Updates below the fold:
Wolves/Lynx
- The Minnesota Lynx defeated the Tulsa Shock 89-74 in their final game before the WNBA's month-long break for the Olympics
- The Minnesota Timberwolves used the amnesty provision to waive Darko Milicic
- Ray Richardson of the Pioneer Press on the Batum saga
- Zach Harper of A Wolf Among Wolves wrote about Nikola Pekovic
- Kevin Arnovitz wrote a nice guide to Las Vegas Summer League for TrueHoop. Here it is for the East and for the West
Player Movement
- The Milwaukee Bucks re-signed Ersan Ilyasova to a five-year, $45 million deal
- Ramon Sessions agreed to a two-year deal with the Charlotte Bobcats
- The Houston Rockets used the amnesty provision on Luis Scola
- The Indiana Pacers signed D.J. Augustin to a one-year, $3.5 million deal and signed Gerald Green to a three-year, $10 million deal
- The Detroit Pistons are close to signing Ukrainian center Slava Kravstov
Other Stuff
- Blake Griffin will miss the Olympics after suffering a meniscus tear. The Clippers said that he will require arthroscopic surgery and should be ready for training camp
- The U.S. Olympic team defeated the Dominican Republic 113-59. Kevin Durant came off of the bench to go 9-of-11 from the field for 24 points.