News from October 7. Denver signed Gary Harris to a 4 year, $48 million contract extension. Toronto released Andy Rautins, Kyle Wiltjer, and Kennedy Meeks. Utah released Taylor Brown. Seth Curry (Dal) is out indefinitely with a stress reaction in his left tibia. Dante Exum (Uta) suffered a separated left shoulder during Friday's Uta-Pho game. Former NBA player Connie Hawkins died at age 75. He played 7 seasons in the NBA and 2 in the ABA. Preseason game Orl 93, Mia 90 at Orl Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 19 points on 9-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Jonathon Simmons (Orl) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jonathan Isaac (Orl) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Josh Richardson (Mia) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 17 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Preseason Schedule for Sunday, October 8 (All times Central) Golden State at Minnesota 7:00 am at Shanghai, China NBATV Melbourne United at Oklahoma City 2:00 pm Cleveland at Washington 2:00 pm NBATV Portland at LA Clippers 2:30 pm Denver at San Antonio 3:00 pm New Orleans at Chicago 6:00 pm New York at Brooklyn 6:30 pm Sacramento at LA Lakers 8:00 pm at Las Vegas, Nevada ESPN Preseason Schedule for Monday, October 9 (All times Central) Indiana at Detroit 6:00 pm Philadelphia at Boston 6:30 pm Houston at New York 6:30 pm NBATV Memphis at Atlanta 6:30 pm Charlotte at Miami 6:30 pm Orlando at Dallas 7:30 pm Utah at Phoenix 9:00 pm Portland at Sacramento 9:00 pm NBATV ---- 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