News from September 30. The NBA announced that Toronto will host the 2016 All-Star game. Portland picked up their 14-15 options for Damian Lillard, Thomas Robinson, and Meyers Leonard. Sacramento signed DeMarcus Cousins to a 4 year, $62 million contract extension. New York picked up their 14-15 option for head coach Mike Woodson. Atlanta signed Eric Dawson, Royal Ivey, James Johnson, Adonis Thomas, and Damien Wilkins. Boston signed Chris Babb, Damen Bell-Holter, DeShawn Sims, and Kammron Taylor. Brooklyn signed Gary Forbes, Jorge Gutierrez, Marko Jaric, and Chris Johnson. Charlotte signed Troy Daniels, Abdul Gaddy, and Patrick O'Bryant. Cleveland signed DeSagana Diop, Kenny Kadji, Michael Lee, Henry Sims, Jermaine Taylor, and Elliot Williams. Dallas signed Renaldo Balkman. Denver signed Reginald Buckner and Damion James. Indiana signed Hilton Armstrong and Rasual Butler. The LA Clippers signed Louis Amundson, Mustapha Farrakhan, and JaMychal Green. Memphis signed Derrick Byars, Melvin Ely, and Tony Gaffney. Miami signed Charlie Westbrook. Milwaukee signed Junior Cadougan, Olek Czyz, Stephen Graham, and Trey McKinney Jones. Minnesota signed A.J. Price. New Orleans signed Lazar Hayward. New York signed Justin Brownlee and Josh Powell. Oklahoma City signed Diante Garrett and Rodney McGruder. Philadelphia signed Vander Blue, Darius Morris, Hollis Thompson, Rodney Williams, and Khalif Wyatt. Sacramento signed DeQuan Jones and Hamady N'Diaye. San Antonio signed Corey Maggette and Sam Young. Utah signed Brian Cook, Justin Holiday, and Dwayne Jones. [Note that most of the signings are training camp fodder (non-guaranteed contracts) and the players will likely be released before the regular season starts.] ---- 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