News from July 7. Charlotte signed 1st round draft pick (#2) Michael Kidd-Gilchrist to a 2 year, $9,412,560 contract with 2 more years worth $11,348,364 at the team's option. Golden State 1st round draft pick (#30) Festus Ezeli to a 2 year, $2,087,880 contract with 2 more years worth $3,121,628 at the team's option. Oklahoma City signed 1st round draft pick (#28) Perry Jones to a 2 year, $2,118,480 contract with 2 more years worth $3,167,406 at the team's option. Houston signed 2011 1st round draft pick (#20) Donatas Motiejunas to a 2 year, $2,784,120 contract with 2 more years worth $3,772,125 at the team's option. Brooklyn signed 2nd round draft pick (#41) Tyshawn Taylor. Phoenix withdrew their qualifying offer to Aaron Brooks, making him an unrestricted free agent. [For all the following amnesty and agreements, they can not officially occur or be signed until the July Moratorium ends (July 11).] Philadelphia will reportedly use the amnesty clause on Elton Brand and release him. Boston has reportedly reached a contract agreement to re-sign Jeff Green. Miami has reportedly reached a contract agreement with Boston free agent Ray Allen. Minnesota has reportedly reached a 2 year, $10 million contract agreement with Brandon Roy. Philadelphia has reportedly reached a 1 year, $6 million contract agreement with LA Clippers free agent Nick Young. Toronto has reportedly reached a 2 year contract agreement to re-sign Aaron Gray. ---- 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