1.   Each team was required to submit their unprotected list to Cleveland by Tuesday afternoon.

2.   Last Saturday, the Celtics left Earl on their unprotected list and he was scooped up by the expansion Toronto Raptors.

3.   The last time the NFL had an expansion draft, then-Cardinals Coach Buddy Ryan left players in his doghouse on the unprotected list.

4.   Whenever one of its players is taken, a team is allowed to take another off its unprotected list.

5.   Every time a team loses a player, it can remove another name from its unprotected list.