1.   Before Smith chose Malhotra with the seventh pick over all, he was on the phone with Colorado General Manager Pierre Lacroix, discussing a possible trade.

2.   Bradley was the second pick over all in the National Basketball Association draft three years ago, right after Chris Webber and right before Anfernee Hardaway.

3.   Kittles was drafted by the Nets as the eighth pick over all, and the first pick that finished four years of college.

4.   Tagliabue awarded the Patriots four draft picks over three years to release Parcells from the final year of his contract.

5.   The Bruins have Neely and they have four first-round draft picks over the next two years.

6.   The draft produced Peter Warrick, the Florida State receiver, with the fourth pick over all.

7.   The compensation this time could be a second- and third-round pick over a two-year period.

8.   The first pick over all was Chris Phillips, a defenseman from Prince Albert in the Western League, chosen by Ottawa.

9.   They had the option of taking the pick over a three-year period.

10.   This would give the Islanders four choices in the first two rounds, including the second pick over all in the first round and three picks in the second.