News from March 1. Detroit placed Bill Curley on IR with a severely sprained right ankle and activated Ivano Newbill. Robert Horry (Hou) will be out 10 days to 2 weeks with an inflamed facet joint in his lower back. Juwan Howard (Was) was named Rookie of the Month for February. News from March 2. Atlanta signed Ennis Whatley (G) to a 10-day contract. Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) was named as Player of the Month for February. Bob Hill (SA) was named as Coach of the Month for february. Houston placed Robert Horry (back Injury) and Carl Herrera (hamstring injury) on IR, activated Tim Breaux, and signed Charles Jones (F) to a 10-day contract. Dale Davis (Ind) will be out at least 2 games with a dislocated shoulder. Jim Les (Atl) will be out at least 2 games with an injured left foot. News from March 3. (Feb. 25) San Antonio waived Chris Whitney. Minnesota activated Andres Guibert and placed Pat Durham on IR with a sprained ankle. A.C. Green played in his 707th consecutive NBA game to acheive the 3rd longest streak in league history. Washington activated Kevin Duckworth from the suspended list. Denver signed Eldridge Recasner (G) to a 10-day contract and placed Robert Pack on IR. The LA Lakers signed Lloyd Daniels to a 2nd 10-day contract. Atlanta signed Morlon Wiley (G) to a 10-day contract. Houston activated Zan Tabak from IR. News from March 4. Denver retired Alex English's #2 last week. Dallas activated Doug Smith and placed Jim Jackson on IR with a sprained ankle. Atlanta placed Jim Les on IR. Indiana waived John "Hotplate" Williams [no, not Cleveland's Hot Rod] due to weight problems and signed Mark Strickland (F) to a 10-day contract. News from March 6. Miami placed Khalid Reeves on IR with a sprained ankle and signed Kevin Pritchard to a 10-day contract. Cleveland signed Fred Roberts to a 2nd 10-day contract. Shaquille O'Neal (Orl) was named the Player of the Week. Tim Hardaway (GS) has a torn ligament in his left wrist. He has received two opinions that he needs to have surgery on the wrist. He is going to get a 3rd opinion before deciding whether or not to have the season ending surgery. News from March 7. Detroit activated Lindsey Hunter from IR and waived Johnny Dawkins. Atlanta suspended Kevin Willis for one game for not complying with the team's rehabilitaion program. Willis has been suffering from back problems. New York placed Charles Smith on IR with a sprained left knee. Golden State placed Carlos Rogers on IR and signed Tim Leger (G) to a 10-day contract. During the NY-Bos game Tuesday night, Dominique Wilkins became the 9th player in league history to score 25,000 career points. News from March 8. Denver signed Mark Randall to a 2nd 10-day contract. Minnesota fined Isaiah Rider for missing an injury rehabilitation session. New York activated Anthony Bonner from IR. News from March 9. RUMOR: There are a lot of rumors floating around that Michael Jordan might return to basketball. Jordan has been practicing with the Chicago Bulls for the past 2 days (which, in itself, isn't that unusual) and has watched game films with coach Phil Jackson. Jordan has reportedly asked to met with the team GM. Jordan left the Chicago White Sox training camp (baseball) last week due, indirectly, to the baseball players strike. Jordan is supposed to report the the White Sox's minor league team in a week, but he has rumoredly asked for his equipment to be mailed to him. News from March 10. Tim Hardaway (GS) will have season ending wrist surgery next Friday. Boston singed James Blackwell to a 2nd 10-day contract. The LA Lakers signed Randolph Keys to a 2nd 10-day contract. Washington activated Rex Chapman and placed Larry Stewart on IR. With their victory over Portland, Orlando has become the first team to clinch a playoff berth. Jordan Report: Michael Jordan's agent issued a statement that Jordan has retired from baseball. The baseball strike is believed to be a key reason for his leaving the sport. [I don't want to get anyone's hopes up, but it truly does seem like Jordan will be returning to the NBA in the next few weeks. Jordan has been out of basketball for 1 1/2 years, so his return does not have to be approve by the league owners and Chicago still is paying his contract ($3,850,000 this year) so there is no salary cap problems.] News from March 11. Golden State activated Chris Mullin and placed Ricky Pierce on IR. Atlanta signed Ennis Whatley to a 2nd 10-day contract. Partial listing of unrestricted free agents for this summer: Ricky Pierce (GS) Sam Bowie (LAL) Tony Smith (LAL) Chris Morris (NJ) Jayson Williams (NJ) Anthony Mason (NY) Tom Chambers (Uta) Terry Porter (Por) Cliff Levingston (Den) Dana Barros (Phi) Willie Burton (Phi) Wayman Tisdale (Phi) Elliot Perry (Pho) Danny Manning (Pho) Jon Koncak (Atl) Derek Strong (Bos) Doug Smith (Dal) News from March 12. Houston activated Carl Herrera from IR and announced that they will not be offering Charles Jones a 2nd 10-day contract. Minnesota signed Darrick Martin for the rest of the season. News from March 13. Minnesota activated Pat Durham and placed Andres