News from June 30. Atlanta released Mike Dunleavy. Chicago released Rajon Rondo., Chicago released Isaiah Canaan. Minnesota released Nikola Pekovic. New York released Maurice Ndour. Philadelphia released Gerald Henderson. Portland released Festus Ezeli. The NBA announced that the 17-18 salary cap is $99.093 million and the tax level is $119.266 million. The non-tax paying team mid-level exception is $8.406 million, the tax paying team mid-level exception is $5.192 million, the and the mid-level exception for a team under the salary cap is $4.328 million. ---- 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