News from June 28. Ray Allen (Mia) elected not to opt out of his contract and, thus, remains signed through 13-14. Charlotte extended a qualifying offer to Gerald Henderson, making him a restricted free agent. Charlotte did not extend a qualifying offer to Byron Mullens, making him an unrestricted free agent. Minnesota exercised their 13-14 option for Dante Cunningham. Brooklyn named Lawrence Frank as an assistant coach. Cleveland named Bernie Bickerstaff, Jim Boylan, Igor Kokoskov, Phil Handy, Vitaly Potapenko, and Bret Brielmaier as assistant coaches. Jamahl Mosley was retained from last year's staff. ---- 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