21.   The Suns renounced the rights to Williams, who signed as a free agent.

22.   Then coach Rick Pitino decided to renounce the rights to Fox, who nearly signed with the New York Knicks before choosing the Lakers.

23.   They renounced the rights to Elden Campbell.

24.   They are expected to renounce rights to Polynice, Barry, Crotty and Williams.

25.   To do that, the Mavericks had to renounce the rights of veteran free agents Lever, Tony Campbell and Randy White.

26.   To make cap room for Taylor, the Rockets as expected renounced their rights to Charles Barkley and Carlos Rogers.

27.   To free up the space, the Suns will have to renounce the rights to some of their own free agents.

28.   To make enough room for Rice, the Rockets renounced their rights to Matt Bullard, Devin Gray and Sean Colson.

29.   Also on Wednesday, the Bulls renounced the rights to guard Corey Benjamin, forward Steve Goodrich and center Dragan Tarlac.

30.   But Beijing will not renounce the right to use force if necessary, he added at a regular briefing.