News from October 24.

TRADE: Philadelphia traded Casper Ware to Brooklyn for Marquis Teague and
a 2019 2nd round draft pick.

Steve Nash (LAL) is expected to miss the entire 14-15 season with
recurring back problems.

Brooklyn exercised their 15-16 options for Sergey Karasev and Mason
Plumlee.

Charlotte released Justin Cobbs, Dallas Lauderdale, and Brian Qvale.

Detroit exercised their 15-16 options for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and
Andre Drummond.

Houston signed Earl Clark.

New Orleans exercised their 15-16 option for Anthony Davis.

New York released Orlando Sanchez and DJ Mbenga.


Preseason Games
Dal 117, Orl 92  at Orl
Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 24 points.
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 16 points.
Tobias Harris (Orl) had 14 points and 3 steals.
Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 10 points, 13 rebounds, and 6 turnovers.

Tor 83, NY 80  at Montreal, Canada
Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists.
DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 15 points.
Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 24 points.
Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 11 points and 6 rebounds.

Min 113, Chi 112  at St. Louis, Missouri
Ricky Rubio (Min) had 19 points and 5 assists.
Anthony Bennett (Min) had 17 points and 6 rebounds.
Derrick Rose (Chi) had 27 points and 5 assists.
Joakim Noah (Chi) had 6 points, 17 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 9
assists.

Mia 104, Mem 98  at Mem
Chris Bosh (Mia) had 21 points and 6 rebounds.
Norris Cole (Mia) had 14 points including 5-6 FG and 7 assists.
Jon Leuer (Mem) had 21 points and 7 rebounds.
Zach Randolph (Mem) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals.

Hou 96, SA 87  at Hou
James Harden (Hou) had 25 points including 5-9 3-pointers.
Isaiah Canaan (Hou) had 18 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds.
Marco Belinelli (SA) had 19 points.
Tim Duncan (SA) had 11 points including 4-12 FG and 10 rebounds.

Pho 105, Uta 100  at Uta
Goran Dragic (Pho) had 18 points on 8-11 FG.
Isaiah Thomas (Pho) had 18 points including 9-11 FT.
Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 24 points and 5 rebounds.
Alec Burks (Uta) had 20 points including 8-11 FT.

Sac 93, LAL 92  at Las Vegas, Nevada
Rudy Gay (Sac) had 21 points on 7-11 FG and 7-13 FT and 10 rebounds.
Ramon Sessions (Sac) had 13 points and 8 assists.
Jeremy Lin (LAL) had 19 points and 7 assists.
Ed Davis (LAL) had 15 points and 13 rebounds.

GS 119, Den 112  at GS
Klay Thompson (GS) had 35 points including 4-12 3-pointers.
Stephen Curry (GS) had 17 points including 5-15 FG and 11 assists.
Jusuf Nurkic (Den) had 16 points and 8 assists.
Randy Foye (Den) had 13 points including 4-14 FG.

Por 99, LAC 89  at LAC
Damian Lillard (Por) had 21 points including 4-7 3-pointers.
Chris Kaman (Por) had 13 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Blake Griffin (LAC) had 21 points including 10-17 FG.
Jared Cunningham (LAC) had 12 points.


Thus ends the 2014 preseason.  The 2014-15 regular season starts Tuesday
(10/28/14)!


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