News from June 18. Milwaukee named Bob Bender and Nick Van Exel as assistant coaches. Denver named Tim Connelly as GM. 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 27. Underclassmen who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft: Steven Adams (freshman, Pittsburgh, center) C.J. Aiken (junior, St. Josephs, forward) Anthony Bennett (freshman, UNLV, forward) Vander Blue (junior, Marquette, guard) Lorenzo Brown (junior, North Carolina State, guard) Reggie Bullock (junior, North Carolina, forward) Trey Burke (sophomore, Michigan, guard) Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (sophomore, Georgia, guard) Michael Carter-Williams (sophomore, Syracuse, guard) Adrien Coleman (junior, Bethune-Cookman, guard Allen Crabbe (junior, California, guard) Dewayne Dedmon (junior, Southern California, center) Gorgui Dieng (junior, Louisville, forward) Jamaal Franklin (junior, San Diego State, guard) Keyondrei Gardner (freshman, Midland College, guard) Archie Goodwin (freshman, Kentucky, guard) Tim Hardaway Jr. (junior, Michigan, guard) Grant Jerrett (freshman, Arizona, forward) Christian Kabongo (sophomore, New Mexico State, guard) Myck Kabongo (sophomore, Texas, guard) Shane Larkin (sophomore, Miami, guard) Ricky Ledo (freshman, Providence, forward) Alex Len (sophomore, Maryland, center) C.J. Leslie (junior, North Carolina State, forward) Nurideen Lindsey (junior, Rider, guard) Amath M'Baye (junior, Oklahoma, forward) Ray McCallum (junior, Detroit, guard) Ben McLemore (freshman, Kansas, guard) Tony Mitchell (sophomore, North Texas, forward) Shabazz Muhammad (freshman, UCLA, guard) Nerlens Noel (freshman, Kentucky, forward) Victor Oladipo (junior, Indiana, guard) Kelly Olynyk (junior, Gonzaga, center) Otto Porter Jr. (sophomore, Georgetown, forward) Marshawn Powell (junior, Arkansas, forward) Phil Pressey (junior, Missouri, guard) Andre Roberson (junior, Colorado, forward) Trevis Simpson (junior, North Carolina-Greensboro, guard) Tony Snell (junior, New Mexico, forward) Tahj Tate (sophomore, Delaware State, guard) John Taylor (junior, Fresno Pacific, guard) Adonis Thomas (sophomore, Memphis, forward) Deshaun Thomas (junior, Ohio State, forward) B.J. Young (sophomore, Arkansas, guard) Cody Zeller (sophomore, Indiana, forward) International players under 22 years old who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft (foreign players who turn 22 during 2013 are automatically entered into the draft) [country is where player plays]: Alejandro Abrines (born 1993, Spain) Giannis Adetokunbo (born 1994, Greece) Laszlo Dobos (born 1992, Spain) Rudy Gobert (born 1992, France) Livio Jean-Charles (born 1992, France) Sergey Karasev (born 1992,Russia) Raul Neto (born 1992, Spain) Lucas Riva Nogueira (born 1992, Spain) Alexandre Paranhos (born 1992, Brazil) Bogdan Radosavljevic (born 1992, Germany) Dennis Schroder (born 1992, Germany) Strahinja Stojacic (born 1992, Serbia) Daniel Theis (born 1992, Germany) Janis Timma (born 1992, Latvia) Marko Todorovic (born 1992, Spain) Underclassmen and foreign players who declared and later withdrew their name from the draft: Francois Affia Ambadiang (born 1993, Slovenia) Nemanja Besovic (born 1992, Serbia) Bogdan Bogdanovic (born 1992, Serbia) Matias Bortolin (born 1992, Austria) Linos Chrysikopoulos (born 1992, Greece) Dorde Drenovac (born 1992, Italy) Viktor Gaddefors (born 1992, Italy) Mouhammadou Jaiteh (born 1992, France) Louis Labeyrie (born 1992, France) Philipp Neumann (born 1992, Germany) Norvel Pelle (freshman, Los Angeles College Prep Academy, forward) Artem Pustovyi (born 1992, Ukraine) Marko Ramljak (born 1992, Croatia) Dario Saric (born 1992, Croatia) Joshua Simmons (freshman, Spartanburg Methodist Junior College, guard) Walter Tavares (born 1992, Spain) Axel Toupane (born 1992, France) Adin Vrabac (born 1992, Bosnia) Mia 103, SA 100 OT at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 32 points including 9-12 FT, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers in 50 minutes. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 14 points. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 10 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 22 points including 9-14 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tim Duncan (SA) had 30 points including 13-21 FG and 17 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tony Parker (SA) had 19 points including 6-23 FG and 8 assists. 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 OKC (4) _ 8 Hou (2) |_ 1 Oklahoma City (1) _ _ 5 Memphis (4) | 4 LAC (2) _| |_ 5 Memphis (0) _ 5 Mem (4) _ 2 San Antonio (4) | | | 2 SA (4) _ | | 7 LAL (0) |_ 2 San Antonio (4) __| | _ 6 Golden State (2) | 3 Den (2) _| | 6 GS (4) |_ 2 San Antonio (3) _ 1 Miami (3) | 1 Mia (4) _ | 8 Mil (0) |_ 1 Miami (4) _______ | _ 5 Chicago (1) | | 4 Bro (3) _| | | 5 Chi (4) |_ 1 Miami (4) _____| _ 3 Indiana (3) 2 NY (4) _ | 7 Bos (2) |_ 2 New York (2) ______| _ 3 Indiana (4) 3 Ind (4) _| 6 Atl (2) Finals (Central times) *if necessary Schedule for Thursday, June 20 (All times Central) Game 7: San Antonio at Miami 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