News from December 1. Correction: >Orlando placed Rodney Rogers (left knee) on IR and activated Dennis Scott. Make that Rodney Dent. Rogers, of course, is with Denver. Houston signed Pete Chilcutt and cut Adrian Caldwell and Chris Jent. Golden State placed Manute Bol on IR and activated Dwayne Morton. Bol is expected to be out 6 to 8 weeks after undergoing surgery on his knee. Kenny Gattison (Cha) is out for the season due to a cervical spine sprain. Brad Daugherty (Cle) may undergo back surgery next week, a Cleveland TV station is reporting. Dick Motta (Dal) was named as Coach of the Month and Grant Hill (Det) was named as Rookie of the Month. News from December 2. The NBA announced the retirement of refs Jack Madden and Bill Saar. Shaquille O'Neal (Orl) was named as Player of the Month. Chicago activated Larry Krystkowiak and placed Corie Blount (infected right foot) on IR. Denver activated Darnell Mee and placed Reggie Williams (sprained ligament in right knee) on IR. News from November 3. Utah waived Walter Bond and activated Jay Humphries from IR. Rolando Blackman on the Greek he needs to learn for his stay with Aek team of the Greek Basketball League: "The first phrase I want to learn is 'Give me the ball.' The second is 'Get out of the way.' The rest will take care of itself." News from December 6. Vernon Maxwell (Hou) was fined $5,000 for berating the officials and not leaving the court in a timely manner after being tossed from Thursday's game aginst Golden State. Brad Daugherty (Cle) underwent successful surgery to remove two herniated discs from his back on Monday. He is out for the regular season. There is a slight chance that he would be ready to return by the playoffs. The LA Clippers placed Elmore Spencer on IR due to behavior and personal problems and activated Bob Martin. News from December 6. Indiana activated John "Hot Plate" Williams and placed Antonio Davis (disc problems in lower back) on IR. The Pho-Was game was postponed due to condensation on the floor. Dennis Rodman (SA) may join the team's practice today (Wednesday). News from November 7. Cleveland activated John Battle from IR and waived Gerald Madkins. Dino Radja (Bos) will be out 3 to 4 weeks with a fractured bone in his right hand. Dennis Rodman (SA) did not show up at Wednesday's practice, as he was scheduled to appear. The Spurs have suspended Rodman without pay. Rodman had been on a paid leave of absence. News from December 8. The league has rescheduled the Phoenix at Washington game that was postponed Tuesday to April 6. Terry Dehere (LAC) will be out 10-14 days with a sprained right ankle. News from December 9. Dennis Rodman (SA) showed up for the Spurs practice Friday. He is expected to play in Monday's game vs Washington. Portland activated Rod Strickland from IR. News from December 10. San Antonio removed Dennis Rodman from the suspended list. Detroit placed Lindsey Hunter and Oliver Miller on IR. Hunter has a fractured right foot and will be out 6 to 8 weeks. Miller has a broken fifth metacarpal in his right hand and will be out at least 2 weeks. Detroit also activated Ivano Newbill from IR. With Dallas' win last night, coach Dick Motta passed Jack Ramsay (864) on the all-time victory list with 865 wins. Red Auerbach (938) and Lenny Wilkens (934) are currently first and second on the list. News from December 12. Detroit signed Walter Bond (G). Bond had been released by Utah last week. Phoenix activated Kevin Johnson and placed Aaron Swinson on IR with tendinitis in his knee. Boston activated Pervis Ellison and Sherman Doublas and placed Dino Radja and Tony Harris on IR. Boston coach Chris Ford will undergo colon surgery to removed a non-cancerous polyp today (Tuesday) and is expected to be out 3 weeks. Assistant coach Don Casey will replace Ford during his absence. Jamal Mashburn (Dal) was named as player of the week. Jay Humphries (Uta) was fined $3,500 by the league for a flagrant elbow thrown during Thursday's game against San Antonio. News from December 13. Dallas suspended Roy Tarpley without pay for insubordination. News from December 14. Houston released Eric Riley. Golden State coach Don Nelson was hospitalized for 5 to 7 days with viral pneumonia. He will most likely need to rest several days after he is released from the hospital. Assistanct coach Donn Nelson will replace Don Nelson during his absence. Dallas set Roy Tarpley's suspension to 1 game (tonight vs