News from October 9. New Orleans released Dominique Morrison. Orlando signed Chris Johnson. Tracy McGrady signed a 1 year contract with Qingdao of the Chinese league. Preseason games FC Barcelona 99, Dal 85 at Barcelona, Spain Pete Mickeal (Bar) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Juan Carlos Navarro (Bar) had 19 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Chris Kaman (Dal) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Darren Collison (Dal) had 14 points. Mil 97, Cle 80 at Canton, Ohio Monta Ellis (Mil) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 15 points, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. C.J. Miles (Cle) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Chi 92, Mem 88 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 18 points including 9-11 FT. Nazr Mohammed (Chi) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Ronald Murray (Mem) had 11 points. Jerome Jordan (Mem) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. NO 97, Cha 82 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 22 points and 9 rebounds. Robin Lopez (NO) had 18 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Byron Mullens (Cha) had 14 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Cha) had 15 points. Preseason Schedule for Wednesday, October 10 (All times Central) Toronto at Detroit 6:30 pm NBATV Oklahoma City at Houston 7:00 pm at Hidalgo, Texas Indiana at Minnesota 7:00 pm at Fargo, North Dakota Atlanta at San Antonio 7:30 pm Phoenix at Sacramento 9:00 pm Portland at LA Lakers 9:00 pm at Ontario, Canada Preseason Schedule for Thursday, October 11 (All times Central) Miami at LA Clipper 6:30 am NBATV at Beijing, China New York at Washington 6:00 pm NBATV Philadelphia at Orlando 6:00 pm New Orleans at Charlotte 6:30 pm at Charleston, South Carolina Maccabi Haifa at Golden State 9:30 pm ---- 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