News from June 22. Matt Barnes (LAL) exercised his 11-12 option. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Mia) exercised his 11-12 option. Sacramento exercised their 12-13 options for Tyreke Evans, Omri Casspi, and DeMarcus Cousins. Philadelphia extended qualifying offers to Spencer Hawes and Thaddeus Young, making them restricted free agents. Phoenix extended a qualifying offer to Aaron Brooks, making him a restricted free agent. The NBA Draft is tonight (Thursday) at 6:30 pm Central on ESPN. First Round Order 1. Cleveland (from LA Clippers) 2. Minnesota 3. Utah (from New Jersey) 4. Cleveland 5. Toronto 6. Washington 7. Sacramento 8. Detroit 9. Charlotte 10. Milwaukee 11. Golden State 12. Utah 13. Phoenix 14. Houston 15. Indiana 16. Philadelphia 17. New York 18. Washington (from Atlanta) 19. Charlotte (from New Orleans via Portland) 20. Minnesota (from Memphis via Utah) 21. Portland 22. Denver 23. Houston (from Orlando via Phoenix) 24. Oklahoma City 25. Boston 26. Dallas 27. New Jersey (from LA Lakers) 28. Chicago (from Miami via Toronto) 29. San Antonio 30. Chicago Second Round Order 31. Miami (from Minnesota) 32. Cleveland 33. Detroit (from Toronto) 34. Washington 35. Sacramento 36. New Jersey 37. LA Clippers (from Detroit) 38. Houston (from LA Clippers) 39. Charlotte 40. Milwaukee 41. LA Lakers (from Golden State via New Jersey) 42. Indiana 43. Chicago (from Utah via Chicago) 44. Golden State (from Phoenix via Chicago) 45. New Orleans (from Philadelphia) 46. LA Lakers (from New York) 47. LA Clippers (from Houston) 48. Atlanta 49. Memphis 50. Philadelphia (from New Orleans) 51. Portland 52. Detroit (from Denver) 53. Orlando 54. Cleveland (from Oklahoma City via Miami) 55. Boston 56. LA Lakers 57. Dallas 58. LA Lakers (from Miami) 59. San Antonio 60. Sacramento (from Chicago via Milwaukee) ---- 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