News from August 31. The NBA fined the LA Lakers $500,000 for tampering when the Laker's GM contacted Paul George's agent when George was still with Indiana. Trade: The Boston-Cleveland (Isaiah Thomas-Kyrie Irving) trade was amended by Boston sending Miami's 2010 2nd round pick to Cleveland, due to Cleveland's concerns about Thomas' injured hip. Boston signed L.J. Peak. Orlando signed Kalin Lucas and Troy Caupin. ---- 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