News from June 19. Brandon Bass (Bos) elected to opt-out of his contract and, thus, is a free agent. Ramon Sessions (LAL) elected to opt-out of his contract and, thus, is a free agent. Gerald Wallace (NJ) elected to opt-out of his contract and, thus, is a free agent. The deadline has past for players who previously declared to withdraw from the draft. The NBA draft is June 28. Underclassmen who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft: Erik Austin (freshman, Jackson CC (Michigan), guard) Harrison Barnes (sophomore, UNC, forward) Will Barton (sophomore, Memphis, guard) Bradley Beal (freshman, Florida, guard) J'Covan Brown (junior, Texas, guard) Dominic Cheek (junior, Villanova, guard) Jared Cunningham (junior, Oregon State, guard) Anthony Davis (freshman, Kentucky, forward) Andre Drummond (freshman, Connecticut, center) Dominique Ferguson (junior, Florida International, forward) Justin Hamilton (junior, LSU, center) Moe Harkless (freshman, St. John's, forward) John Henson (junior, UNC, forward) John Jenkins (junior, Vanderbilt, guard) Perry Jones (sophomore, Baylor, forward) Terrence Jones (sophomore, Kentucky, forward) Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (freshman, Kentucky, forward) Doron Lamb (sophomore, Kentucky, guard) Jeremy Lamb (sophomore, Connecticut, guard) Meyers Leonard (sophomore, Illinois, center) Damian Lillard (junior, Weber State, guard) Kendall Marshall (sophomore, UNC, guard) Fab Melo (sophomore, Syracuse, center) Khris Middleton (junior, Texas A&M, guard-forward) Quincy Miller (freshman, Baylor, forward) Tony Mitchell (junior, Alabama, forward) Arnett Moultrie (junior, Mississippi State, forward) Reeves Nelson (UCLA/Lithuania, forward) Austin Rivers (freshman, Duke, guard) Peter Roberson (junior, Grambling State, center) Quincy Roberts (junior, Grambling State, guard) Thomas Robinson (junior, Kansas, forward) Terrence Ross (junior, Washington, guard) Avery Scharer (sophomore, Shoreline CC (Washington), guard) Renardo Sidney (junior, Mississippi State, forward) Jonathon Simmons (junior, Houston, guard) Terrell Stoglin (sophomore, Maryland, guard) Gerardo Suero (junior, Albany, guard) Jared Sullinger (sophomore, Ohio State, forward) Marquis Teague (freshman, Kentucky, guard) Joston Thomas (junior, Hawaii, forward) Hollis Thompson (junior, Georgetown, forward) Richard Townsend-Gant (junior, Vancouver Island University, guard) Dion Waiters (sophomore, Syracuse, guard) Maalik Wayns (junior, Villanova, guard) Royce White (sophomore, Iowa State, forward) D'Angelo Williams (junior, Notre Dame de Namur (California), guard) Tony Wroten (freshman, Washington, guard) International players under 22 years old who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft (foreign players who turn 22 during 2011 are automatically entered into the draft) [country is where player plays]: Furkan Aldemir (forward, Turkey, born 1991) Evan Fournier (forward, France, born 1992) Josep Franch (guard, Spain, born 1991) Alen Omic (center, Slovenia, born 1992) Tomas Satoransky (forward, Spain, born 1991) Tornike Shengelia (forward, Belgium, born 1991) Mathieu Wojciechowski (forward, France, born 1992) Underclassmen and foreign players who declared and later withdrew their name from the draft: Jonas Bergstedt (forward, Spain, born 1992) Maximilian Klebers (guard, Germany, born 1992) Lahaou Konate (guard, France, born 1991) Mindaugas Kupsas (center, Lithuania, born 1991) Joffrey Lauvergne (forward, France, born 1991) Abdoulaye Loum (forward, France, born 1991) Nik Metreveli (center, Italy, born 1991) Nemanja Nedovic (guard, Serbia, born 1991) Jakub Parzenski (forward, Poland, born 1991) Sertac Sanli (center, Turkey, born 1991) Raymond Taylor (junior, Florida Atlantic, guard) Mia 104, OKC 98 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 26 points, 9 rebounds, and 12 assists. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 25 points including 9-15 FG. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 28 points. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 43 points including 20-32 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mia leads the series 3-1. Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 SA (4) ____ 8 Uta (0) |_ 1 SA (4) __ _ 5 LAC (0) | 4 Mem (3) ___| |_ 1 San Antonio (2) _ 5 LAC (4) _ 2 Oklahoma City (4) | | | 2 OKC (4) ___ | | 7 Dal (0) |_ 2 OKC (4) __| | _ 3 LAL (1) | 3 LAL (4) ___| | 6 Den (3) |_ 2 Oklahoma City (1) _ 2 Miami (3) | 1 Chi (2) ___ | 8 Phi (4) |_ 8 Phi (3) __ | _ 4 Bos (4) | | 4 Bos (4) ___| | | 5 Atl (2) |_ 4 Boston (3) ________| _ 2 Miami (4) 2 Mia (4) ___ | 7 NY (1) |_ 2 Mia (4) __| _ 3 Ind (2) 3 Ind (4) ___| 6 Orl (1) NBA Finals (Central times) *if necessary Thursday, June 21 Game 5 Oklahoma City at Miami 8:00 pm ABC Sunday, June 24 *Game 6 Miami at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm ABC Tuesday, June 26 *Game 7 Miami at Oklahoma City 8:00 pm ABC ---- 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