News from June 27. TRADE: Sacramento traded Jason Williams and Nick Anderson to Vancouver for Mike Bibby and Brent Price. The LA Lakers named Kurt Rambis as an assistant coach and signed assistant coach Bill Bertka to a 1 year contract extension. Tom Gugliotta (Pho) underwent surgery on his left wrist to repair a ligament. His recovery time is expected to take 4 to 6 weeks. Portland named Maurice Cheeks as head coach. Danny Manning (Uta) opted-out of his contract and is a free agent. The 2001 NBA draft took place. 2001 NBA draft results a) TRADE: The LA Clippers traded the rights to #2 Tyson Chandler and Brian Skinner to Chicago for Elton Brand. b) TRADE: New Jersey traded the rights to #7 Eddie Griffin to Houston for the rights to #13 Richard Jefferson, the rights to #18 Jason Collins, and the rights to #23 Brandon Armstrong. c) TRADE: Cleveland traded the rights to #20 Brendan Haywood to Orlando for Michael Doleac. d) TRADE: Orlando traded the rights to #32 Omar Cook to Denver as part of completing the 2000 Ron Mercer trade. e) TRADE: Atlanta traded the rights to #34 Terence Morris to Houston for a future 1st round draft pick. The pick is the pick Detroit owes Houston and can occur between 2002 to 2004 at Detroit's choice. f) TRADE: Seattle traded the rights to #42 Bobby Simmons to Washington for the rights to Predrag Drobnjak (1997 #49 pick). [Note: There is a trade that will be consummated July 18 believed to be Vancouver trading Shareef Abdur-Rahim and the rights to #27 Jamaal Tinsley to Atlanta for the rights to #3 Pau Gasol, Lorenzen Wright, and Brevin Knight. Atlanta has already (but not officially until July 18) traded the rights to #27 Jamaal Tinsley to Indiana for a lottery protected future 1st round draft pick. Tinsley can not participate in Indiana's summer camp until after July 18.] First Round # Team Player Pos Hgt Wgt B-day College 1 Was Kwame Brown ........... F-C 6-11 240 3/10/82 Glynn Academy HS 2 aChi Tyson Chandler ........ F 7-0 235 10/2/82 Dominguez HS 3 Atl Pau Gasol ............. F 7-0 227 7/6/80 Spain 4 Chi Eddy Curry ............ C 6-11 285 12/5/82 Thornwood HS 5 GS Jason Richardson ...... G-F 6-6 220 1/20/81 Michigan State'03 6 Van Shane Battier ......... F 6-8 220 9/8/78 Duke'01 7 bHou Eddie Griffin ......... F 6-9 220 5/30/82 Seton Hall'04 8 Cle DeSagana Diop ......... C 7-0 315 1/30/83 Oak Hill Academy HS 9 Det Rodney White .......... F 6-9 238 6/28/80 UNC Charlotte'04 10 Bos Joe Johnson ........... G-F 6-8 225 6/29/81 Arkansas'03 11 Bos Kedrick Brown ......... F 6-7 222 3/18/81 Okaloosa-Walton CC'02 12 Sea Vladimir Radmanovic ... F-C 6-10 227 11/19/80 Yugoslavia 13 bNJ Richard Jefferson ..... F 6-7 222 6/21/80 Arizona'02 14 GS Troy Murphy ........... F 6-11 245 5/2/80 Norte Dame'02 15 Orl Steven Hunter ......... C 7-0 220 10/31/81 DePaul'03 16 Cha Kirk Haston ........... F 6-10 245 3/10/79 Indiana'02 17 Tor Michael Bradley ....... F 6-10 245 4/18/79 Villanova'02 18 bNJ Jason Collins ......... C 7-0 260 12/2/78 Stanford'01 19 Por Zach Randolph ......... F 6-9 270 7/16/81 Michigan State'04 20 cOrl Brendan Haywood ....... C 7-0 268 11/11/79 UNC'01 21 Bos Joseph Forte .......... G 6-4 192 3/23/81 UNC'03 22 Orl Jeryl Sasser .......... G 6-6 200 2/13/79 SMU'01 23 bNJ Brandon Armstrong ..... G 6-5 185 6/16/80 Pepperdine'02 24 Uta Raul Lopez ............ G 6-0 180 4/15/80 Spain 25 Sac Gerald Wallace ........ F 6-7 215 7/23/82 Alabama'04 26 Phi Samuel Dalembert ...... C 6-11 250 5/10/81 Seton Hall'03 27 Van Jamaal Tinsley ........ G 6-3 185 2/28/78 Iowa State'01 28 SA Tony Parker ........... G 6-2 177 5/17/82 France Second Round # Team Player Pos Hgt Wgt B-day College 30 Chi Trenton Hassell ....... G 6-5 200 3/4/79 Austin Peay'01 31 GS Gilbert Arenas ........ G 6-3 191 1/6/82 Arizona'03 32 dDen Omar Cook ............. G 6-1 190 1/28/82 St. John's'04 33 Van Willie Solomon ........ G 6-1 185 7/20/78 Clemson'02 34 eHou Terence Morris ........ F 6-9 221 1/11/79 Maryland'01 35 NJ Brian Scalabrine ...... F 6-9 240 3/18/78 USC'01 36 Cle Jeff Trepagnier ....... G 6-4 200 7/11/79 USC'01 37 Phi Damone Brown .......... F 6-9 200 6/28/79 Syracuse'01 38 Det Mehmet Okur ........... F-C 6-11 249 5/26/79 Turkey 39 NY Michael Wright ........ F 6-7 238 1/7/80 Arizona'02 40 Sea Earl Watson ........... G 6-1 195 6/12/79 UCLA'01 41 Ind Jamison Brewer ........ G 6-4 180 Auburn'01 42 fWas Bobby Simmons ......... G-F 6-7 210 6/2/80 DePaul'02 43 NY Eric Chenowith ........ C 7-1 270 3/9/79 Kansas'01 44 Dal Kyle Hill ............. G 6-2 185 4/7/79 Eastern Illinois'01 45 Chi Sean Lampley .......... F 6-7 225 9/9/79 California'01 46 Min Loren Woods ........... C 7-1 245 6/21/78 Arizona'01 47 Den Ousmane Cisse ......... F 6-9 250 10/20/82 St. Jude HS 48 Van Antonis Fotsis ........ F 6-10 219 4/1/81 Greece 49 Mia Ken Johnson ........... C 6-11 235 2/1/78 Ohio State'01 50 Por Ruben Boumtje Boumtje . C 7-0 257 5/20/78 Georgetown'01 51 Pho Alton Ford ............ F 6-9 275 5/29/81 Houston'04 52 Mil Andre Hutson .......... F 6-8 240 1/12/79 Michigan State'01 53 Uta Jarron Collins ........ F 6-11 255 12/2/78 Stanford'01 54 Dal Kenny Satterfield ..... G 6-2 186 4/10/81 Cincinnati'03 55 Sac Maurice Jeffers ....... G 6-4 180 St. Louis'01 56 SA Robertas Javtokas ..... F 6-10 205 3/20/80 Lithuania 57 Phi Alvin Jones ........... C 6-11 265 9/9/78 Georgia Tech'01 58 SA Bryan Bracey .......... F 6-7 210 8/5/78 Oregon'01