News from July 13. TRADE: Houston traded Jeremy Lin to the LA Lakers for the rights to 2004 2nd round draft pick (#49) Sergei Lishouk. TRADE: Charlotte traded Scotty Hopson to New Orleans for cash. Atlanta released John Salmons. Cleveland signed Miami free agent LeBron James to a 2 year, $42.1 million contract with the 2nd year at the player's option. The LA Clippers signed 1st round draft pick (#28) C.J. Wilcox to a 2 year, $2,283,360 contract with 2 more years worth $3,392,928 at the team's option. Miami re-signed Chris Andersen to a 2 year, $10.375 million contract. New York re-signed Carmelo Anthony to a 5 year, $124 million contract. Sacramento named Tyrone Corbin as an assistant coach. ---- 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