Boston). News from December 15. Denver activated Reggie Williams from IR. New York waived Doc Rivers and Ron Grandison. Sacramento activated Lionel Simmons and placed Trevor Wilson on IR with a strained right elbow. Mark West (Det) will be out 4 weeks with torn cartilage in his left knee. Atlanta waived Sergei Bazarevich and signed Greg Anderson. News from December 16. Minnesota placed Stacey King on IR with a sprained left knee. Minnesota signed Greg Foster, who had been released earlier in the week by Chicago. New York activated Charlie Ward from IR. News from December 17. Charlotte activated Tom Tolbert from IR and waived James Blackwell. News from December 19. Karl Malone (Uta) was named as player of the week. News from December 20. Golden State placed Ricky Pierce on IR. The expansion Vancouver Grizzlies has meet the league's requirement of 12,500 season tickets sold. The requirement had to be meet by Dec 31,1994 to secure the franchise. News from December 21. The Toronto Raptors announced that they have surpassed the 12,500 season ticket minimum required to secure the franchise. "I thought in overtime you got another foul." Coach John Lucas (Phi) on trying to send Shawn Bradley, who had fouled out in the 4th quarter, into an overtime game against New York. Older news: Sacramento activated Doug Lee and placed Henry Turnver on IR. Chicago activated Corie Blount. News from December 22. Chris Webber (Was) dislocated his shoulder in last night's game and will be out 6 to 8 weeks. News from December 23. Detroit activated Oliver Miller from IR. Washington placed Chris Webber on IR and activated Anthony Tucker. News from December 25. Former Clipper coach and current Seattle assistant coach Bob Weiss: "I never got a California driver's license. If I ever got stopped, I was going to tell the cop, 'I'm the Clippers coach. I'm not going to be here that long." Latrell Sprewell on reports that he is unhappy with the Warriors and whose contract expires at the end of the season (restricted free agent): "I don't know if I'm going to be here or not. It depends on a lot of things. How the team does. I don't want to be part of a losing organization. We'll just have to see." News from December 26. San Antonio signed Doc Rivers to a one year contract worth the league minimum $150,000. New York, who released Rivers two weeks ago, is still responsible for paying Rivers $1.4 million this season. San Antonio waived Corey Crowder. Charles Oakley (NY) will undergo surgery on his dislocated toe today (Tuesday). He will be out 6 to 8 weeks. Minnesota suspended Isaiah Rider for Monday's game vs LA Clippers for violating team rules. Rider missed the team's mandatory shoot around on Monday morning. News from December 27. Cedric Ceballos (LAL) was named as player of the week. New Jersey placed Sean Higgins on IR and activated Chris Childs. New York placed Charles Oakley on IR and activated Doug Christie. News from December 28. Boston waived Tony Harris. Golden State Coach Don Nelson is scheduled to return Tuesday for the game at Golden State vs San Antonio. Herb Williams (NY) will be out 6 to 8 weeks with a broken left hand. News from December 29. Seattle suspended Vincent Askew without pay for Thursday's game vs the LA Lakers. He was suspended for refusing to re-enter the game Wednesday night vs Philadelphia. Oliver Miller (Det) will undergo surgery to have a pin inserted in his injured hand. The hand has not been healing properly and he will be out 4 to 5 weeks. Mark Macon (Det) had a cast placed on his sprained right ankle. He will wear the cast for a week. Phoenix waived Aaron Swinson. New Jersey fined Kenny Anderson $500 for missing Wednesday's practice. Coach Lenny Wilkens tied Red Auerbach with 938 career coaching wins with Atlanta's victory over San Antonio last night. One more win will give Wilkens sole possession of most wins by a coach in league history. Atlanta plays Cleveland tonight (Friday). News from December 30. Shawn Bradley (Phi) was fined $4,000 for a flagrant elbow thrown in Wednesday's game vs Seattle. New Jersey Nets have petitioned the league to change their name to the New Jersey Fire Dragons next season. The NBA has to approve the name change for it to become official. Detroit placed Oliver Miller on IR. San Antonio activated Willie Anderson and placed Chris Whitney on IR. There are no NBA games scheduled for today (Dec 31), tomorrow (Jan 1), and Monday (Jan 2).