........... F 6-5 200 5/22/90 UCLA'12 44 GS Charles Jenkins ....... G 6-3 220 2/28/89 Hofstra'11 45 iNY Josh Harrellson ....... F 6-10 275 2/12/89 Kentucky'11 46 LAL Andrew Goudelock ...... G 6-2 200 12/7/88 C. of Charleston'11 47 LAC Travis Leslie ......... G 6-4 205 3/29/90 Georgia'12 48 Atl Keith Benson .......... C 6-11 230 8/13/88 Oakland'11 49 Mem Josh Selby ............ F G-2 183 3/27/91 Kansas'14 50 Phi Lavoy Allen ........... F 6-9 225 2/4/89 Temple'11 51 Por Jon Diebler ........... F 6-6 205 6/22/88 Ohio State'11 52 Det Vernon Macklin ........ F 6-9 240 9/26/86 Florida'11 53 Orl DeAndre Liggins ....... G 6-6 210 3/31/88 Kentucky'12 54 Cle Milan Macvan .......... F 6-9 260 11/16/89 Serbia 55 Bos E'Twaun Moore ......... G 6-4 191 2/28/89 Purdue'11 56 jDen Chukwudiebere Maduabum F 6-9 210 3/19/91 Nigeria 57 ePor Targuy Ngombo ......... F 6-4 204 7/10/89 Qatar 58 LAL Ater Majok ............ F 6-10 225 7/4/87 Sudan 59 SA Adam Hanga ............ F 6-7 200 4/12/89 Hungary 60 Sac Isaiah Thomas ......... G 5-9 185 2/7/89 Washington'12 Admin note: I'm heading off on one of my looong vacations next week. I will rarely be getting online while I'm gone. If the news is very little (which is likely with the lockout likely to start July 1), I'll send news out when I get a chance, else I'll catchup in September. Have a great summer! patricia ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html