News from October 28.

The NBA suspended Rick Fox (LAL) for 6 games and suspended Doug Christie 
(Sac) for 2 games for their altercation in Friday's LAL-Sac game.  The two
threw punches (open fist for Fox) on the court and then Fox ran around in
the hallway to where Christie left the court and continued the fight in the
tunnel area.

Lamond Murray (Tor) underwent surgery on his right mid-foot to repair a
ligament tear.  He is expected to be out for at least 8 weeks.

Chicago picked up the 4th year contract options for Marcus Fizer, Jamal 
Crawford, and Dalibor Bagaric.  The 3 are now signed through 03-04.

Cleveland picked up the 4th year contract option for Chris Mihm.  He is now
signed through 03-04.

Atlanta placed DerMarr Johnson (cervical vertebrae fractures) and Chris 
Crawford on IR.

Chicago placed Dalibor Bagaric (left leg injury), Rick Brunson (right knee 
tendinitis), and Roger Mason Jr. (right shoulder surgery) on IR.

Cleveland Cavaliers place Dajuan Wagner on IR with a bladder infection.

Dallas placed Tariq Abdul-Wahad (left knee chondromalacia), Adam 
Harrington (left knee tendinitis), and Popeye Jones (back spasms) on IR.

Denver placed Marcus Camby (right hip surgery), Predrag Savovic (sprained
right ankle), and Vincent Yarbrough (sprained left ankle) on IR.

Detroit placed Don Reid (ruptured right Achilles) and Pepe Sanchez (right
knee patella tendinitis) on IR.

Golden State placed Chris Mills on IR with tendinitis in his left Achilles.
At some point, Phil Handy was released.  [They are starting the season with
only 11 players on the active list.]

Houston released Tierre Brown.

Houston placed Tito Maddox (left foot plantar fasciatis), Pete Mickeal
(foot problem), and Terence Morris (sprained left ankle) on IR.

Indiana released Oliver Miller.

Indiana placed Austin Croshere (foot surgery) and Reggie Miller (bone
bruise right ankle) on IR.

The LA Clippers released Bryant Stith and Mike Batiste.

The LA Clippers placed Melvin Ely (sprained left foot), Tremaine Fowlkes
(sprained right knee), and Lamar Odom (sore right wrist and sore right
ankle) on IR.

The LA Lakers placed Shaquille O'Neal (toe surgery right foot) and Mark
Madsen (strained right hamstring) on IR.

Memphis placed Tony Massenburg (right knee tendinitis), Chris Owens (knee
surgery), and Cezary Trybanski (sprained right wrist) on IR.

Miami released Luke Recker.

Miami placed Alonzo Mourning (focal segmental glomerulosclerosis), Ken
Johnson (left knee patella tendinitis), and Sean Lampley (left foot sprain)
on IR.

Milwaukee released Mike Wilks.

Milwaukee placed Joel Przybilla (bone spurs left ankle) and Jamal Sampson
chronic left ankle pain) on IR.

Minnesota released Randy Livingson.

Minnesota placed Terrell Brandon (knee surgery), Felipe Lopez (torn 
ligament left knee), and Joe Smith (injured groin) on IR.

New Jersey released Donny Marshall.

New Jersey placed Brandon Armstrong (lower back strain) and Jamie Feick
(left Achilles injury) on IR.

New Jersey placed Chris Childs on the suspended list.

New Orleans placed Matt Bullard (degenerative disc disease lower back) and
Elden Campbell (arthroscopic surgery left knee) on IR.

New York placed Antonio McDyess (fractured kneecap), Latrell Sprewell
(fractured 5th metacarpal right hand), and Lavor Postell (arthroscopic knee
surgery) on IR.

Orlando Magic place centers Steven Hunter (torn right ACL) and Olumide 
Oyedeji (low back strain) on the IR.

Philadelphia released Olden Polynice.

Philadelphia placed Monty Williams (arthroscopic surgery left knee), Sam
Clancy (left knee injury), and Samuel Dalembert (arthroscopic surgery left
knee) on IR.

Phoenix placed Jake Voskuhl (back sprain) and Alton Ford (back spasms) on
IR.

Portland released Amal McCaskill.

Portland placed Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje (sore right knee), Chris Dudley
(left side sacroliac pain), and Charles Smith (sore left hip) on IR.

San Antonio placed Mengke Bateer on IR with tendinitis in his left kneecap.

Sacramento placed Mike Bibby (stress fracture right foot) and Brent Price on
IR.

Seattle placed Vitaly Potapenko on IR with recovering from left knee 
surgery.

Toronto released Jeff Myers.

Toronto placed Hakeem Olajuwon (lower back), Eric Montross (stress
reaction left foot), and Lamond Murray (ligament tear right mid-foot) on
IR.

Utah placed Curtis Borchard (broken right foot) and Raul Lopez (torn left
ACL) on IR.

Washington released George McCloud and Bobby Simmons.  At some point, Jamal
Robinson was released.

Washington placed Jahidi White (left knee rehab), Ratko Varda (sore right
hamstring and lower back), and Brian Cardinal (strained right quad) on IR.

The 2002-03 Regular Season starts tonight!  Let the games begin!