DETROIT, United States (AFP) - Chauncy Billups and the Detroit Pistons agreed upon a five year deal thought to be worth 60 million dollars, the Detroit News reported Tuesday, but his agent said no deal was concluded.

Billups cannot officially sign the contract until a National Basketball Association free agent moratorium ends on July 11, but his agent, Andy Miller, told the newspaper the final details have not been concluded.

UPI - The NBA's free agency period began at midnight Sunday, and this year's list includes marquee names such as Rashard Lewis, Pao Gasol and Vince Carter.

The Bergen Record reported this weekend that Carter's team, the New Jersey Nets, likely will offer him a guaranteed four-year contract with a partial guarantee for a fifth year. The total guarantee money for the new deal would be $65 million, the newspaper said.

Carter led the Nets last season with an average of 25.2 points per game.

The Portland Trail Blaizers selected seven-foot center Greg Oden with the top pick in the NBA Draft, and high scoring Kevin Durant was the number two pick by Seattle. Chinese forward Yi Jianlian was among other players taken in a deep draft.

San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker, who led his team to the NBA championship earlier this month, in is Paris, ahead of his wedding at a nearby castle with Hollywood celeb Eva Longoria next month. Extracts from Parker's press conference in which he talks about his upcoming nuptials with the "Desperate Housewives" star.

Seven-foot center Greg Olden is the likely number one pick in Thursday's NBA draft. AP College Basketball Writer Jim O'Connell analyzes the big man who led Ohio State to the national title game as a freshman

German basketball player Dirk Nowitzki celebrates winning the NBA's Most Valuable Player award on home soil. The Dallas Mavericks forward recently became the first European player to win the award. Nowitzki told journalists in the German city of Frankfurt that he was proud to receive the award, but still disappointed that Dallas didn't get pass the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. Joanna Partridge reports.

Kobe Bryant implied again that he wants to be traded. AP's John Nadel recently reported that it would be difficult for Lakers to trade their superstart. (June 17)