News from October 1. Atlanta signed Ismail Muhammad. Chicago signed Ryan Allen, Vance Cooksey, Andre Emmett, Kyrylo Fesenko, and Marko Jaric. Chicago signed head coach Tom Thibodeau to a 4 year, $17.5 million contract extension. Denver signed Anthony Carter and Ben Uzoh. Detroit signed Jonny Flynn. The LA Lakers signed Chris Douglas-Roberts. Memphis signed Ronald Murray and Kyle Weaver. Milwaukee signed Eddie Gill, Orien Greene, and Alando Tucker. New Orleans signed Solomon Alabi. Oklahoma City signed Walker Russell. Philadelphia signed Mikki Moore. Philadelphia picked up their 13-14 option for head coach Doug Collins. Andrew Bynum (Phi) is expected to be out 3 weeks while rehabbing his knees. Phoenix signed Ike Diogu, Diante Garrett, Othyus Jeffers, Solomon Jones, and Luke Zeller. Portland signed Coby Karl. San Antonio signed Sherron Collins and Eddy Curry. Washington signed Jannero Pargo. ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html