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Breaking @bobcats News: The team has withdrawn its qualifying offer to D.J. Augustin. He is now an unrestricted free agent.

The 76ers have decided to use the amnesty clause on Elton Brand and the $18M left on final year of his deal, league sources tell Y! Sports.

@KJ_MayorJohnson: 'Plan B' is dead, economics don't make sense w/o Kings.

Nets "very close" to acquiring Joe Johnson from Hawks for Farmar, Petro, Morrow, Williams, Stevenson and protected pick

Dalembert and the 14th pick go the Bucks for the 12th pick, Jon Brockman, Jon Leuer and Shaun Livingston, sources tell Y!

Sources said the Kings aren't as content as I'd previously thought about the idea of grabbing whichever player falls between Kidd-Gilchrist and Barnes (assuming Beal is gone and Robinson, with whom they'd likely be thrilled, is off the board as well). As discussed back in Mock 2.0, I'm now hearing once again that they may go big in an attempt to find a complement for young center DeMarcus Cousins. I still put Barnes here because he's the value pick who could be dealt to another team as part of a trade in which the Kings move back to select a big man. Sources said one of the possibilities is to swap picks with Golden State (No. 7) and pick up another asset. And it's well-chronicled that the Kings can move back in exchange for Houston's 14th and 16th picks. As for which big man they'd opt for? That's not clear yet, though I'm told it wouldn't be Connecticut center Andre Drummond. Some of the candidates include North Carolina power forward John Henson, Kentucky power forward Terrence Jones, and, depending on how far back they went, Mississippi State power forward Arnett Moultrie. St. John's small forward Moe Harkless, who is expected to go in the mid-to-late first round, had a surprise workout in Sacramento on Monday.

Giants waived/injured Jake Ballard. There's a surprise.

Tyreke Evans was the Rookie of the Year in the 2009-10 season. But heading into his fourth season, the Kings are not expected to offer him a contract extension, though he will be eligible for one this offseason.

Kings win tiebreaker with New Jersey and have 5th best chance of landing top pick in the NBA Draft Lottery.

CBS Sports' Rob Rang confirms that the Cowboys have not scheduled pre-draft visits with Stanford OG David DeCastro or Memphis NT Dontari Poe. The Cowboys have a documented history of drafting players they host for pre-draft visits. Based on Dallas' track record, Rang expects the club to select an SEC star at No. 14. The Cowboys have hosted Alabama S Mark Barron, Alabama OLB Courtney Upshaw, South Carolina CB Stephon Gilmore, Alabama CB Dre Kirkpatrick, Georgia G/T Cordy Glenn, and Mississippi State DT Fletcher Cox.

Just got it confirmed from the Cowboys, former special teams coach Joe Avezzano has died

When looking at the WRs behind Miles Austin and Dez Bryant, don't count Teddy Williams. He's moving back to CB when on-field work starts.