News from October 4. Atlanta signed Lonny Baxter and Jeff Myers. Chicago released Chris Jefferies. Golden State signed Matt Carroll, Brandon Armstrong, and Ansu Sesay. Houston signed Derek Zimmerman. The LA Clippers signed Trajan Langdon and Kaniel Dickens. The LA Clippers exercised their 04-05 option for Chris Wilcox. The LA Lakers signed Jerry Dupree and Tierre Brown. Milwaukee signed Juaquin Hawkins and Brandon Williams. Minnesota signed Jackie Butler, Anthony Carter, Anthony Goldwire, Kasib Powell, John Thomas, Rick Rickert, and Blake Stepp. New Jersey signed Andre Brown, Darius Rice, Alex Scales, Jabari Smith, and Awvee Storey. New Orleans signed Ray Young. New York signed Mengke Bateer, Andre Barrett, Tracy Murray, and Brent Wright. Orlando signed Earl Barron, Corsley Edwards, Jemeil Rich, and Ajani Williams. Philadelphia signed Kirk Haston and Nate James. Portland signed Geno Carlisle and James Lang. San Antonio signed Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje and Marque Perry. Seattle signed Mateen Cleaves, Carl English, Galen Young, and Leon Smith. Toronto signed Pape Sow, Ousmane Cisse and Norm Richardson. Utah signed Peter Cornell, Cedric Henderson, Keith McLeod, Jason Miskiri, and Alexsandar Radojevic. Training camp has begun! The first preseason game is Sunday, October 10. The 04-05 season starts November 2.