Miscellany

The Philadelphia 76ers have exercised a $300,000 option to buy out the contract of forward Armon Gilliam, creating room under the salary cap for the No. 2 lottery pick. . . . The Denver Broncos made linebacker Michael Brooks an unrestricted free agent. . . . The Southern Section boys’ tennis individual semifinals and final will be held today, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the Seacliff Tennis Club at Huntington Beach.