MINNEAPOLIS The NFL and its lockedout players wrapped up another round of courtordered mediation Tuesday without any signs of a new agreement and the clock ticking on the 2011 season. Magistrate Judge Arthur Boylan on June 7, four days after a key appeals court hearing in St. Louis on the legality of the lockout..These things become numbingly repetitious , so when an oddity sticks out, you tend to notice. Here what I noticed: The Charlotte Bobcats, a team assured of drafting no lower than fifth in the first round and having no secondround pick, seem oddly curious about players projected to be drafted in the middle of the first round.They interviewed Duke center Mason Plumlee, Syracuse point guard Michael CarterWilliams and Gonzaga center Kelly Olynyck. It a stretch to draft any of those guys in the topfive.This might be just zealous due diligence.

The NFL issued a written statement that said: Management Council Executive Committee determined that the contract practices of