News from July 18. Charlotte signed Indiana free agent Lance Stephenson to a 3 year, $27 million contract. Chicago signed LA Lakers free agent Pau Gasol to a 3 year, $22 million contract. Chicago signed 2011 1st round draft pick (#23) Nikola Mirotic to a 2 year, $2,638,800 contract with 2 more years worth $3,793,384 at the team's option. Dallas signed Eric Griffin to a non-guaranteed contract. Houston signed Joey Dorsey to a 2 year, minimum contract. Houston signed Ish Smith to a 1 year contract. The LA Lakers released Kendall Marshall. Miami signed 1st round draft pick (#24) Shabazz Napier to a 2 year, $2,533,080 contract with 2 more years worth $3,711,480 at the team's option. Miami re-signed Udonis Haslem to a 2 year, $5.6 million contract. New York signed New Orleans free agent Jason Smith to a 1 year, $3.278 million contract. Philadelphia signed 1st round draft pick (#3) Joel Embiid to a 2 year, $9,054,600 contract with 2 more years worth $10,926,426 at the team's option. Washington re-signed Drew Gooden to a 1 year contract. Washington re-signed Kevin Seraphin to a 1 year, $3.8 million contract. Washington re-signed Garrett Temple to a 2 year, minimum contract with the 2nd year at the player'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