News from July 6.

The July Moratorium has ended and teams can sign veteran free agents and 
make trades.  There were over 70 signing agreements reported during the
Moratorium.  The Moratorium ended at 11 pm CT Wednesday and the first ones
out of the gate were:

Dallas signed Golden State free agent Harrison Barnes to a 4 year, $94
million contract.  [I haven't seen an official announcement that Golden
State rescinded their qualifying offer to Barnes, so he is a restricted
free agent and Golden State has 3 days to match the offer.  But Golden
State can not do so and have enough money to sign free agent Kevin Durant
(and actually need to renounce Barnes and make a trade (reports are Andrew
Bogut) to have enough money).]

Golden State signed 2nd round draft pick (#38) Patrick McCaw.

Portland signed 2nd round draft pick (#47) Jake Layman.

C.J. Watson (LAC) suffered a fractured right hand and is scheduled to
undergo surgery on Friday.

Brooklyn named Jacque Vaughn, Chris Fleming, Bret Brielmaier, Adam
Harrington, and Jordan Ott as assistant coaches.

Golden State named Mike Brown as an assistant coach.


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