News from October 6.

Donald Royal (Orl) underwent arthroscopic surgery on Friday to remove bone
spurs in his left ankle.  He may miss the entire pre-season recovering.

Bill Cartwright (Sea) withdrew his retirement Thursday in a contract dispute 
with Seattle.  Cartwright was scheduled to earn $976,000 this season but
Seattle contends that his contract expired when he retired.

Roy Tarpley (Dal) failed his physical due to cramping in the gall bladder-
pancreas area.  He will undergo a procedure Monday to try to determine the 
cause of his pain.

Utah signed unrestricted free agent Chris Morris to a reported 3 year, $8
million contract.  They also signed Greg Foster to a 1 year contract.

The LA Clippers re-signed Charles Outlaw.

Golden State signed rookie Andrew DeClercq (#34 pick in the draft) to a 1
year contract.  They also signed free agents Alaa Abdelnaby (F) and Matt
Maloney (G) to 1 year contracts.

Milwaukee re-signed Marty Conlon to a 2 year contract reportedly worth
over $1 million per year.

Seattle re-signed Steve Scheffler.

The LA Lakers re-signed Superman Kurt Rambis to up their training camp
rosters to 14.  Rambis: "I didn't have any speed, quickness or jumping 
ability to begin with, so I haven't lost any of that.  We didn't have 
enough players in camp.  We didn't have the numbers; we needed an extra 
body.  So, an old, decrepit, burned-out, washed-out, has-been body was 
better than no body.''
   
Training camp fodder
Golden State: Chirs McNealy, Billy McCaffrey, Kevin Ollie, Monty Buckley,
Phil Handy, and Doug Muse.

Milwaukee: Mike Peplowski, Brad Sellers, Emanual Davis, Tate George, Bob
McCann, Randolph Keys, and Julius Nwosu.

New Jersey: Scotty Thurman, Cery Beard, Tommy Brown, Joe Hooks, Grady
Livingston, and Robert Werdann.

Orlando: Paul Graham, Todd Mitchell, Ivano Newbill, Derrick Canada, and
Travis Mays.

Seattle: Matt Othick, Melvin Robinson, Herb Jones, Evers Burns, Tom
Kleinschmidt.