News from July 9.

Charlotte named Lee Rose as an assistant coach.  Rose had been the vice
president of player personnel for Milwaukee for the last 4 seasons.

Negotiations between the NBA and Players Association for the new
collective bargaining agreement hit a snag Tuesday morning.  The NBA asked
for the an extension of the moratorium on a freeze of trades and player
signings, but the Players Association refused.  Thus the NBA issued a
lockout.  Negotiations continued and an agreement was reached on the issue
of how $50 million in TV revenue was to be divided.  The NBA then lifted
the lockout a mere 3 hours later.  The moratorium was extended to Thursday
at 4 pm Central time.  Both sides say that no more issues need to be
resolved.