Guibert on IR. Rik Smits (Ind) was named as player of the week. The NBA has clead Richard Dumas (Pho) to resume playing in the league. Dumas had been suspended without pay by the league for violating the league's anti-drug policy. Phoenix has 7 days to activate Dumas, else he becomes a free agent. [Don't look for Phoenix to activate him.] News from March 14. Denver signed Greg Grant (G) to a 10-day contract and released Eldridge Recasner. The LA Lakers signed Lloyd Daniels and Randolph Keys for the rest of the season. Apparently Phoenix has done a complete 180 on the Richard Dumas situation. Despite comments in that past that Dumas would never play for Phoenix again, Phoenix activated Dumas from the suspended list and he played 2 minutes and scored 4 points in last night's game vs Detroit. To make room for Dumas, Phoenix placed Wayman Tisdale on IR with a strained left rib. News from March 16. Charlotte activated Kenny Gattison from IR and placed Michael Adams on IR with a strained left calf. Cleveland activated Mark Price, placed John Battle on IR, and signed Fred Roberts for the rest of the season. New York placed Anthony Mason on the suspended list for conduct detrimental to the team and violation of team rules. A player placed on the suspended list must miss at least 5 games. News from March 17. New York activated Charles Smith from IR. Tim Hardaway (GS) underwent season ending wrist surgery on Friday. Denver signed Mark Randall for the rest of the season. Golden State signed Tim Legler to a 2nd 10-day contract. Miami signed Kevin Pritchard to a 2nd 10-day contract. Washington activated Kenny Walker and placed Scott Skiles on IR. News from March 18. Chicago placed Dickey Simpkins on IR with tendinitis in his right Achilles tendon and activated Michael Jordan. San Antonio signed Howard Eisley for the rest of the season. Michael Jordan (Chi) released a simple statement through his attorney saying: "I'm back." Jordan will play in today's (Sunday) game vs Indiana which will be televised on NBC. He will reportedly wear #45. News from March 19. Dennis Rodman (SA) is expected to be out 2 to 4 weeks after separating his right shoulder in a motorcycle accident. Golden State activated Carlos Rogers and placed Tim Hardaway on IR. Miami activated Khalid Reeves and waived Kevin Pritchard. News from March 20. Jason Kidd (Dal) was named as player of the week! San Antonio placed Dennis Rodman on IR with a separated right shoulder and activated Julius Nwosu. The LA Clippers placed Malik Sealy on IR with a strained left hip and activated Gary Grant. Boston announced that they will not be signing James Blackwell to a contract for the remainder of the season. News from March 21. Atlanta signed Ennis Whatley for the rest of the season. Chicago activated Larry Krystowiak and placed Jud Buechler on IR. Boston will retire Reggie Lewis' #35 during halftime of Wednesday's Chicago-Boston game. News from March 22. Philadelphia activated Jeff Malone from IR. The LA Lakers activated Cedric Ceballos and placed Randolph Keys on IR. Boston activated Jay Humphries from IR and wavied James Blackwell. Milwaukee signed Tate George to a 10-day contract and placed Aaron Williams on waivers. News from March 23. Atlanta activated Craig Ehlo from IR and waived Morlon Wiley. Houston activated Robert Horry and placed Zan Tabak on IR with gastroenteritis and vertigo. Terry Mills (Det) is expected to be out a week with a sore right foot. Seattle activated Dontonio Wingfield and placed Vincent Askew on IR with an injured left foot. Sunday's Chicago-Indiana game (Michael Jordan's return) was the most watched regular season game in league history. An estimated 35 million people watched the game - that's about 5 million more than the previous high. News from March 25. Philadelphia placed B.J. Tyler on IR with a separated right shoulder. With a made 3-pointer in last nights Ind-Phi game, Dana Barros (Phi) set the NBA record at 44 consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer made. News from March 26. New York activated Anthony Mason from the suspended list and placed Charlie Ward on IR with a sore left shoulder. The LA Lakers activated Eddie Jones from IR. News from March 27. Golden State signed Tim Legler for the rest of the season. Philadelphia signed Alphonso Ford to a 10-day contract. Vlade Divac was named as NBA Player of the Week. News from March 28. The NBA fined Ken Norman (Atl) $4,000 for failing to leave the court in a timely manner after being ejected from the Atl-Chi game on March 25. Boston placed Rick Fox on IR with bone spurs in both ankles and signed Tony Dawson to a 10-day contract. Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) and Vernon Maxwell (Hou) are suffering from iron deficiency anemia and missed last night's game vs the LA Lakers and will miss Thursday's game vs the LA Lakers. News from March 29. Scott Burrell (Cha) tore his right Achilles tendon in last night's Cha-Phi game. He is out for the season, including the playoffs. Burrell is a leading candidate for Most Improved Player. News from March 31. Miami placed Bimbo Coles on IR.