| May 31, 2001 Antonio Davis officially notified the Raptors that he plans to exercise an option to void the final three years of his current contract and become a free agent on July 1. May 21, 2001The Golden State Warriors exercised their option to claim the Indiana Pacers ' first-round pick (#14) in the 2001 draft. This was part of the Jeff Foster Trade. May 7, 2001The Chicago Bulls sent their 2001 2nd round draft pick to the Milwaukee Bucks . This completes the 1999 Andrew Lang trade. May 4, 2001Keith Closs was waived by the Clippers. He was suspended before the season started for a "lack of physical contitioning". He still has one guaranteed season left on his contract at $2,160,000 which will count against the Clipers' cap. The team may try to argue that Closs was in violation of his contract in order to avoid paying the remaining salary. |