News from June 25.

TRADE: Dallas traded Jose Calderon, Samuel Dalembert, Shane Larkin, Wayne
Ellington, and 2 2nd round picks (#36 and #51) to New York for Tyson
Chandler and Raymond Felton.

Nick Young (LAL) elected to opt-out of his contract and, thus, is a free
agent.

Sacramento extended a qualifying offer to Isaiah Thomas, making him a
restricted free agent.

Utah extended a qualifying offer to Gordon Hayward, making him a
restricted free agent.

Utah named Brad Jones, Antonio Lang, Alex Jensen, Mike Wells, and Johnnie
Bryant as assistant coaches.


The NBA draft is tonight (Thursday) on ESPN 6:30 pm (Central).

First Round Order
 1. Cleveland
 2. Milwaukee
 3. Philadelphia
 4. Orlando
 5. Utah
 6. Boston
 7. LA Lakers
 8. Sacramento
 9. Charlotte  [from Detroit]
10. Philadelphia  [from New Orleans]
11. Denver
12. Orlando  [from New York via Denver]
13. Minnesota
14. Phoenix
15. Atlanta
16. Chicago  [from Charlotte]
17. Boston  [from Brooklyn]
18. Phoenix  [from Washington]
19. Chicago
20. Toronto
21. Oklahoma City  [from Dallas via Houston and LA Lakers]
22. Memphis
23. Utah  [from Golden State]
24. Charlotte  [from Portland]
25. Houston
26. Miami
27. Phoenix  [from Indiana]
28. LA Clippers
29. Oklahoma City
30. San Antonio

Second Round Order
31. Milwaukee
32. Philadelphia
33. Cleveland  [from Orlando]
34. New York  [from Dallas via Boston]
35. Utah
36. Milwaukee  [from LA Lakers via Minnesota and Phoenix]
37. Toronto  [from Sacramento]
38. Detroit
39. Philadelphia  [from Cleveland]
40. Minnesota  [from New Orleans]
41. Denver
42. Houston  [from New York]
43. Atlanta
44. Minnesota
45. Charlotte
46. Washington
47. Philadelphia  [from Brooklyn via Dallas and Boston]
48. Milwaukee  [from Toronto via Phoenix]
49. Chicago
50. Phoenix
51. New York  [from Dallas]
52. Philadelphia  [from Memphis via Cleveland]
53. Minnesota  [from Golden State]
54. Philadelphia  [from Houston via Milwaukee]
55. Miami
56. Denver  [from Portland]
57. Indiana
58. San Antonio  [from LA Clippers via New Orleans]
59. Toronto  [from Oklahoma City via New York]
60. San Antonio


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