News from June 29. TRADE: Dallas traded Cherokee Parks to Minnesota for the removal of the top 2-6 protection on the 1997 draft pick Dallas obtained from Minnesota in 1994 for Sean Rooks. If Minnesota gets the #1 pick in the 1997 draft, Dallas will received Minnesota's 1998 pick unconditionally. The move freed up about $1.1 million in salary cap room for the free agent market for Dallas. New Jersey named Don Casey as an assistant coach. Casey had been an assistant for Boston for the past 6 seasons.