News from January 6. The NBA named Glen Rice (Cha) as Player of the Week. Rice averaged 34 points including 48% (12-25) 3-pointers and 32-35 FT, 5.7 rebounds, and 1.7 assists as Charlotte went 2-1. Phoenix suspended Robert Horry for 2 games without pay for throwing a towel at coach Danny Ainge after he was pulled during Sunday's Pho-Bos game. Antonio McDyess (Den) will be out 2 weeks with a sprained right ankle and calcium deposits in his right leg. Seattle activated Steve Scheffler. Teams could start signing players to 10-day contracts Monday. All non-10-day contracts become guaranteed Friday and players must be released by Wednesday for the team to avoid a penalty, so several players who had non-guaranteed contracts were released Monday and more will be released today and tomorrow. Orlando activated Anfernee Hardaway and released Kenny Smith. San Antonio signed Jason Sasser (F) to a 10-day contract. Sasser was playing for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the CBA and averaged 16.2 points including 55.5% FG and 7.5 rebounds. San Antonio released Gaylon Nickerson and Stephen Howard. Charlotte signed Jamie Feick (F). Miami signed John Crotty (G) to a 10-day contract and released James Scott. New Jersey released Lloyd Daniels and Robert Werdann. New York released Eric Leckner and Chris Jent. Utah signed Ruben Nembhard (G). Nembhard was playing for the Yakima Sun Kings of the CBA and averaged 18 points. Vancouver released Rich Manning. Toronto signed Martin Lewis (F) and released Donald Whiteside. Denver released Aaron Williams. Sacramento released Devin Gray. Chi 102, Uta 89 - at Chi Scottie Pippen (Chi) had 24 points and 5 rebounds. Michael Jordan (Chi) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Toni Kukoc (Chi) had 15 points and 6 assists. Karl Malone (Uta) had 27 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. John Stockton (Uta) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 11 assists. Cha 109, GS 101 - at GS Anthony Mason (Cha) had 27 points including 13-14 FT, 18 rebounds, and 6 assists. Glen Rice (Cha) had 39 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Vlade Divac (Cha) had 18 points including 8-10 FT and 16 rebounds. Joe Smith (GS) had 23 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Mark Price (GS) had 22 points. Latrell Sprewell (GS) had 26 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Cha shot 36-40 FG and GS shot 20-23 FT. Muggsy Bogues (Cha, back spasms) did not play. Por 88, LAL 84 - at Por Arvydas Sabonis (Por) had 24 points and 5 assists. Kenny Anderson (Por) had 15 points. Isaiah Rider (Por) had 17 points on 3-13 FG and 11-14 FT, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Elden Campbell (LAL) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 34 points on 15-23 FG and 4-14 FT, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. ---- Admin note: I'll be on a business trip through Friday, so it is unlikely I'll be sending anything out until Satruday.