News from June 20.

Philadelphia named Randy Ayers as head coach.  Ayers had been an assistant
coach for Philadelphia.

New York named Lon Kruger as an assistant coach.

New Orleans named Jeff Bower as an assistant coach.

Washington fired assistant coach Brian James.

Toronto fired assistant coaches Craig Neal, Walker Russell, and Jay
Triano.

Bryon Russell (Was) exercised his opt-out clause and, thus, is a free 
agent.

Jay Williams (Chi) remains in the hospital.  He was in a motorcycle 
accident Thursday where he suffered injuries to his pelvic area, left leg,
and knee and underwent 4 hours of surgery that night.  Details of his 
condition have not been released, but reports are that his injuries are 
not life threatening, but could be career threatening and that he'll likely
need to undergo several more surgeries.

The NBA released the list of underclassmen and foreign players who withdrew
their names from the draft.  The draft is June 26.  The 27 are:
  Mauricio Aguiar (born in 1983, Uruguay, guard-forward)
  Pero Antic (born in 1982, Greece, forward)
  David Brkic (born in 1982, Italy, forward-center)
  Aleksandar Djuric (born in 1982, Yugoslavia, center)
  Andre Emmett (junior, Texas Tech, guard)
  Sani Ibrahim (freshman, College of Southern Idaho, forward-center)
  Victor Khryapa (born in 1982, Russia, forward)
  Antonio Lawrence (freshman, San Jose State, forward)
  Kresimir Loncar (born in 1983, Croatia, center)
  Erazem Lorbek (freshman, Michigan State, forward)
  Ricky Minard (junior, Morehead State, guard)
  Marcus Moore (junior, Washington State, guard)
  Simeon Naydenov (junior, Louisville, guard)
  Jameer Nelson (junior, Saint Joseph's guard)
  Misan Nikagbatse (born in 1982, Germany, guard)
  Jason Parker (junior, Tulsa, guard)
  Pavel Podkolzin (born in 1985, Russia, center)
  Brian Polk (junior, Temple, guard)
  Alassane Savadogo (born in 1982, Burkina Faso, forward-center)
  Blagota Sekulic (born in 1982, Serbia, forward)
  Luka Sjekloca (born in 1984, Serbia, center)
  Christos Tapoutos (born in 1982, Greece, forward)
  Chris Thomas (sophomore, Notre Dame, guard)
  Anderson Varejao (born in 1983, Spain, forward-center)
  Aleksander Vujacic (born in 1984, Slovenia, guard)
  Charlie Villanueva (high school senior, Blair Academy HS(New Jersey), forward)
  Nick Zachery (junior, Arkansas-Little Rock, guard)


That leaves the list of underclassmen and foreign players who declared as...
 
Underclassmen who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft:
  Chris Alexander (junior, Iowa State, center)
  Carmelo Anthony (freshman, Syracuse, guard-forward)
  Mario Austin (junior, Mississippi State, forward-center)
  Ronald Blackshear (junior, Marshall, guard)
  Chris Bosh (freshman, Georgia Tech, forward)
  Lamar Castile (sophomore, Community College of Beaver County (PA), guard)
  Ndubi Ebi (high school senior, Westbury Christian HS (Texas), forward)
  Rod Edwards (junior, Ouachita Baptist, guard)
  Carl English (junior, Hawaii, guard)
  T.J. Ford (sophomore, Texas, guard)
  Zac Fray (sophomore, Sanata Ana College (California), guard)
  Jonathan Hargett (freshman, West Virginia, guard)
  David Hamilton (junior, Salem International, forward)
  Jarvis Hayes (junior, Georgia, guard-forward)
  Maurice Jackson (junior, Texas-Permian Basin, forward)
  LeBron James (high school senior, St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (Ohio), forward)
  Richard Jeter (sophomore, Atlanta Metropolitan College, guard)
  Chris Kaman (junior, Central Michigan, center)
  James Lang (high school senior, Central Park Christian HS (Alabama), center)
  Travis Outlaw (high school senior, Starkville HS (Mississippi), forward)
  Kendrick Perkins (high school senior, Clifton J. Ozen HS (Texas), center)
  Josh Powell (sophomore, North Carolina State, forward-center)
  Rick Rickert (sophomore, Minnesota, forward)
  Luke Ridnour (junior, Oregon, guard)
  Robert Smith (junior, North Carolina Wesleyan, forward)
  Mike Sweetney (junior, Georgetown, forward)
  Dwyane Wade (junior, Marquette, guard-forward)
  Maurice Williams (sophomore, Alabama, guard)
  Doug Wrenn (junior, Washington, guard-forward)
 
International players under 22 years old who have declared themselves 
eligible for the NBA draft (foreign players who turn 22 during 2003 are
automatically entered into the draft):
  Malick Badiane (born in 1984, German, forward)
  Leandro Barbosa (born in 1982, Brazil, guard)
  Carlos Delfino (born in 1982, Argentina, guard-forward)
  Boris Diaw-Riffiod (born in 1982, France, forward)
  Maciej Lampe (born in 1985, Poland, forward)
  Darko Milicic (born in 1985, Yugoslavia, forward)
  Zaur Pachulia (born in 1984, Turkey, center)
  Aleksandar Pavlovic (born in 1983, Serbia, guard-forward)
  Mickael Pietrus (born in 1982, France, guard-forward)
  Zoran Planinic (born in 1982, Croatia, guard)
  Pavel Podkolzin (born in 1985, Russia, center)
  Sofoklis Schortsianitis (born in 1985, Greece, forward)
  Nedzad Sinanovic (born in 1983, Bosnia, center)
  Jon Stefansson (born in 1984, Germany, guard)
  Szymon Szewczyk (born in 1982, Poland, center)
  Remon Van de Hare (born in 1982, Holland, center)
  Slavko Vranes (born in 1983, Yugoslavia, center)
  Xue Yuyang (born in 1982, China, center)
 
Also eligible for the draft [they could have another year of college
eligibility, but the NBA doesn't consider them underclassmen]
  Marquis Estill (junior, Kentucky, center)
  Theron Smith (junior, Ball State, forward)

Underclassmen automatically entered into the draft due to having played for
a professional team:
  Myron Allen
  Cameron Benison
  LaDarius Halton
  Christophe Humbert
  Donald Little
  Josh Moore
  Quiande Moore
  Uche Okafor
  Liberto Tetimadingar
  Garnett Thompson
  Chris Young