News from June 15. Steve Kerr announced that he will not renew his contract as GM for Phoenix when it expires June 30. The LA Lakers activated DJ MBenga and placed Adam Morrison on IL. The deadline has past for players who previously declared to withdraw from the draft. The NBA released the final official list of underclassmen and foreigners under 22 years old who declared and didn't withdraw. The NBA draft is June 24. Underclassmen who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft: Solomon Alabi (sophomore, Florida State, center) Cole Aldrich (junior, Kansas, center) Al-Farouq Aminu (sophomore, Wake Forest, forward) James Anderson (junior, Oklahoma State, guard) Luke Babbitt (sophomore, Nevada, forward) Armon Bassett (junior, Ohio, guard) Eric Bledsoe (freshman, Kentucky, guard) Craig Brackins (junior, Iowa State, forward):w Avery Bradley (freshman, Texas, guard) Derrick Caracter (junior, UTEP, forward) DeMarcus Cousins (freshman, Kentucky, center) Jordan Crawford (sophomore, Xavier, guard) Ed Davis (sophomore, North Carolina, forward) Devin Ebanks (sophomore, West Virginia, forward) Derrick Favors (freshman, Georgia Tech, forward) Courtney Fortson (sophomore, Arkansas, guard) Tiny Gallon (freshman, Oklahoma, forward) Charles Garcia (junior, Seattle, forward) Paul George (sophomore, Fresno State, forward) Manny Harris (junior, Michigan, guard) Gordon Hayward (sophomore, Butler, forward) Xavier Henry (freshman, Kansas, guard) Darington Hobson (junior, New Mexico, forward) Armon Johnson (junior, Nevada, guard) Wes Johnson (junior, Syracuse, forward) Dominique Jones (junior, South Florida, guard) Mac Koshwal (junior, DePaul, forward) Sylven Landesberg (sophomore, Virginia, guard) Gani Lawal (junior, Georgia Tech, forward) Tommy Mason-Griffin (freshman, Oklahoma, guard) Elijah Millsap (junior, UAB, guard) Greg Monroe (sophomore, Georgetown, center) A.J. Ogilvy (junior, Vanderbilt, center) Daniel Orton (freshman, Kentucky, center) Patrick Patterson (junior, Kentucky, forward) Samardo Samuels (sophomore, Louisville, center) Larry Sanders (junior, Virginia Commonwealth, forward) John Sloan (junior, Huntingdon, guard) Lance Stephenson (freshman, Cincinnati, guard) Lazar Trifunovic (junior, Radford, forward) Evan Turner (junior, Ohio State, guard) Ekpe Udoh (junior, Baylor, forward) John Wall (freshman, Kentucky, guard) Willie Warren (sophomore, Oklahoma, guard) C.J. Webster (junior, San Jose State, forward) Terrico White (sophomore, Mississippi, guard) Hassan Whiteside (freshman, Marshall, center) Elliot Williams (sophomore, Memphis, guard) Stevy Worah-Ozimo (junior, Slippery Rock, forward) Jahmar Young (junior, New Mexico State, guard) International players under 22 years old who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft (foreign players who turn 22 during 2010 are automatically entered into the draft) [country is where player plays]: Thomas Heurtel (guard, France, born 1989) Dusan Korac (center, Montenegro, born 1991) Tibor Pleiss (center, Germany, born 1989) Ryan Richards (center, Spain, born 1989) Kevin Seraphin (forward, France, born 1989) Underclassmen and foreign players who declared and later withdrew their name from the draft: Pablo Aguilar (forward, Spain, born 1989) Andrew Albicy (guard, France, born 1990) Lavoy Allen (junior, Temple, forward) Kevin Anderson (junior, Richmond, guard) Talor Battle (junior, Penn State, guard) Keith Benson (junior, forward, Oakland) Robin Benzing (forward, Germany, born 1989) Stefan Bircevic (forward, Serbia, born 1989) Bojan Bogdanovic (forward, Croatia, born 1989) Anatoly Bose (junior, Nicholls State, guard) Dee Bost (sophomore, Mississippi State, guard) Carlon Brown (junior, Utah, guard) Sarra Camara (forward, France, born 1989) Mike Davis (junior, Illinois, forward) Paul Davis (junior, Virginia Tech, guard) Malcolm Delaney (junior, Virginia Tech, guard) Antoine Diot (guard, France, born 1989) Kenneth Faried (junior, Morehead State, forward) Bangaly Fofana (center, France, born 1989) Jimmer Fredette (junior, BYU, guard) Anthony Gurley (junior, Massachusetts, guard) Miralem Halilovic (forward, Bosnia, born 1991) Jeremy Hazell (junior, Steon Hall, guard) Adnan Hodzic (junior, Lipscomb, forward) Edwin Jackson (guard, France, born 1989) JaJuan Johnson (junior, Purdue, forward) Ravern Johnson (junior, Mississippi State, forward) Cameron Jones (junior, Northern Arizona, guard) Mindaugas Kuzminskas (forward, Lithuania, born 1989) Kenny Lawson (junior, Creighton, forward) Luc Louves (forward, France, born 1989) Uros Lukovic (center, Serbia, born 1989) Demetri McCamey (junior, Illinois, guard) E'Twaun Moore (junior, Purdue, guard) Donatas Motiejunas (center, Italy, born 1990) Arnett Moultrie (sophomore, UTEP, center) Tomasz Nowakowkis (forward, Slovenia, born 1990) Rico Pickett (junior, Manhattan, guard) Eniel Polynice (junior, Mississippi, guard) Herb Pope (sophomore, Seton Hall, forward) Xavier Rabaseda (forward, Spain, born 1989) Fernando Raposo (forward, France, born 1989) Jeff Robinson (junior, Seton Hall, guard) Semen Shashkov (forward, Russia, born 1989) Tracy Smith (junior, NC State, forward) Alex Tyus (junior, Florida, forward) Quinton Watkins (freshman, San Diego State, guard) Chris Wright (junior, Dayton, forward) LAL 89, Bos 67 at LAL Ron Artest (LAL) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 17 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, 9 assists, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 26 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 steals. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Ray Allen (Bos) had 19 points. LAL shot 17-19 FT and Bos shot 6-10 FT. The series is tied 3-3. Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 LAL (4) ______ 8 OKC (2) |_ 1 LA Lakers (4) ___ _ 5 Utah (0) | 4 Den (2) ______| |_ 1 LA Lakers (4) _ 5 Uta (4) _ 3 Phoenix (2) | | | 2 Dal (2) ______ | | 7 SA (4) |_ 7 San Antonio (0) _| | _ 3 Phoenix (4) | 3 Pho (4) _____| | 6 Por (2) |_ 1 LA Lakers (3) _ 4 Boston (3) | 1 Cle (4) ______ | 8 Chi (1) |_ 1 Cleveland (2) | _ 4 Boston (4) ______ | 4 Bos (4) ______| | | 5 Mia (1) |_ 4 Boston (4) ___| _ 2 Orlando (2) 2 Orl (4) ______ | 7 Cha (0) |_ 2 Orlando (4) _____| _ 3 Atlanta (0) 3 Atl (4) ______| 6 Mil (3) Finals (all time Central) *if necessary Thursday, June 17 Game 7 Boston at LA Lakers 8:00 pm ABC ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html