71.   The Syracuse forward declared for the NBA last year as a junior, changed his mind, had a fabulous senior season and is now a lottery pick.

72.   The T-Wolves are still a long way out of playoff contention, despite a collection of lottery picks that features Christian Laettner and Isaiah Rider before Marshall.

73.   They could keep Camby and come away with a lottery pick.

74.   This past summer, he could have been a lottery pick, but he opted for another year of campus life.

75.   Though still a junior, he is the NBA lottery pick.

76.   Toni Kukoc, the last Bull, has one year remaining on his contract and has been shopped by Krause to teams with high lottery picks.

77.   Two of his players, Jerry Stackhouse and Rasheed Wallace, have announced for the draft and probably will be lottery picks.

78.   Tsakalidis is projected to be a late lottery pick, and the Celtics, who are short up front, likely will have a late lottery pick.

79.   Wallace said he never doubted his deal, even when lottery pick Joe Johnson arrived in Phoenix and began to play like a star.

80.   Unlike Jonathan Bender, another high schooler in the draft, Smith is not ranked among the lottery picks.