71.   Kevin McHale, the vice president of basketball operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves, wanted to study Garnett as well.

72.   Krause is the vice president in charge of basketball operations for the Bulls.

73.   Kevin McHale, vice president of basketball operations for the Timberwolves, said it was not difficult to trade Laettner.

74.   M.L. Carr resigned as director of basketball operations of the Boston Celtics, a day after the team hired Rick Pitino as coach.

75.   M.L. Carr, head of basketball operations, and Chris Ford, head basketball coach, met for four hours Monday to discuss the future of the franchise.

76.   M.L. Carr, the current coach and director of basketball operations, has not said whether he will return to either job.

77.   Majority owners Alan Aufzien and David Gerstein are strongly considering bringing in a player personnel director to run the basketball operations before the June draft.

78.   McHale was in charge of the basketball operations.

79.   Mavs officials said that after reviewing tape, officials e-mailed a description of a punch to Rod Thorn, NBA senior vice president of basketball operations.

80.   Murdock is thought to be a solid defender, and defense at the point has been a mandate of Clippers vice president of basketball operations Elgin Baylor.