Australia's defense overwhelmed China in the Boomers' 67-55 win on Wednesday, holding Yao Ming to only 14 points in the process, the Associated Press is reporting.

The Houston Rockets center was 5-for-8 from the field in 30 minutes. Yao had few touches as Australia forced 25 turnovers.

"We have a lot to improve on in a short time, but we will do our best," Yao said.

The Sixers have reached an agreement with former Milwaukee guard Royal Ivey, the Philadelphia Daily News is reporting.

Ivey will not officially sign a minimum-salary contract until Monday, which is believed to be for 2 years and include a significant guarantee.

"He's a very tough kid who is better offensively than people think," said Keith Glass, Ivey's agent. "His defense and aggressiveness tend to overshadow his offense, but he's gotten better offensively each year."

The Milwaukee Bucks have added center Malik Allen, whom Scott Skiles coached in Chicago, the Associated Press is reporting.

Allen is joined by point guard Tyronn Lue, who agreed to a contract on Wednesday and signed on Thursday.

Both Allen and Lue finished last season with the Mavericks.

The Phoenix Suns and Boston Celtics both missed out on their free agent target on Wednesday, when point guard Tyronn Lue agreed to a two year contract with the Milwaukee Bucks, the East Valley Tribune is reporting.

Lue signed for the bi-annual exception of $1.9 million, which Phoenix did not have available after using the exception on Grant Hill last season.

The move comes as a double blow for the Celtics, who earlier in the day lost free agent James Posey to the New Orleans Hornets.

The Suns will now look at Sam Cassell, Jason Williams, and Shaun Livingston, or they could try to trade to find a backup for Steve Nash.

The Milwaukee Bucks signed Luc Richard Mbah a Moute to a multi-year contract, General Manager John Hammond announced Wednesday.

Mbah a Moute (6-foot-8, 230 pounds) was the 37th overall selection in the 2008 NBA Draft and will participate in the 2008 Las Vegas Summer League with the Bucks (July 12-20).

The Milwaukee Bucks worked out former first overall pick Kwame Brown on Wednesday, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel is reporting.

Brown started the season with the Lakers before being dealt to the Memphis Grizzlies as part of the Pau Gasol trade.

?He was good,? Skiles said of Brown?s workout session. ?Nothing that we didn?t already know he could do. He?s got enough of a background now. We?ll take a serious look at him."

?We?re weighing some other options, too. But we were fortunate enough to get him in for a workout.?

It is believed that Miami are also showing interest in Brown.

Andrew Bogut will sign a five-year, $72.5 million extension with the Bucks later this week, his agent said Wednesday. Bogut was expected to sign the extension Friday, agent David Bauman said.

The agreement was first reported Wednesday by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on its Web site.

Bucks spokesman Dan Smyczek also confirmed Wednesday that there was an agreement on a deal.

"He's thrilled," Bauman told The Associated Press. "He feels like Milwaukee really stepped up and demonstrated to him he's a valued member of this team."

The Milwaukee Bucks signed #8 pick Joe Alexander to a rookie contract on Tuesday, the Associated Press is reporting.

Alexander, the first NBA player to be born in Taiwan, will join the Bucks for summer league games in Las Vegas starting this weekend.

Richard Jefferson was introduced by the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday, and he says that he is now happy with the trade.

"I didn't know anything was going on and then the next thing I know my phone didn't stop ringing for about a week," he said. "When this happened I was upset, but after calming down and evaluating everything, I became excited."

Jefferson said he has nothing against the city that Yi was reluctant to play in.

"It was nothing about Milwaukee," he said. "I could've been traded to Boston. I could've been traded to L.A.; I could've been traded anywhere.

"It wasn't about the city. It was about that feeling of rejection by the team that traded for you on draft day seven years ago. But when that happened, I didn't want to go to New Jersey, either."

The Bucks plan to introduce Richard Jefferson on Monday, according to The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

He was acquired in the draft-day trade that sent Bobby Simmons and Yi Jianlian to the New Jersey Nets.

Jefferson has yet to publicly mention the trade.