News from July 18. Boston signed Dallas free agent Jason Terry to a 3 year, $15.6 million contract. Charlotte withdrew their qualifying offer for Derrick Brown, making him an unrestricted free agent. Denver re-signed JaVale McGee to a 4 year, $44 million contract. Houston released Jon Leuer and Jerome Jordan. The LA Clippers signed Phoenix free agent Grant Hill to a 2 year, $4 million contract. Portland matched Minnesota's 4 year, $46.5 million offer sheet to restricted free agent Nicolas Batum and, thus, Batum remains with the Trailblazers. Portland signed Phoenix free agent Ronnie Price. Toronto signed 2011 1st round draft pick (#5) Jonas Valanciunas to a 2 year, $7,002,360 contract with 2 more years worth $8,797,774 at the team's option. ---- 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