21.   Running short of food, the team chose Petzoldt to rope up with its leader, Charles S. Houston, for a last push.

22.   Some teams choose not to take action until key free agents are settled, diminishing the risk of overpaying.

23.   Some teams would choose to keep these veterans but not at cap costs.

24.   Teams will choose to release players on or after that date because they can spread out the remaining salary cap hit over two seasons instead of one.

25.   Team chooses not to resign the rehabilitating Ramon Martinez, removing vital Latin security blanket in the locker room.

26.   That is good news to whichever teams chooses him.

27.   That in a nutshell is how the Ukrainian Olympic team chose this small west Georgia city as its training base for the Summer Olympics next year.

28.   Teams likely will choose training sites in the area of their opening match.

29.   The former team could also choose to keep them by matching any salary offer.

30.   The move likely gives the Knicks a better pick in the June draft, where teams choose players in reverse order of their regular-season finish.